The best and worst from UFC Fight Night 151: Iaquinta vs. Cowboy

#2 Best: Walt Harris doesn’t play with his food

Walt Harris put a beating on Serghei Spivac

Heavyweight Walt Harris – who was returning to action following a controversial USADA suspension apparently caused by a contaminated supplement – was initially pegged to face Alexei Oleinik last night, but when the Russian moved into his fight with Alistair Overeem in April, he was instead faced with unbeaten newcomer Serghei Spivac.

Despite the Moldovan’s strong record, I felt he was a good match for Harris and so this was a chance for ‘The Big Ticket’ to send a message.

And send a message he did. Harris simply didn’t mess around here; he came in looking fired up and tore through Spivac, destroying him with strikes and finishing him via TKO just 50 seconds into the first round. Admittedly, Spivac may well have been out of his depth, but for Harris to deal with him so quickly was still impressive – and was the highlight of the show excluding anything Cerrone-related.

Harris still has holes in his game, as we saw in his slow-paced win over Andrei Arlovski late in 2018, but he’s got the athleticism to develop into a contender in the future and a win like this should push him back up the ladder to face a higher-ranked opponent next time out.