{"id":36515,"date":"2026-01-09T17:40:58","date_gmt":"2026-01-09T17:40:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/news\/news\/Ranked-Heavyweights-Collide-at-UFC-Seattle-on-March-28-199685"},"modified":"2026-01-09T17:40:58","modified_gmt":"2026-01-09T17:40:58","slug":"ranked-heavyweights-collide-at-ufc-seattle-on-march-28","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/ranked-heavyweights-collide-at-ufc-seattle-on-march-28\/","title":{"rendered":"Ranked Heavyweights Collide at UFC Seattle on March 28"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Editor’s note: The article has been updated at 2:45 p.m. ET to
\nadd extra context regarding Valter Walker’s response to the matchup
\nnews.<\/i><\/p>\n

Top-ranked
\nUltimate Fighting Championship<\/a> heavyweight Marcin
\nTybura<\/a> better watch his legs or he\u2019ll find himself limping
\nhome.<\/p>\n

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Per an initial report on Thursday from MMA Mania<\/a>, Tybura (27-10) and Valter
\nWalker<\/a> (15-1) will trade blows inside the Octagon on March 28.
\nThe two big men will go at it on the UFC Seattle<\/a> card, also known as UFC Fight Night
\n271, at the Climate Pledge Arena in Washington state\u2019s largest
\ncity. This news has since been confirmed by both
\nathletes<\/a> on their respective Instagram<\/a> pages.<\/p>\n

While Tybura first revealed the bout information, Walker chided him
\nfor releasing it while referencing Brazilian folklore<\/a>. The mythical figure “Sucupira” is
\none that lives in the forest, and his feet are turned backward.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhy, Marcin Tybura, did you spill our secret too soon,\u201d Walker
\nwrote, with translation via Google Translate. \u201cWhen you tap out
\nthree times, I won\u2019t let go, you\u2019ll turn into a curupira!\u201d<\/p>\n

Protect Ya Foot<\/h2>\n

Poland\u2019s Tybura comes into this pairing having lost his last time
\nout, a knockout at the hands of Ante Delija<\/a>
\nin September 2025. His campaign that year went so-so, as he also
\nprocured a decision victory over then-unbeaten Mick Parkin<\/a>
\nto keep a number next to his name. Should the 40-year-old get his
\nhand raised in March, it will serve as his 15th win inside the
\nOctagon, sliding him into a tie with Junior dos
\nSantos<\/a> for the fourth-most in UFC heavyweight history.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Foot Hunter\u201d has rightfully earned his nickname by snatching
\nup four consecutive heel hook submissions\u2014one of the inverted
\nvariety\u2014in his last four triumphs. All four have taken place in the
\nfirst round, where he is one shy of all-time leader Rousimar
\nPalhares<\/a>. His four heel hooks account for all but one of his
\ncareer submissions, with the other a rear-naked choke in his
\nsophomore outing in 2020. If he taps out Tybura, he would become
\nthe second man to ever do so\u2014Serghei
\nSpivac<\/a> did so first in 2024, landing an armbar on \u201cTybur.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Editor’s note: The article has been updated at 2:45 p.m. ET to add extra context regarding Valter Walker’s response to the matchup news. Top-ranked Ultimate Fighting Championship heavyweight Marcin Tybura better watch his legs or he\u2019ll find himself limping home. Advertisement Per an initial report on Thursday from MMA Mania, Tybura (27-10) and Valter Walker […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":36516,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[150],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-36515","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-martial-arts-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36515","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=36515"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36515\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/36516"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36515"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36515"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36515"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}