Division: Heavyweight
Result: Serghei Spivac def. Jared Vanderaa via TKO (punches) – Round 2, 4:32
Record: 11-5 MMA, 0-1 UFC
Grade: E
As the old phrase goes, “Be careful what you wish for.”
When Jared Vanderaa earned his UFC contract at Dana White’s Contender Series, he had a callout already planned. But his wish to face Serghei Spivac didn’t pan out quite as he would have hoped as he was dominated by the Moldovan heavyweight prospect en route to a second-round TKO defeat.
Vanderaa attempted to push the pace from the start, but Spivac was able to weather the early storm and take the debutant to the mat. Vanderaa battled back to his feet, but it was only a temporary reprieve as he was taken to the mat before being battered with ground and pound.
Unfortunately for Vanderaa, things went from bad to worse in Round 2 as Spivac took matters to the mat again and loaded up with his ground strikes to bust open the debutant and, with Vanderaa seemingly without an answer to Spivac’s ground and pound, the bout was eventually waved off.
In the end, it was a nightmare debut for Vanderaa, who was left nursing some nasty cuts to his face and, quite possibly, regretting his callout of Spivac for his octagon debut.
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