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August 9, 2024 8:00 am ET
Marcin Tybura is entering his third consecutive UFC main event with momentum.
The heavyweight veteran is coming off a dominant, first-round submission win over Tai Tuivasa back in March. Tybura quickly closed the distance on Tuivasa, took him down, got his back, and submitted him with a rear-naked choke. the victory put him at 4-1 in his past five performances, with his lone loss coming against UFC heavyweight interim champion Tom Aspinall.
You can watch Tybura’s submission win in the video above.
Tybura (25-8 MMA, 12-7 UFC) returns to the cage in the main event of UFC on ESPN 61, which takes place Saturday at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas. He takes on Serghei Spivac (16-4 MMA, 7-4 UFC) in a rematch that stems from 2020.
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