Meet Sergey Spivak’s Wife Marina Mokhnatkina: Ex-Husband, Age, MMA Career and More

While MMA is a tough sport, it is not without love and romance. The MMA fighters are definitely supposed to be gritty, hard-boiled, and violent. However, they have found themselves losing to fellow MMA fighters. When we think of power couples in MMA, the names of Ronda Rousey and Travis Browne; and Amanda Nunes and Nina Ansaroff come to mind. Who better to understand the hardships a fighter goes through every day than a fellow fighter? The list has one recent addition: Sergey Spivak and Marina Mokhnatkina.

Who is Sergey Spivak’s wife Marina Mokhnatkina? 

After keeping their relationship under wraps, Mokhnatkina made her relationship with ‘Polar Bear’ known this summer. While Sergey Spivack fights under the UFC banner, the Perm native walks out to the PFL’s Smart Cage. Mokhnatkina also shares a penchant for fighting and, born on May 12, 1988, is a former Sambo competitor.

Further, the 35-year-old is a six-time world champion in sambo and has also held the title of European champion twice. Her long combat sports career gave her everything she could have hoped for—both love and fame. It was during the 2011 European Championship that the Russian fighter crossed paths with men’s sambo player Mikhail Mokhnatkin and immediately fell in love. The couple got married in 2012 and, after a couple of years, got blessed with a son whom they named Alexander.

However, their eight-year marriage came to an abrupt end when they parted ways in 2020. Post-divorce, she then decided to focus on her MMA career in Bellator and penned a contract with PFL. But fate had something else in store for her.

When did Sergey Spivak and Marina Mokhnatkina get married? How many children does the couple have?

The featherweight fighter shifted bases to Miami and trained hard to uplift her MMA career. It was there, under the roof of an MMA gym, that she met UFC fighter Spivak. What started as training soon brewed into a romance.

The couple officially tied the knot on July 6 this year in Las Vegas. Sharing the beautiful visuals of her marriage on her Instagram handle, she wrote, “06.07.2023 Life is short … have time to be happy”.

Meanwhile, the Moldovan fighter, in an interview with MatchTV, discussed the details of their marriage. The 28-year-old fighter detailed when he visited his friend and informed him that the pair wanted to get married, even on short notice. “I told him we wanted to get married. They asked me how we could do it. He says, ‘Yes, even tomorrow.’ I say, ‘Well, let’s go tomorrow’.”

“Marina says, ‘We don’t have any rings, nothing.’ I say, ‘Yes, we will solve everything.’… I had tight clothes. Marina also had a dress. And that’s it,” he continued.

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“You could say the race was all about finding the rings. One place was closed, the other didn’t have our sizes… There was already an hour and a half before the wedding. And, as a rule, at the last moment, Blagoy took them and gave them to me brought. He was our witness,” Spivak added.

The newlywed couple currently doesn’t have children together. They have an unwavering focus on their booming careers. While Spivak is ascending in the heavyweight division, Mokhnatkina is currently on a 5-fight winning streak.

Marina Mokhnatkina’s MMA career

Mokhnatkina started her MMA career with Fight Nights Global and soon collected a record of 4-0 before joining Bellator. There, she collected a mixed record of 1-1 and then made her PFL debut in 2021. After defeating Claudia Zamora, she dropped the fight against Kayla Harrison. Since then, she has defeated Yoko Higashi, Evelyn Martins, and Amber Leibrock in a dominant fashion.

Moreover, Spivak also joined her corner in her last fight against Leibrock. She will fight Larissa Pacheco at the PFL 10: 2023 Championships. On the other hand, Spivak will face Ciryl Gane on September 2 at UFC Fight Night 226 in Paris.

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