Sakai vs Spivak

Who won Sakai vs Spivak?

Sergey Spivac beat Augusto Sakai by knockout in the 2nd round during the main card of UFC Fight Night, on Saturday 6th August 2022 at UFC APEX 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).

Sakai vs Spivak stats

Augusto Sakai stepped into the octagon with a record of 15 wins, 4 losses and 1 draw, 11 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.

Sergey Spivac made his way to the cage with a record of 14 wins, 3 losses and 0 draws, 6 of those wins coming by knock out and 6 by submission.

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

The stats suggested Sakai had a large advantage in power over Spivac, boasting a 73% knock out percentage over Spivac's 43%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Spivac had a massive advantage over Sakai, boasting a 43% submission rate over Sakai's 0%.

Augusto Sakai was the older man by 3 years, at 32 years old.

Spivac had 1-inch reach advantage.

Sakai was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 3 more fights, and made his debut in 2011, 2 years and 11 months earlier than Spivac, whose first professional fight was in 2014. He had fought 18 more professional rounds, 49 to Spivac's 31.

Sakai vs Spivak form

Spivac had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going the distance twice.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had won against Greg Hardy at UFC 272 on 5th March 2022 by knockout in the 1st round at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas, United States.

Previous to 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.

Going into that contest, he had beaten Aleksei Oleinik at UFC Vegas 29 on 19th June 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest.

Before that, he had defeated Tai Tuivasa at UFC 243 on 5th October 2019 by submission in the 2nd round at Marvel Stadium, Melbourne, Australia.

He had been beaten by Walt Harris at UFC on ESPN+ 9 on 4th May 2019 by knockout in the 1st round at Canadian Tire Centre, Ottawa, Canada.

Activity check

Sakai's last 4 fights had come over a period of 3 years, 10 months and 26 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 11 months and 22 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 11 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.8 rounds on average.

Spivac's last 5 fights had come over a period of 4 years, 11 months and 21 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 11 months and 29 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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