| UFC on ESPN: Tybura vs. Spivac 2 | ||||
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 The poster for UFC on ESPN: Tybura vs. Spivac 2 | ||||
| Promotion | Ultimate Fighting Championship | |||
| Date | August 10, 2024 (2024-08-10) | |||
| Venue | UFC Apex | |||
| City | Enterprise, Nevada, United States | |||
| Attendance | Not announced[1] | |||
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UFC on ESPN: Tybura vs. Spivac 2 (also known asUFC on ESPN 61 andUFC Vegas 95) was a mixed martial arts event produced by theUltimate Fighting Championship that took place on August 10, 2024, at theUFC Apex facility, inEnterprise, Nevada, part of theLas Vegas Metropolitan Area, United States.[2]
A heavyweight rematch betweenMarcin Tybura andSerghei Spivac headlined the event.[3] The pair previously met atUFC Fight Night: Benavidez vs. Figueiredo in February 2020, which Tybura won by unanimous decision.[4]
A bantamweight bout betweenJavid Basharat andChris Gutiérrez was expected to take place a week earlier atUFC on ABC: Sandhagen vs. Nurmagomedov, but it was moved to this event for unknown reasons.[5][6] During fight week, Basharat withdrew due to an injury and was replaced by promotional newcomer Quang Le, who was originally scheduled to fight on Dana White's Contender Seriesin September.[7]
A welterweight bout betweenUroš Medić and Danny Barlow was expected to take place at this event.[8] However, on July 11, Medić announced on social media that a rib injury has forced him to withdraw from the bout.[9] Barlow faced promotional newcomer Nikolay Veretennikov instead.[10]
Two fights originally scheduled for the event were cancelled a few days before taking place: a welterweight bout between Yusaku Kinoshita and Jonny Parsons, due to Parsons withdrawing for unknown reasons; and a flyweight bout between Allan Nascimento and Jafel Filho, due to Nascimento being ill.[7]
At the weigh-ins, three fighters missed weight:[11]
All three bouts proceeded at catchweight.[11] Each fighter was fined 20 percent of their individual purses which went to their opponents formerLFA Featherweight ChampionDamon Jackson, Nikolay Veretennikov, and formerInvicta FC Bantamweight Champion andUFC Women's Featherweight Championship challengerYana Santos respectively.[11]
| Main card (ESPN / ESPN+) | |||||||
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| Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
| Heavyweight | Serghei Spivac | def. | Marcin Tybura | Submission (armbar) | 1 | 1:44 | |
| Catchweight (149.5 lb) | Chepe Mariscal | def. | Damon Jackson | Decision (unanimous) (30–25, 30–25, 30–26) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Catchweight (171.25 lb) | Danny Barlow | def. | Nikolay Veretennikov | Decision (split) (29–28, 27–30, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Bantamweight | Chris Gutiérrez | def. | Quang Le | Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 29–28, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Catchweight (141 lb) | Yana Santos | def. | Chelsea Chandler | Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 29–28, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Bantamweight | Toshiomi Kazama | def. | Charalampos Grigoriou | Submission (triangle choke) | 2 | 1:55 | |
| Preliminary card (ESPN / ESPN+) | |||||||
| Women's Bantamweight | Karol Rosa | def. | Pannie Kianzad | Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 30–27) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Heavyweight | Jhonata Diniz | def. | Karl Williams | Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 29–28, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Featherweight | Youssef Zalal | def. | Jarno Errens | Submission (rear-naked choke) | 1 | 3:52 | |
| Women's Strawweight | Stephanie Luciano | def. | Talita Alencar | Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 30–27) | 3 | 5:00 | |
The following fighters received $50,000 bonuses.[13]
