UFC Struggle Evening prediction — Tai Tuivasa vs. Marcin Tybura: Struggle card, begin time, odds, dwell stream

Tai Tuivasa and Marcin Tybura are on the lookout for a change in fortunes. The UFC Apex cage goes to look tiny when these two heavyweights duke it out at UFC Struggle Evening in Las Vegas on Saturday.

Tuivasa (15-6) wants a win badly. The Aussie fighter is presently experiencing the second three-fight dropping streak of his skilled profession. His most up-to-date tough stretch got here in opposition to a number of the division’s finest — Ciryl Gane, Sergei Pavlovich and Alexander Volkov — all through stoppage. Tuivasa finds some consolation in realizing he is preventing the heavyweight elite, however his motivation to beat Tybura is kind of easy.

“F—, I do not need to lose,” Tuivasa instructed CBS Sports activities. “Nobody likes being the loser. Clearly, my final three opponents have been no slouches in order that’s type of an excellent factor. In my final battle [against Volkov], I feel I might have come out on high. There have been just some issues that did not go my method. That is simply it. I have to get my get again this weekend. That is the way it works. You win, you lose, however you should get again up and mud your self off.”

Tybura (24-8) has been one of many extra underrated heavyweights for some time. Tybura entered his final battle having quietly amassed a terrific 7-1 run in opposition to the low and center ends of the UFC heavyweight scale. It solely took 73 seconds for Tom Aspinall to crush his momentum. There isn’t a disgrace in dropping to the person who would quickly after change into interim heavyweight champion, however Tybura finds little consolation in that.

“I felt actually good earlier than that battle. I used to be in one of the best form. Every thing was on level in camp. The loss was very powerful for me,” Tybura instructed CBS Sports activities. “In fact, it brings a bit sweetness that he is interim champion proper now. However there weren’t many issues I might change for this camp.

“I took a few weeks off the health club to rebuild my starvation for this as a result of this loss killed a little bit of my perspective. I needed to rebuild it.”

UFC Struggle Evening on Saturday might have ample motion however, on the floor, it is one of many weakest playing cards the promotion has produced in latest reminiscence. The principle card’s solely ranked battle exterior the principle occasion options Pannie Kianzad vs. Macy Chiasson within the shallow girls’s bantamweight division. The battle with the most important enjoyable issue is Gerald Meerschart vs. Bryan Barberena. The middleweights have misplaced their final 5 fights mixed however have an 87% ending fee throughout 55 whole wins between them. “The Final Fighter” winner Bryan Battle is slotted within the co-main occasion in opposition to Ange Loosa.

Beneath is the remainder of the battle card for Saturday with the newest odds earlier than we get to a prediction and decide on the principle occasion.

UFC Struggle Evening card, odds

UFC Struggle Evening viewing data

Date: March 16 | Begin time: 7 p.m. ET (primary card)
Location: UFC Apex — Las Vegas
TV channel: ESPN+

Prediction

Tai Tuivasa vs. Marcin Tybura: The betting traces have this battle at a close to decide ’em for good purpose. Tuivasa is on a horrible stretch however has confronted more durable opposition than his subsequent opponent. Tybura is extra well-rounded however has suffered 5 KOs in eight losses as he prepares for a reputable KO artist. This battle ought to play out within the spirit of striker vs. grappler. Tuivasa has a live-by-the-sword, die-by-the-sword perspective with 18 stoppages in 20 fights. He is notched KOs in 13 of his 14 wins. Tybura should take down Tuivasa. Tybura averages 1.39 takedowns per quarter-hour in opposition to a fighter who has by no means landed a takedown in seven years within the UFC. We’ve not seen Tuivasa’s takedown protection examined a lot recently, but it surely’s regarding that Derrick Lewis, who mainly by no means wrestles, bought him down twice of their battle. I feel Tybura is without doubt one of the extra under-appreciated fighters within the division. He did appear to show a nook forward of the Aspinall battle. It is easy to forgive that efficiency realizing simply how good Aspinall is. Sadly, I do not assume Tybura has sufficient offensive threats or defensive soundness to cease Tuivasa from touchdown that one massive bomb. Tuivasa through KO2