Spivak vs Hardy

Who won Spivak vs Hardy?

Sergey Spivac beat Greg Hardy by knockout in the 1st round during the main card of UFC 272, on Saturday 5th March 2022 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Heavyweight division, which meant the weight limit was 265 pounds (18.9 stone or 120.2 KG).

Spivak vs Hardy stats

Sergey Spivac stepped into the octagon with a record of 13 wins, 3 losses and 0 draws, 5 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 6 by submission.

Greg Hardy made his way to the cage with a record of 7 wins, 4 losses and 0 draws, 6 of those wins coming by knock out.

Sergey Spivac's UFC record stood at 7-4-0, while Greg Hardy's came in at 4-5-0.

The stats suggested Hardy had a massive power advantage over Spivac, boasting a 86% knock out percentage over Spivac's 38%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Spivac had a massive advantage over Hardy, boasting a 46% submission rate over Hardy's 0%.

Sergey Spivac was the younger man by 6 years, at 29 years old.

Hardy had a height advantage of 2 inches over Spivac. That also extended to a 2-inch reach advantage.

Spivac was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 5 more fights, and made his debut in 2014, 3 years and 8 months earlier than Hardy, whose first professional fight was in 2018. He had fought 9 more professional rounds, 31 to Hardy's 22.

Spivak vs Hardy form

Spivac had beaten 4 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 2 of them, going to the judges twice.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had won against Derrick Lewis at UFC Fight Night on 4th February 2023 by submission in the 1st round at UFC Apex, Las Vegas, United States.

Previous to that, he had beaten Augusto Sakai at UFC Fight Night: Santos vs. Hill on 6th August 2022 by knockout in the 2nd round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Going into that contest, he had defeated Greg Hardy at UFC 272 on 5th March 2022 by knockout in the 1st round at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas.

Before that, he had lost to Tom Aspinall at UFC Vegas 36 on 4th September 2021 by knockout in the 1st round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

He was victorious against Aleksei Oleinik at UFC Vegas 29 on 19th June 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest.

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Spivac's last 5 fights had come over a period of 3 years, 1 month and 5 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 7 months and 14 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 8 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 1.6 rounds on average.

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