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FILE – Serghei Spivac of Moldova celebrates his victory over Tai Tuivasa of Australia during their UFC 243 heavyweight fight in Melbourne on October 6, 2019. (Photo by ASANKA BRENDON RATNAYAKE / AFP)
Serghei Spivac made relatively short work of Derrick Lewis in a heavyweight fight in the main event of UFC Fight Night 218 on Saturday in Las Vegas.
Spivac (16-3) won his third straight bout after forcing Lewis (26-11) to submit to an arm triangle at 3:05 of the first round.
Spivac, from Moldova, initially gained the advantage with his grappling skills before falling to the ground. He then finished off America with an arm submission.
“Today is my only time. Polar Bears are here. The Polar Bear is coming,” said Spivac, who issued a challenge to the winner of the upcoming heavyweight title fight between Jon Jones and France’s Ciryl Gane.
“Give it to someone from the top five. If I tell Jon Jones or Ciryl Gane (I want the winner), will they fight? I want Jon Jones. Jon Jones, I respect you. I’m sorry, honey, but I’ll come.”
Also on Saturday, light heavyweight Devin Clark (14-7) recorded a unanimous decision against Da-un Jung (15-4-1) of South Korea, and Marcin Tybura (24-7) of Poland received the same result as Blagoy Ivanov. (19-5) from Bulgaria in a heavyweight fight.
Welterweight Adam Fugitt (9-3) earned a KO/TKO of Japan’s Yusaku Kinoshita (6-2) at 4:36 of the first round via striking. Anshul Jubli (7-0) of India also defeated Jeka Saragih (13-3) of Indonesia via elbow in 3:44 seconds to win the “Road to UFC” lightweight tournament.
The featherweight bout between South Korea’s Dooho Choi (14-4-1) and Canada’s Kyle Nelson (13-5-1) was declared a majority draw.
In another bout, South Korea’s Jeong Yeong Lee (10-1) defeated China’s Zha Yi (21-4) via split decision (27-30, 29-28, 29-28) to win the “Road to UFC” featherweight title. . tournament.
Rinya Nakamura (7-0) from Japan needed only 33 seconds to defeat his countryman Toshiomi Kazama (10-3) to win the “Road to UFC” bantamweight tournament.
South Korea’s Hyun Sung Park (8-0) used a back choke to submit compatriot Seung Guk Choi (6-2) at 3:11 of the third round to win the “Road to UFC” flyweight tournament.
South Korean Junyong Park (16-5) also executed a rear-naked choke to defeat Russian Denis Tiuliulin (11-7) through technical submission at 4:05 of the first round of the middleweight fight.
Flyweight Tatsuro Taira (13-0) of Japan remains undefeated after using a triangle choke with an armbar combination to force Mexico’s Jesus Santos Aguilar (8-2) into submission at 4:20 of the first round.
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