LAS VEGAS – Marcin Tybura bought known as out by Jairzinho Rozenstruik contemporary off his return to the win column.
The veteran heavyweight picked up a submission win over Tai Tuivasa (15-7 MMA, 8-7 UFC) pm Saturday in the primary occasion of UFC Struggle Night time 239 on the UFC Apex. The victory was a bounce again from his TKO loss to now-interim champion Tom Aspinall in July 2023. Simply minutes after the win, Rozenstruik known as out Tybura (25-8 MMA, 12-7 UFC) for a battle.
“I type of really feel like I’ve all the time been a fighter who doesn’t reject fights, so if the UFC (desires it),” Tybura stated when requested about Rosenstruik’s callout on the UFC Struggle Night time 239 post-fight press convention. “I’m not precisely one to reply, but when the UFC desires to do it, I’ll agree. However I’d quite have somebody increased ranked.”
Tybura and Rozenstruik do have some historical past. They had been speculated to battle in January 2022, however their battle was moved to a couple months later. Weeks earlier than the matchup, although, Tybura withdrew from the battle attributable to damage.
Tybura thinks a battle with Rozenstruik would go similar to his first-round submission of Tuivasa.
“The factor is that I owe it somewhat bit to Jairzinho as a result of our battle was scheduled a yr in the past or so, and I needed to reschedule it, after which I pulled out from the battle as a result of I had some well being points. In order that’s perhaps the battle I must do.”
Tybura is open to battle Rozenstruik, however he’s actually hoping to get somebody increased ranked. He has no particular identify in thoughts, however simply desires somebody forward of him.
“I didn’t deliver any identify as a result of I actually simply wished to give attention to this one and get again within the win column, so proper now I don’t have anybody in my thoughts,” Tybura stated. “However anybody within the prime 10 could be nice. Proper now it’s extra like a celebration, and that’s it.”
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