Petrino vs. Spivac: A Heated UFC Heavyweight Clash

Spivak and Petrino's the next fight up after the main event that we just broke down. This is one of those sort of new school versus you know gatekeeper old guard type of fight here with the Moldovian polar bear who's been around forever taking on a Dana White Contender Series fighter but albeit you know Petrino did come out of the 2022 class of the Dana White Contender Series which I got to be honest with you guys I've never fully embraced and bet on right I really haven't you know I mean there's so much stuff going on and I should more I mean it's not going anywhere and every sports book has it right so but I don't I don't watch the Dana White Contender Series very often I have but it's not like one of my regular viewing habits so I do admit that um what do you he was a light heavyweight before right so this is a heavyweight fight right now and he's gone three and oh since moving to uh heavyweight what do you make of this fight uh Tom yeah this is this is a a really tough fight um you know Petrino has has gone three and oh since moving up I mean the guy looks like an absolute monster at heavyweight he looks totally different than he did at 205 he he knew he didn't have to cut weight anymore and you can see it away he's he's a monster he's a big big guy obviously you know he's got the frame for heavyweight um you know in this match up here like I'm not overly sold on Petrino I think he's you know he's still got the big power I still don't trust his cardio and you know overall I mean he's got some grappling he does have some submissions in his back pocket but I don't know I kind of want to I want to see what he looks like as he moves up the ranks a little bit because I don't think it's going to go too well for him here yeah Spivak's a guy that's kind of been you know he's been around a long time he's on a bit of a decline but he kind of does have the game to to win this match up here he can mix in the grappling he can make it an ugly dirty fight wear on the cardio of Petrino so I kind of think Spivak I'm leaning Spivak here but this is one of those fights that I'm just not comfortable with I just think both guys do have a path and I I just expect it to be an ugly sloppy you know I don't want to say low level heavyweight fight because it's not necessarily low level but it's one of those mid-tier middling yeah one of those middling UFC heavyweight fights where you can see both guys leaning on each other over the court you know in the second and third round and it just kind of looks ugly so I don't know I'm I'm going to roll Spivak here just as a pick but yeah not not a fight that I'm I'm running to the window to bet by any stretch. I lean Spivak as well the total is two and a half in this fight I lean Spivak as well just because you know the value at plus 125 I don't really trust Petrino at minus 150 here and Spivak's been around he's seen a lot and the fact is Tom he's really not that old he's only 31 years old like if you know you would have asked me like if you asked somebody how old is their guy uh Spivak you'd probably say I don't mid 30s 34 or whatever you know what I mean but uh he's 31 he started fighting when he was 20 21 he's 31 so he's not like he's not over the hill or anything like that at least you know yeah yeah I mean absolutely I mean in terms of fight years kind of but yeah I mean he's been around a long time you you know you would expect him to be a little older um but he has been through some wars he's been in that the heavyweight division for quite some time now so that will take its toll on you but yeah like I said I mean overall I feel like he's got the game to kind of you know mix in some some judo throws and mix in some sweeps and takedowns and do what he does and just make it an ugly fight so yeah I mean like I said I'm not really sold on Petrino I think he's got the big power I think he's dangerous early but after the first you know five to seven minutes I just don't think he really has that much in the tank and I think Spivak I've seen him go multiple three round fights where he was pretty strong late in the fight so yeah I just like Spivak here.