Vitor Petrino faces Serghei Spivac in a UFC Sacramento co-main event heavyweight match. Spivac took a quiet stance before the match. Following the event, Petrino called for a main event spot on a future card. Petrino also voiced desire for a possible fight against Valter Walker.
Meanwhile, fighter Steven Asplund pointed to bad blood with Petrino. The heavyweight contest at UFC Sacramento advanced the fighter after he asked for a main event spot and named Walker as an opponent. Spivac held a quiet attitude in the run-up to the fight.