Marcin_Tybura

Marcin Tybura

Marcin Tybura

Polish mixed martial arts fighter

Marcin Tybura (born November 9, 1985) is a Polish professional mixed martial artist. He currently competes in the Heavyweight division for the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). A professional competitor since 2011, Tybura previously fought for M-1 and was an M-1 Global Heavyweight Champion and M-1 Grand Prix 2013 Heavyweight Champion.[4] As of March 19, 2024, he is #8 in the UFC heavyweight rankings.[5]

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Early life

Tybura began training in 2006 after a friend introduced him to the sport. Within weeks, he began feeling the urge to compete. However, he would not make his professional debut until several years later.[6]

He earned a Master's degree in Physical Education at the University of Łódź.[7]

Mixed martial arts career

Early career

Tybura made his professional debut on November 5, 2011, against Robert Marcok, whom he beat by a rear-naked choke. He won his next five fights on the Polish MMA circuit, most notably defeating the future UFC heavyweight Adam Wieczorek by a unanimous decision. His last fight at the regional level was a third-round TKO of Krystian Kopytowski at Gladiator Arena 4.[8]

M-1 Global

In 2013, Tybura signed with the Russian based M-1 Global promotion. For his promotional debut, Tybura was scheduled to fight Denis Komkin as a Heavyweight Grand Prix alternate bout.[9] He won the fight by TKO, after Komkin retired from the bout at the end of the first round.[10]

Tybura was then scheduled to fight Chaban Ka at M-1 Challenge 41, in a Heavyweight Grand Prix Semifinal.[11] He beat Ka by a first-round TKO.[12]

In his next two fights, Tybura beat Konstantin Gluhov at M-1 Challenge 42 by rear-naked choke and Maro Perak at M-1 Challenge 47 by a third-round TKO.[13]

At M-1 Challenge 50, Tybura fought Damian Grabowski in the M-1 Heavyweight Grand Prix finals.[14] Tybura submitted Grabowski with a north-south choke 88 seconds into the first round, to become the M-1 Heavyweight champion.[15] He was scheduled to make his first title defense against Denis Smoldarev at M-1 Challenge 53.[16] Tybura successfully defended the title with a first-round submission.

After successfully defending his title, Tybura was scheduled to fight the M-1 Light-heavyweight titleholder Stephan Puetz in a super-fight. The super-fight was contested at heavyweight, with neither of the belts being on the line.[17] Tybura came into the fight with a 10 kilogram weight advantage. Despite winning the first two rounds on the judges' scorecards, Tybura suffered a cut in the third round, which forced the ringside doctor to stop the bout. Tybura suffered the first loss of his professional career, as Puetz was awarded the TKO win.[18]

In his last fight with M-1, Tybura was scheduled to defend his title for the second time against the Croatian heavyweight Ante Delija.[19] The fight ended two minutes into the first round, as Delija suffered a leg break, due to a checked leg kick.[20]

Ultimate Fighting Championship

Tybura signed with the UFC in January 2016.[21]

Tybura made his promotional debut April 10, 2016, against Timothy Johnson at UFC Fight Night 86.[22] He lost the fight via unanimous decision.[23]

Tybura next faced Viktor Pešta on August 6, 2016, at UFC Fight Night 92. He won the fight via KO (head kick), earning a Performance of the Night bonus in the process.[24]

Tybura next fought at UFC 209 on March 4, 2017. He faced Luis Henrique and won the fight via TKO in the third round.[25]

Tybura faced Andrei Arlovski on June 17, 2017, at UFC Fight Night 111.[26] He won the fight by unanimous decision (29–28, 28–27, and 29–27).[27]

Tybura was supposed to face Mark Hunt on November 19, 2017, at UFC Fight Night: Hunt vs. Tybura.[28] On October 11, 2017, Hunt was pulled from the fight by UFC officials citing "medical concerns" on recent Hunt's first person interview statement, and Hunt was replaced by Fabrício Werdum.[29] He lost the fight via unanimous decision.[30]

Tybura faced Derrick Lewis on February 18, 2018, at UFC Fight Night 126.[31] He lost the fight via technical knockout.[32]

Tybura faced Stefan Struve on July 22, 2018, at UFC Fight Night 134.[33] He won the fight via unanimous decision.[34]

Tybura faced Shamil Abdurakhimov on April 20, 2019, at UFC Fight Night 149.[35] He lost the fight via TKO in the second round.[36]

Tybura faced Augusto Sakai on September 14, 2019, at UFC on ESPN+ 16.[37] He lost the fight via knockout in the first round.[38]

Tybura faced Serghei Spivac on February 29, 2020, at UFC Fight Night 169.[39] He won the fight via unanimous decision.[40]

Tybura was expected to face Alexander Romanov on July 11, 2020, at UFC 251.[41] However, Romanov was pulled from the event due to contracting the COVID-19 virus and was replaced by promotional newcomer Maxim Grishin.[42] Tybura won the fight via unanimous decision.[43]

Tybura faced Ben Rothwell on October 11, 2020 at UFC Fight Night 179.[44] He won the fight via unanimous decision.[45]

Tybura faced Greg Hardy on December 19, 2020, at UFC Fight Night 183.[46] He won the fight in the second round via a technical knockout.[47] This win earned him the Performance of the Night award.[48]

Tybura was scheduled to face Blagoy Ivanov on March 27, 2021, at UFC 260.[49] However, Ivanov was pulled from the bout due to injury.[50] Tybura was then scheduled to face Walt Harris on June 5, 2021, at UFC Fight Night: Rozenstruik vs. Sakai.[51] After surviving an early onslaught from Harris, Tybura took Harris down and finished him with ground and pound.[52] This win earned him the Performance of the Night award.[53]

Tybura faced Alexander Volkov on October 30, 2021, at UFC 267.[54] He lost the bout via unanimous decision.[55]

Tybura was scheduled to face Jairzinho Rozenstruik on February 26, 2022, at UFC Fight Night 202.[56] However, in mid January it was announced the bout was moved to UFC 273 on April 9, 2022.[57] However, the bout was pulled from the card after Tybura withdrew due to an undisclosed illness.[58]

Tybura faced Alexander Romanov on August 20, 2022, at UFC 278.[59] Tybura won the fight via a controversial majority decision.[60] 17 out of 18 media outlets scored the bout a draw.[61]

Tybura faced Blagoy Ivanov on February 4, 2023, at UFC Fight Night 218.[62] He won the fight via unanimous decision.[63]

Tybura faced Tom Aspinall on July 22, 2023, at UFC on ESPN+ 82.[64] He lost the fight via TKO just over a minute into the first round.[65]

Tybura was scheduled to face Tai Tuivasa on February 17, 2024, at UFC 298,[66] but the bout was later moved to instead take place at UFC Fight Night 239, on March 16, 2024.[67] Tybura won the bout by a rear-naked choke submission in the first round.[68] This fight earned him another Performance of the Night award.[69]

Championships and achievements

Mixed martial arts

Mixed martial arts record

Professional record breakdown
33 matches 25 wins 8 losses
By knockout 9 5
By submission 7 0
By decision 9 3
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See also

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