UFC on ESPN 40 tournament bout
The fight will take place on August 7 in Las Vegas (Nevada, USA) at the UFC Apex complex and will become the co-main event of the UFC on ESPN 40 tournament. The estimated start of the fight is 05:30 Kyiv time. The fight will be broadcast live on Setanta Sports.
The representative of Moldova in UFC heavyweight Sergiu Spivak (14-3) will fight with Brazilian Augusto Sakai (15-4-1), who is ranked 14th in the divisional ranking of the promotion.
Spivak in his last fight closed the defeat by knockout from Tom Aspinall. In March at UFC 272, The Polar Bear finished with strikes in the first round of Greg Hardy. And it was Spivak’s fourth victory in his last five fights.
Sakai is half a step away from being fired from the promotion. He hasn’t won for over two years and has lost his last three bouts by knockout, he was stopped by Alistair Overeem, Jairzinho Rozenstruik and in December at UFC 269 in the second round by Tai Tuivasa.
Prediction for the fight
Spivak is a good boxer. In terms of striking technique, he may not be inferior to his opponent, but Sakai has heavier hands, so the Moldavian fighter is unlikely to bet on exchanges, despite the defeat of the Brazilian by knockout.
Sakai is a dangerous, but rather primitive drummer who has a lot of flaws in the ground. But Spivak just fights well and has good chances to be realized on the ground. We predict that Sergey will not let the opponent hold out until the final siren and will win a second victory by submission in the UFC.
Spivak’s victory by submission in the 1st round
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