Sakai vs Spivak

When is Sakai vs Spivak?

Augusto Sakai is set to fight Sergey Spivak, during the main card of UFC Fight Night: Santos vs. Hill, on Saturday 6th August 2022 at UFC APEX in Las Vegas.

The fight is scheduled for 3 rounds in the Heavyweight division, which means there is no weight limit.

Sakai vs Spivak stats

Augusto Sakai steps into the ring with a record of 15 wins, 4 loses and 1 draw, 11 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.

Sergey Spivak will make his way to the ring with a record of 14 wins, 3 loses and 0 draws, with 6 of those wins by knock out and 6 by submission.

The stats suggest Sakai has a large advantage in power over Spivak, boasting at 73% knock out percentage over Spivak's 43%.

Augusto Sakai is the older man by 4 years, at 31 years old.

Spivak has 1-inch reach advantage.

Sakai is the more experienced professional fighter, having had 3 more fights, and made his debut in 2011, 2 years and 11 months earlier than Spivak, whose first professional fight was in 2014. He has fought 18 more professional rounds, 44 to Spivak's 26.

Sakai vs Spivak form

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

In his last fight, he defeated 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 been beaten by 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 defeated Aleksei Oleinik at UFC Vegas 29 on 19th June 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest.

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

He had lost to 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 have come over a period of 2 years and 22 days, meaning he has been fighting on average every 6 months and 7 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 11 rounds, meaning that they have lasted 2.8 rounds on average.

Spivak's last 5 fights have come over a period of 3 years, 1 month and 17 days, meaning he has been fighting on average every 7 months and 16 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 8 rounds, meaning that they have lasted 1.6 rounds on average.