Sergey Spivak is a Moldovan and Ukrainian mixed martial artist who competes in the Heavyweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship. A professional competitor since 2014, he has also formerly competed for World Warriors Fighting Championships, Eagles Fighting Championship, N1 Pro Nomad MMA and Real Fight Promotion.
Sergey Spivak made his MMA debut in the September of 2014 with the Ukrainian promotion Real Fight Promotion, at 19 years old. He faced Andrey Serebrianikov as his first opponent. He won the fight in the last minute of the first round, by way of TKO. His second fight was with the Ukrainian based World Warriors Fighting Championships, at WWFC Ukraine Selection 1, where he faced Evgeniy Bova in the main event. Spivak won the fight in the first round by way of a kimura. His second fight with World Warriors Fighting Championships was during WWFC: Ukraine Selection 4, in the main event. His opponent was Yuri Gorbenko, whom he defeated in the first round through an armbar. Spivak would than fight against Dimitriy Mikutsa, under the N1 Pro organization. Spivak submitted Mikutsa through an armbar during the last minute of the second round. Under the banner of Eagles Fighting Championship, Spivak faced Artem Cherkov. He would beat him in the first round, by way of a head kick. After a year-long layoff, Spivak would return to the World Warriors Fighting Championships. His first opponent was Luke Morton, whom he beat by KO. In his next fight Spivak fought against the MMA veteran Travis Fulton for the vacant WWFC Heavyweight Championship, a fight which he won in the first round by a rear naked choke. He would defend the title 10 months later against the Croatian fighter Ivo Cuk, winning the bout in the first round by TKO. His last fight with WWFC was his last title defense, five months after his fight with Cuk, against Tony Lopez. He defeated Lopez by a neck crank in the last minute of the first round.
Spivak made his UFC debut during UFC Fight Night 151, at 23 years old, against Walt Harris, replacing Aleksei Oleinik. He suffered the first professional loss of his career. Harris pushed Sergey up to the cage, dazed him with a left straight and dropped him to the floor with a barrage of knees. After a series of grounded strikes, the referee awarded Harris a win, after 50 seconds, by way of TKO. Five months later, Spivak fought against Tai Tuivasaat UFC 243. Spivak would begin the fight being cautious of Tuivasa's power. Spivak was dropped once in the first round by a leg kick. Spivak then began catching Tuivasa's leg kicks and would take the Australian down. Whenever the Australian would return to his feet, Spivak would pursue takedowns. The fight ended in the fourth minute of the second round, Spivak took Tuivasa down for the 7th time in the fight. He was able to obtain the mount and after several hard punches and elbows he was able to obtain an arm triangle choke, awarding him his first UFC win. Spivak faced Marcin Tybura on February 29, 2020 at UFC Fight Night 169. He lost the fight via unanimous decision. Spivak was expected to face Carlos Felipe on May 9, 2020 at then UFC 250. However, on April 9, Dana White, the president of UFC announced that this event was postponed to a future date Eventually the bout was scheduled on July 19, 2020 at UFC Fight Night 172. He won the fight via majority decision.
Personal life
Spivak and his wife have a daughter who was born in 2020.
