Marcin Tybura

Overview

Twenty-five UFC fights, and the last five of them are all losses.

Marcin Tybura is a Polish heavyweight out of S4 Warszawa with a 14-11 UFC record and a 27-12-0 professional record across all promotions. He debuted in April 2016 and has been a fixture on heavyweight cards ever since, headlining four times. The peak was a five-fight win streak, his longest in the UFC. He carries a three-fight losing streak into his next fight.

UFC Career

Tybura lost his debut to Timothy Johnson by unanimous decision, then won three in a row, including a second-round TKO of Viktor Pesta and a decision over Andrei Arlovski. His first main event, against Fabricio Werdum, went the full five rounds and ended in a unanimous decision loss to an elite opponent. A third-round TKO loss to Derrick Lewis followed.

The middle of his run was uneven. After beating Stefan Struve, he dropped back-to-back fights by KO/TKO to Shamil Abdurakhimov and Augusto Sakai, the second in 59 seconds. Then came the best stretch of his career: five straight wins from 2020 to 2021, over Serghei Spivac, Max Grishin, Ben Rothwell, Greg Hardy and Walt Harris. Three of the five went to decision, and two were stoppages.

A decision loss to Alexander Volkov ended that streak. Wins over Alexandr Romanov (majority decision) and Blagoy Ivanov followed, and then he headlined against Tom Aspinall, who stopped him in 1:13 of the first round.

His most recent run has been rough. He submitted Tai Tuivasa in the first round of a main event, then lost a submission rematch to Spivac in 1:44 of round one. Jhonata Diniz and Mick Parkin both fell to him, but since then it has been Ante Delija (KO/TKO, round one), Tyrell Fortune (unanimous decision) and Aleksandar Rakic (unanimous decision).

Longevity is the story, not a peak.

Fighting Style

Tybura is a heavyweight who is hard to hit and hard to take down. He lands strikes at a typical rate and absorbs fewer than most, and his takedown defense is among the best on the roster. He rarely shoots for takedowns himself and almost never hunts for submissions.

The finish pattern fits. Eight of his 14 UFC wins came by decision. Of his six finishes, five were KO/TKO and one was a submission, and most arrived in round two. Only two came in the first.

The losses show the other side. Five came by KO/TKO, and two of them ended in round one.

Notable Wins

• Tai Tuivasa — submission, round 1, UFC Fight Night: Tuivasa vs. Tybura (2024)
• Greg Hardy — KO/TKO, round 2, UFC Fight Night: Thompson vs. Neal (2020)
• Alexandr Romanov — majority decision, round 3, UFC 278 (2022)
• Jhonata Diniz — KO/TKO, round 2, UFC 309 (2024)

Quick Facts

• Division: Heavyweight
• UFC record: 14-11
• Professional record (all promotions): 27-12-0
• UFC debut: 2016
• Stance: Orthodox
• Height / reach: 6'3" / 78"
• Team: S4 Warszawa
• Born: Uniejow, Poland