UFC on ESPN 61: How to watch Marcin Tybura vs. Serghei Spivac, start time, Las Vegas fight card, odds, more

After a trip to the Middle East, the UFC is back on its home turf this week with a pair of ranked heavyweights at the top of the lineup.

Here's how to watch UFC on ESPN 61 with big men in the headlining spot, plus bantamweights in the co-feature.

Broadcast and streaming info

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UFC on ESPN 61 has a main card that starts at 7 p.m. ET on ESPN and ESPN+. The preliminary card airs on ESPN and streams on ESPN+ at 4 p.m. ET.

Stay tuned to MMA Junkie for further broadcast details this week.

Main event: Marcin Tybura

Feb 29, 2020; Norfolk, Virginia, USA; Marcin Tybura (red gloves) fights Serghei Spivac (blue gloves) during UFC Fight Night at Chartway Arena. Mandatory Credit: Peter Casey-USA TODAY Sports

Record: 25-8 MMA, 12-7 UFC

Opponent: Serghei Spivac (16-4 MMA, 7-4 UFC)

Division: Heavyweight

Key wins: Tai Tuivasa, Blagoy Ivanov, Alexandr Romanov, Ben Rothwell, Serghei Spivac

Misc.: Tybura snapped a two-fight skid and outworked Spivac for a unanimous decision in February 2020. Now, with wins in three of his past four, he'll have to try to fend o ff Spivac's hope to avenge.

Main event: Serghei Spivac

Feb 29, 2020; Norfolk, Virginia, USA; Marcin Tybura (red gloves) fights Serghei Spivac (blue gloves) during UFC Fight Night at Chartway Arena. Mandatory Credit: Peter Casey-USA TODAY Sports

Record: 16-4 MMA, 7-4 UFC

Opponent: Marcin Tybura (25-8 MMA, 12-7 UFC)

Division: Heavyweight

Key wins: Derrick Lewis, Greg Hardy, Aleksei Oleinik, Tai Tuivasa

Misc.: Spivac will try to avenge a loss from more than four years ago when he rematches Tybura. Since that setback, he only has lost to current interim champion Tom Aspinall and, this past September, Ciryl Gane.

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UFC debut: Nikolay Veretennikov

LAS VEGAS, NEVADA - SEPTEMBER 21: Nikolay Veretennikov of Kazakhstan walks out prior to facing Michael Morales in a welterweight bout during Dana White's Contender Series season five week four at UFC APEX on September 21, 2021 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Chris Unger/Zuffa LLC)

Record: 12-4

Opponent: Danny Barlow (8-0 MMA, 1-0 UFC)

Division: Welterweight

Key wins: Demarques Jackson, Anthony Ivy

Misc.: Veretennikov lost a shot at the UFC on DWCS in 2021, but has won three straight by stoppage since then.

UFC debut: Stephanie Luciano

Stephanie Luciano

Record: 5-1-1

Opponent: Talita Alencar (5-0-1 MMA, 1-0 UFC)

Division: Women's strawweight

Misc.: Nearly a year after a draw with Alencar on DWCS, Luciano will make her UFC debut. She was supposed to fight in March, but pulled out with a rare bout of Dengue fever.

UFC on ESPN 61 main card betting odds

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MAIN CARD (ESPN, 8 p.m. ET)

• Marcin Tybura (+100) vs. Serghei Spivac (-120)

• Damon Jackson (+205) vs. Chepe Mariscal (-250)

• Chelsea Chandler (+105) vs. Yana Santos (-125)

• Jafel Filho (+175) vs. Allan Nascimento (-210)

UFC on ESPN 61 prelim betting odds

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PRELIMINARY CARD (ESPN2/ESPN+, 5 p.m. ET)

• Charalampos Grigoriou (-185) vs. Toshiomi Kazama (+155)

• Danny Barlow (-310) vs. Nikolay Veretennikov (+245)

• Pannie Kianzad (+145) vs. Karol Rosa (-175)

• Jhonata Diniz (+190) vs. Karl Williams (-235)

• Jarno Errens (+280) vs. Youssef Zalal (-380)

• Talita Alencar (+140) vs. Stephanie Luciano (-170)

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