Sakai vs Spivak

Who won Sakai vs Spivak?

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

The scorecards were announced as in favor of winner Sergey Spivak.

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

Sakai vs Spivak stats

Augusto Sakai stepped 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 made 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 suggested Sakai had a large advantage in power over Spivak, boasting at 73% knock out percentage over Spivak's 43%.

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

Spivak 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 Spivak, whose first professional fight was in 2014. He had fought 18 more professional rounds, 46 to Spivak's 28.

Sakai vs Spivak form

Spivak 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 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 had come over a period of 2 years, 3 months and 29 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 7 months. In those fights, he fought a total of 11 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.8 rounds on average.

Spivak's last 5 fights had come over a period of 3 years, 4 months and 24 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 8 months and 5 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 8 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 1.6 rounds on average.