UFC Vegas 59: Augusto Sakai vs. Sergei Spivac
Round 1
Spivac tries a right hook. Sakai fires back. Spivac gets a takedown. Sakai gets back up off the fence. Spivac has Sakai’s neck. Sakai gets out. Spivac turns and trips Sakai for another takedown. Laying some ground and pound here. Spivac is aiming for the elbow lock. Spivac takes side control before doing a 180. Spivac continues circling Sakai’s back and beating him up with punches. Sakai manages to get up. Sakai looking for another takedown here. Spivac keeps to his back and drags him back to the mat. Sakai returns to his feet. Spivac with another trip to get a takedown. Sakai was trying to pull guard but Spivac switches to side control. Spivac takes his back. More ground and pound from the back. Spivak starts choking his neck but Sakai reverses to get out. A nice shot from Sakai lands. Huge right from Spivac on the chin. In the clinch now.
Round 2
Spivac with a stiff jab to open the round. Follows up with another one. Spivac goes for a takedown but doesn’t get it. Spivac with a nice jab. Another nice stinger of a jab from Spivac. Spivac turns and takes him down. Spivac takes side control. Sakai gets up and tries to get a single leg. In the clinch now. Spivak trips Sakai with a hip throw again for a takedown. Spivac landing big shots here from the top. Barrage of hammer fists from Spivac. He goes for Sakai’s back and continues to punch him from there. The referee has warned Sakai to do something or he’ll stop the fight. Sakai with no answer for Spivac’s offense. The referee stops the fight.
Official Result: Sergey Spivac defeats Augusto Sakai via TKO (R2, 3:42).
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