Poland’s Marcin Tybura got here out victorious over Australian heavyweight Tai Tuivasa. The pair squared off in the primary occasion of UFC Vegas 88 reside from UFC Apex in Las Vegas on Sunday, March 17 (AEDT).
The scheduled for 5 rounds contest didn’t go the space. Tuivasa had success early within the opening spherical delivering kicks and elbows inflicting a gash. Tybura managed to take him down, tried to harm with punches, and in the end secured the win by way of rear-naked choke. Referee Herb Dean stopped the battle at 4 minutes and eight seconds into the primary spherical after he lifted Tuivasa’s arm to examine if he was nonetheless within the battle but it surely fell down on the canvas. There was no faucet.
With the victory by technical submission, No. 10-ranked heavyweight contender Marcin Tybura improved to 25-8. The 38-year-old native of Uniejow, Poland acquired again within the win column rebounding from the defeat by TKO within the first spherical towards Tom Aspinall final July.
No. 9 Tai Tuivasa dropped to 14-7. Sydney’s 30-year-old suffered his fourth defeat in a row.
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