Marcin Tybura

Rakic's heavyweight debut went the full fifteen minutes and every judge gave him all three rounds. He took the first with the better output and the cleaner blows, and although Tybura came back into it across the second and third, Rakic had banked enough to take a unanimous verdict.

Key moments

• Rakic took the opening round on output and the cleaner strikes.
• Tybura pushed back through the second and third.
• All three judges scored it 30-27 for Rakic in his heavyweight debut.

Tybura's Diniz fight ended at the close of round two when the cageside doctor waved it off because of the damage Diniz had taken.

Key moments

• Tybura stopped Diniz by doctor's stoppage at the end of round two.
• The finish came after the August 2024 first-round submission loss to Serghei Spivac.
• It gave Tybura his first UFC win since the March 2024 submission of Tai Tuivasa.

Tybura's return from the Aspinall loss was immediate and emphatic, as he finished Tuivasa in the first round of their March 2024 main event. The win mattered because it put him back in the ranked-heavyweight conversation and gave him his first stoppage victory since the Walt Harris fight in 2021.

Key moments

• Tybura submitted Tuivasa with a rear-naked choke at 4:08 of round one.
• The result snapped the one-fight skid from the July 2023 loss to Tom Aspinall.
• It was Tybura's first UFC finish since the 2021 TKO over Walt Harris.

Tybura opened 2023 by outpointing Ivanov over three rounds, a useful veteran win after the Romanov decision the previous summer.

Key moments

• Tybura beat Ivanov by unanimous decision after 15 minutes.
• The win made it back-to-back victories following the majority decision over Alexander Romanov.
• It improved Tybura to 10 wins in his previous 13 UFC appearances at that point.

Tybura kept his 2020-21 surge rolling by stopping Harris late in the first round.

Key moments

• Tybura stopped Harris by TKO at 4:06 of round one.
• The win followed the December 2020 TKO over Greg Hardy.
• It pushed Tybura to four consecutive UFC victories.

The result mattered because it kept him from slipping into a three-fight skid and gave him a younger heavyweight scalp before the 2024 rematch turned against him.

Key moments

• Tybura beat Spivac by unanimous decision over three rounds.
• The win came after knockout and TKO losses to Augusto Sakai and Shamil Abdurakhimov.
• It gave Tybura his first UFC victory in more than 18 months.

The result mattered because it followed the Henrique finish and pushed him onto the short list of heavyweight risers in 2017.

Key moments

• Tybura beat former champion Arlovski by unanimous decision.
• The win made it back-to-back UFC victories after the Luis Henrique stoppage.
• It set up Tybura's first UFC main event against Fabrício Werdum later that year.

Closing the show late in round three mattered because it moved him back to .

Key moments

• Tybura stopped Henrique by TKO at 3:46 of the third round.
• The victory followed Tybura's August 2016 knockout of Viktor Pešta.
• It gave Tybura consecutive UFC wins for the first time.

The result mattered because it erased the sting of the Johnson debut loss and showed he could be more than a grind-heavy heavyweight.

Key moments

• Tybura knocked Pešta out with a head kick 53 seconds into round two.
• It was Tybura's first victory inside the UFC Octagon.
• The finish came four months after the decision loss to Tim Johnson in his debut.

Tybura's first M-1 win came by quick first-round TKO against Chaban Ka, a useful statement as he stepped onto a bigger international platform. The result mattered because it immediately validated the move from local shows into M-1 competition.

Key moments

• Tybura stopped Chaban Ka at 2:05 of the opening round.
• It was Tybura's promotional debut in M-1.
• The finish set up his next M-1 matchup with Konstantin Gluhov.

The result mattered because it proved the young heavyweight could win a competitive full fight rather than relying only on early submissions.

Key moments

• Tybura beat Bajor by split decision after three rounds.
• It was the first time Tybura had gone the distance as a pro.
• The fight came after back-to-back first-round submission wins over Andrzej Kosecki and Stanisław Ślusakowicz.

The result mattered because it capped his early amateur competition with another notable heavyweight name who later reached the UFC.

Key moments

• Tybura beat Wieczorek by unanimous decision after two rounds in the finals.
• The bout came on the same date as his submission win over Robert Marcok.
• Wieczorek later became a UFC heavyweight, which gives the early result extra value in hindsight.

The result mattered because it set up the final against Adam Wieczorek later the same day.

Key moments

• Tybura submitted Marcok with a rear-naked choke at 3:48 of round one.
• It was one of two wins Tybura recorded on 5 November 2011.
• The victory advanced him to the tournament final against Adam Wieczorek.