“I was ready for anything,” Polar Bear said at a press conference in Las Vegas. “Today I showed you my judo style, my sambo style, my boxing style, and in the future I will show you even more”
“I trained a lot for this moment. My friend Misha Tsirkunov showed me this triangle choke and we worked hard to get it done. I saw that Derrick is not very stable and he does not have the best grappling. I took advantage of the moment”
“I don’t choose my opponents and I don’t think about ratings. Let the UFC think about it. I’m just waiting. Give me a contract, I’ll sign it, and that’s it. But yeah, I don’t mind fighting someone in the top five. It would be nice”
The heavyweight bout between Spivak and Lewis, headlined at UFC Fight Night 218, ended at 3:05 of the first round with the American defeated by arm triangle choke.