Australian heavyweight Tai Tuivasa is again within the Octagon on Saturday, February 17, when he faces Poland’s Marcin Tybura at UFC 298. The combat card airs reside on pay-per-view from Honda Middle in Anaheim, California.
Tai Tuivasa (14-6) is trying to return to successful methods after struggling three defeats in a row. The 30-year-old final fought in September, when he was submitted within the second spherical by Alexander Volkov. Previous to that, the Sydney native was KO’d by Sergei Pavlovich and Ciryl Gane within the first and third spherical, respectively. The No. 9-ranked heavyweight contender’s most up-to-date win so far goes to February 2022, when he stopped Derrick Lewis within the second spherical to safe the fifth straight victory.
No. 10-ranked heavyweight contender Marcin Tybura (24-8) additionally appears to be like to rebound from the defeat. The 38-year-old misplaced his earlier bout in July by TKO within the first spherical towards Tom Aspinall. Earlier than that the native of Uniejow, Poland defeated Blagoy Ivanov and Alexander Romanov by resolution.
The combat was announced today by the promotion on X.
Within the UFC 298 essential occasion, Alexander Volkanovski (26-3) of Australia defends his featherweight title towards undefeated No. 5-ranked contender Ilia Topuria (14-0) of Germany.
Within the UK and Australia, the occasion airs reside on Sunday, February 18.
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