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November 5, 2020
The lineup for the Ultimate Fighting Championship’s
Feb. 20 event continues to grow, as a heavyweight tilt betweeen
Sergey
Spivak and Jared
Vanderaa and a featherweight clash between Michael
Trizano and Rafael
Alves have been added to the card.
MMAFighting.com was first to report Spivak vs. Vanderaa, which
was initially slated for UFC 256 before Vanderaa tested positive
for COVID-19. Meanwhile,
MMA DNA brought word of the Trizano-Alves matchup. UFC Fight
Night takes place at an as yet to be announced location and is
headlined by a heavyweight clash between Curtis
Blaydes and Derrick
Lewis.
Spivak has alternated wins and losses in his first four UFC
appearances. Most recently, the 25-year-old Moldovan captured a
majority decision against Carlos
Felipe at UFC Fight Night 172 on July 18. Spivak is 11-2 over
the course of his pro career and has finished 10 of his victories
inside the distance.
Anchored at Team Quest, Vanderaa received a UFC contract following
a first-round technical knockout of Harry
Hunsucker on Dana White’s Contender Series on Nov. 4. The
28-year-old Californian owns an 11-4 professional mark with other
notable wins against Tony Lopez
and Ruan
Potts.
Trizano, who won Season 27 of “The Ultimate Fighter,” suffered his
first career defeat in nine outings at UFC Fight Night 152, where
he was submitted in the second round by Grant
Dawson in May 2019. “The Lone Wolf” kicked off his promotional
tenure with split decision triumphs over Joe
Giannetti and Luis
Pena.
Alves, meanwhile, enters his UFC debut on a five-bout winning
streak. The former Titan FC competitor earned a promotional deal on
the Contender Series thanks to a submission of Alejandro
Flores last August.