These heavyweights hope the third time is the charm.
In May, big men Serghei Spivac (17-6) and Shamil Gaziev (14-1) were matched against one another at UFC Fight Night 256, also known as UFC Vegas 106. Due to event restructuring, the matchup was shifted back three weeks to be placed on UFC 316. Before that June 7 card took place, Gaziev was forced out of the pairing for undisclosed reasons and Waldo Cortes-Acosta replaced him and beat Spivac that night. On Friday, the latter’s management team of Chosen Advisory Group announced that the fight was back together for November.