Tai Tuivasa and Marcin Tybura are on the lookout for a change in fortunes. The UFC Apex cage goes to look tiny when these two heavyweights duke it out at UFC Combat Evening in Las Vegas on Saturday.
Tuivasa (15-6) wants a win badly. The Aussie fighter is at present experiencing the second three-fight shedding streak of his skilled profession. His most up-to-date tough stretch got here towards among the division’s greatest — Ciryl Gane, Sergei Pavlovich and Alexander Volkov — all through stoppage. Tuivasa finds some consolation in understanding he is preventing the heavyweight elite, however his motivation to beat Tybura is sort of easy.
“F—, I do not wish to lose,” Tuivasa instructed CBS Sports activities. “Nobody likes being the loser. Clearly, my final three opponents have been no slouches in order that’s type of a superb factor. In my final battle [against Volkov], I feel I might have come out on high. There have been just some issues that did not go my approach. That is simply it. I must get my get again this weekend. That is the way it works. You win, you lose, however it’s good to get again up and dirt your self off.”
Tybura (24-8) has been one of many extra underrated heavyweights for some time. Tybura entered his final battle having quietly amassed an awesome 7-1 run towards the low and center ends of the UFC heavyweight scale. It solely took 73 seconds for Tom Aspinall to crush his momentum. There isn’t any disgrace in shedding to the person who would quickly after turn into interim heavyweight champion, however Tybura finds little consolation in that.
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“I felt actually good earlier than that battle. I used to be in the very best form. Every little thing was on level in camp. The loss was very robust for me,” Tybura instructed CBS Sports activities. “In fact, it brings a little bit sweetness that he is interim champion proper now. However there weren’t many issues I might change for this camp.
“I took a few weeks off the gymnasium to rebuild my starvation for this as a result of this loss killed a little bit of my angle. I needed to rebuild it.”
The remainder of the undercard fills out with 5 extra matchups. The co-main occasion sees a welterweight showdown between rising prospect Bryan Battle and veteran Ange Loosa. A pair of veterans are set to sq. off within the mild heavyweight division when Kennedy Nzechukwu takes on Ovince Saint Preux. Elsewhere, Isaac Dulgarian and Christian Rodriguez are set to battle within the featherweight division. The one matchup with ranked fighters is about to happen within the ladies’s bantamweight division when Macy Chiasson takes on Pannie Kianzad. And extra veterans open the principle card when middleweights Gerald Meerschaert takes on Bryan Barberena.
Under is the remainder of the battle card for Saturday with the newest odds earlier than we get to a prediction and decide on the principle occasion.
UFC Combat Evening card, odds
Tai Tuivasa -115 | Marcin Tybura -105 | Heavyweight |
Bryan Battle -180 | Ange Loosa +155 | Welterweight |
Kennedy Nzechukwu -750 | Ovince Saint Preux +525 | Gentle heavyweight |
Isaac Dulgarian -205 | Christian Rodriguez +170 | Featherweight |
Macy Chiasson -205 | Pannie Kianzad +155 | Girls’s bantamweight |
Gerald Meerschaert -250 | Bryan Barberena +205 | Middleweight |
UFC Combat Evening viewing data
Date: March 16 |Â Begin time: 7 p.m. ET (fundamental card)
Location: UFC Apex — Las Vegas
TV channel: ESPN+
Prediction
Tai Tuivasa vs. Marcin Tybura: The betting strains have this battle at a close to decide ’em for good cause. Tuivasa is on a horrible stretch however has confronted harder opposition than his subsequent opponent. Tybura is extra well-rounded however has suffered 5 KOs in eight losses as he prepares for a official KO artist. This battle ought to play out within the spirit of striker vs. grappler. Tuivasa has a live-by-the-sword, die-by-the-sword angle with 18 stoppages in 20 fights. He is notched KOs in 13 of his 14 wins. Tybura should take down Tuivasa. Tybura averages 1.39 takedowns per quarter-hour towards a fighter who has by no means landed a takedown in seven years within the UFC. We have not seen Tuivasa’s takedown protection examined a lot currently, but it surely’s regarding that Derrick Lewis, who mainly by no means wrestles, received him down twice of their battle. I feel Tybura is among the extra under-appreciated fighters within the division. He did appear to show a nook forward of the Aspinall battle. It is easy to forgive that efficiency understanding simply how good Aspinall is. Sadly, I do not suppose Tybura has sufficient offensive threats or defensive soundness to cease Tuivasa from touchdown that one massive bomb. Tuivasa through KO2
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