UFC on ESPN 61: How to watch Marcin Tybura vs. Serghei Spivac, start time, Las Vegas fight card, odds, more

After a trip to the Middle East, the UFC is back home this week with two heavyweights ranked at the top of the lineup.

Here’s how to watch the UFC on ESPN 61 with big men as the headliner, plus bantamweights in the co-film.

Broadcast and streaming information

Brendan Fitzgerald

UFC on ESPN 61 has a main card that starts at 7pm ET on ESPN and ESPN+. The preliminary card airs on ESPN and is broadcast on ESPN+ to 4 p.m. ET.

Stay tuned to MMA Junkie for more broadcast details this week.

Main fight: Marcin Tybura

February 29, 2020; Norfolk, Virginia, USA; Marcin Tybura (red gloves) fights Serghei Spivac (blue gloves) during UFC Fight Night at Chartway Arena. Mandatory Credit: Peter Casey-USA TODAY Sports

Record: 25-8 MMA, 12-7 UFC

Adversary: Serghei Spivac (16-4 MMA, 7-4 UFC)

Division: Heavy weight

Main victories: Tai Tuivasa, Blagoy Ivanov, Alexandr Romanov, Ben Rothwell, Serghei Spivac

Several: Tybura went on a two-fight skid and overcame Spivac in a unanimous decision in February 2020. Now, with wins in three of his last four, he will have to try to stave off Spivac’s hopes of revenge.

Main fight: Serghei Spivac

February 29, 2020; Norfolk, Virginia, USA; Marcin Tybura (red gloves) fights Serghei Spivac (blue gloves) during UFC Fight Night at Chartway Arena. Mandatory Credit: Peter Casey-USA TODAY Sports

Record: 16-4 MMA, 7-4 UFC

Adversary: Marcin Tybura (25-8 MMA, 12-7 UFC)

Division: Heavy weight

Main victories: Derrick Lewis, Greg Hardy, Aleksei Oleinik, Tai Tuivasa

Several: Spivac will try to avenge a defeat from more than four years ago when he meets Tybura again. Since that setback, he has only lost to current interim champion Tom Aspinall and, last September, to Ciryl Gane.

Photos of Tybura-Spivac II

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Marcin Tybura defeated. Serghei Spivac at UFC on ESPN+ 27: Best photos

UFC debut: Nikolay Veretennikov

LAS VEGAS, NEVADA – SEPTEMBER 21: Nikolay Veretennikov of Kazakhstan leaves before facing Michael Morales in a welterweight bout during week five of season four of Dana White’s Contender Series at UFC APEX on September 21, 2021 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Chris Unger/Zuffa LLC)

Record: 12-4

Adversary: Danny Barlow (8-0 MMA, 1-0 UFC)

Division: Welterweight

Main victories: Demarques Jackson, Anthony Ivy

Several: Veretennikov missed a shot at UFC on DWCS in 2021 but has since won three straight by stoppage.

UFC debut: Stephanie Luciano

Stephanie Luciano

Record: 5-1-1

Adversary: Talita Alencar (5-0-1 MMA, 1-0 UFC)

Division: Women’s strawweight

Several: Almost a year after his draw with Alencar at DWCS, Luciano will make his UFC debut. She was supposed to fight in March but withdrew due to a rare bout of dengue fever.

UFC Main Card Betting Odds on ESPN 61

Yana Santos

MAIN CARD (ESPN, 8 p.m. ET)

• Marcin Tybura (+100) vs Serghei Spivac (-120)

• Damon Jackson (+205) vs.

• Chelsea Chandler (+105) x Yana Santos (-125)

• Jafel Filho (+175) x Allan Nascimento (-210)

UFC Preliminary Betting Odds on ESPN 61

Pannie Kianzad

PRELIMINARY CARD (ESPN2/ESPN+, 5 p.m. ET)

• Charalampos Grigoriou (-185) vs.

• Danny Barlow (-310) vs. Nikolay Veretennikov (+245)

• Pannie Kianzad (+145) vs.

• Jhonata Diniz (+190) x Karl Williams (-235)

• Jarno Errens (+280) vs. Youssef Zalal (-380)

• Talita Alencar (+140) x Stephanie Luciano (-170)

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