Harris vs Spivak

Who won Harris vs Spivak?

Walt Harris beat Sergey Spivak by , during the main card of UFC on ESPN+ 9, on Saturday 4th May 2019 at Canadian Tire Centre in Ottawa.

The scorecards were announced as in favor of winner Walt Harris.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Heavyweight division, which meant there was no weight limit.

Harris vs Spivak stats

Walt Harris stepped into the ring with a record of 11 wins, 7 loses and 0 draws, 11 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.

Sergey Spivak made his way to the ring with an unblemished record of 9 wins and 0 draws, with 4 of those by knock out and 5 by submission.

The stats suggested Harris had a massive power advantage over Spivak, boasting at 100% knock out percentage over Spivak's 44%.

Walt Harris was the older man by 12 years, at 38 years old.

Harris had a height advantage of 2 inches over Spivak. That also extended to a 3-inch reach advantage.

Harris was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 9 more fights, and made his debut in 2011, 3 years and 6 months earlier than Spivak, whose first professional fight was in 2014. He had fought 11 more professional rounds, 36 to Spivak's 25.

Harris vs Spivak form

Walt Harris had stopped 3 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight before this contest, he had lost to Alistair Overeem at UFC Fight Night Jacksonville on 16th May 2020 by knockout in the 2nd round at VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena, Jacksonville, United States.

Previous to that, he had won against Aleksei Oleinik at UFC on ESPN 4 on 20th July 2019 by knockout in the 1st round at AT&T Center, San Antonio.

Going into that contest, he had beat Sergey Spivak at UFC on ESPN+ 9 on 4th May 2019 by knockout in the 1st round at Canadian Tire Centre, Ottawa, Canada.

Before that, he had defeated Daniel Spitz at UFC Fight Night 131 on 1st June 2018 by knockout in the 2nd round at Adirondack Bank Center, Utica, United States.

He had been beaten by Fabr cio Werdum at UFC 216 on 7th October 2017 by knockout in the 1st round at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas.

Activity check

Harris' last 5 fights had come over a period of 4 years and 2 months, meaning he had been fighting on average every 10 months. In those fights, he fought a total of 7 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 1.4 rounds on average.