Serghei Spivac (born January 24, 1995) is a Moldovan professional

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(UFC). A professional since 2014, he has also formerly competed for World Warriors Fighting Championships, Eagles Fighting Championship, N1 Pro and Real Fight Promotion. As of June 10, 2025, he is #9 in the UFC heavyweight rankings.

Mixed martial arts career

Early career

Serghei Spivac made his MMA debut in September 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. Spivac 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. Spivac would than fight against Dimitriy Mikutsa, under the N1 Pro organization. Spivac submitted Mikutsa through an armbar during the last minute of the second round. Under the banner of Eagles Fighting Championship, Spivac faced Artem Cherkov. Spivac would beat him in the first round, by way of a head kick. After a year-long layoff, Spivac would return to the World Warriors Fighting Championships. His first opponent was Luke Morton, whom he beat by KO. In his next fight Spivac fought against the MMA veteran

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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.

Ultimate Fighting Championship

Spivac made his UFC debut during

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, at 23 years old, against Walt Harris, replacing Alexey Oleynik. He suffered the first professional loss of his career. Harris pushed Serghei 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, Spivac fought against

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. Spivac would begin the fight being cautious of Tuivasa's power. Spivac was dropped once in the first round by a leg kick. Spivac then began catching Tuivasa's leg kicks and would take the Australian down. Whenever the Australian would return to his feet, Spivac would pursue takedowns. The fight ended in the fourth minute of the second round, Spivac 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. Spivac faced

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on February 29, 2020, at

UFC Fight Night 169 ''UFC Fight Night: Benavidez vs. Figueiredo'' (also known as ''UFC Fight Night 169'' and ''UFC on ESPN+ 27'') was a mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that took place on February 29, 2020 at Chartway Arena i ...

. He lost the fight via unanimous decision. Spivac was expected to face Carlos Felipe on May 9, 2020, at then UFC 250. However, on April 9,

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, the president of UFC announced that this event was postponed to a future date Eventually the bout was scheduled on July 19, 2020, at

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. He won the fight via majority decision. Spivac was expected to face Tom Aspinall on October 11, 2020 at

UFC Fight Night 179 ''UFC Fight Night: Moraes vs. Sandhagen'' (also known as ''UFC Fight Night 179'', ''UFC on ESPN+ 37'' and ''UFC Fight Island 5'') was a mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that took place on October 11, 2020 at ...

. However Spivac withdrew from the bout for undisclosed reason and he was replaced by promotional newcomer Alan Baudot. Spivac was scheduled to face Jared Vanderaa on December 12, 2020, at

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However, Vanderaa tested positive for COVID-19 during fight week and had to be pulled. The pair eventually met on February 20, 2021, at

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. Spivac won the fight via technical knockout in round two. Spivac faced Alexey Oleynik on June 19, 2021, at

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. He won the bout via unanimous decision. Spivac faced Tom Aspinall, replacing

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, on September 4, 2021, at

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. He lost the fight via technical knockout in round one. Spivac was scheduled to face

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, replacing

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, on January 22, 2022, at

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. However, just a week before the event Hardy withdrew due to a finger injury and the bout was removed from the event. The pair was moved to

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. Spivac won the fight via technical knockout in round one. Spivac faced

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on August 6, 2022, at

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. He won the fight via technical knockout in round two. Spivac was expected to face

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in the main event of UFC Fight Night 215 on November 19, 2022. However, Lewis was forced to pull out of the event due to non-COVID, non-weight cutting illness and the bout was cancelled. The pair was rescheduled for

UFC Fight Night 218 ''UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Spivac'' (also known as ''UFC Fight Night 218'', ''UFC on ESPN+ 76'' and ''UFC Vegas 68'') was a mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that took place on February 4, 2023, at the UFC ...

on February 4, 2023. Spivac won the fight via an arm-triangle choke in round one. This win earned Spivac his first ''Performance of the Night'' bonus award. Spivac faced

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on September 2, 2023, at UFC Fight Night 226. He lost the fight via technical knockout in the second round. Spivac faced

in a rematch on August 10, 2024 at UFC on ESPN 61. He won the fight via an armbar submission in the first round. This fight earned him another '' Performance of the Night'' award. Spivac faced Jailton Almeida on January 18, 2025 at UFC 311. He lost the fight by technical knockout at the end of the first round. Spivac was scheduled to face

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on May 17, 2025 at UFC Fight Night 256. However, for unknown reasons, their bout was moved to

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on June 7, 2025. In turn, Gaziev pulled out due to a broken finger and was replaced by Waldo Cortes-Acosta. He lost the bout via unanimous decision. 10 out of 13 media outlets scored the bout for Spivac.

Personal life

Spivac and his wife

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have a daughter who was born in 2020.

Championships and accomplishments

Mixed martial arts

** Performance of the Night (Two times) **Third most takedowns landed in UFC Heavyweight division history (28) **Highest takedown accuracy percentage in UFC Heavyweight division history (65.1%) *World Warriors Fighting Championship **WWFC Heavyweight Championship (One time) ***Two successful title defenses

Mixed martial arts record

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