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Tai Tuivasa Scores Buzzer-Beating KO Over Stefan Struve – UFC 254 Highlights

TuivasaShoey-enthusiast, Tai ‘Bam Bam’ Tuivasa is back in the winner’s enclosure. Standing opposite the almost seven-foot veteran, Stefan ‘The Skyscraper’ Struve in our featured preliminary matchup of the night. Unloading at the fence, the knockout artist managed a massive uppercut win over the Dutch submission threat with a single-second remaining in the opening-frame. Looking to […]

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Shoey-enthusiast, Tai ‘Bam Bam’ Tuivasa is back in the winner’s enclosure. Standing opposite the almost seven-foot veteran, Stefan ‘The Skyscraper’ Struve in our featured preliminary matchup of the night.

Unloading at the fence, the knockout artist managed a massive uppercut win over the Dutch submission threat with a single-second remaining in the opening-frame.

Looking to fight in the pocket against the much taller, Struve – Tuivasa utilised his heavy-hands in the clinch and at the fence, clipping Struve on occasion – before forcing the issue and referee Jason Herzog to step-in and call a halt to proceedings.

Denied his customary shoey by officials afterward, Tuivasa who scaled the Octagon fence in search of a shoe, was ultimately corralled by officials.

Check out the highlights from Tuivasa’s knockout win, below.

Tai Tuivasa Reveals He Has Been Released By The UFC

TuivasaThere will be no more shoeys in the UFC with Tai Tuivasa. The Aussie heavyweight recently revealed on social media that he had been cut from the UFC. Tuivasa joined the UFC as an exciting undefeated prospect and got off to an electric start with two knockouts in his first two fights. He also earned […]

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There will be no more shoeys in the UFC with Tai Tuivasa.

The Aussie heavyweight recently revealed on social media that he had been cut from the UFC.

Tuivasa joined the UFC as an exciting undefeated prospect and got off to an electric start with two knockouts in his first two fights. He also earned the biggest win of his career when he outpointed former heavyweight champion Andrei Arlovski at UFC 225 in June 2018.

However, “Bam Bam” would go on to suffer his first professional defeat against Junior dos Santos via TKO in December 2018. That was followed by a unanimous decision defeat to Blagoy Ivanov and most recently, a submission loss to Sergey Spivak at UFC 243 last October.

That three-fight losing streak was seemingly enough for the UFC to cut the 27-year-old. Tuivasa leaves the UFC with a 3-3 record and now has a 9-3 overall professional record.

However, time is on his side and a few wins elsewhere could certainly see him return to the Las Vegas-based promotion.

Are you surprised that Tuivasa was cut?

UFC 243 Highlights: Sergey Spivak Chokes Out Tai Tuivasa

Tai Tuivasa got choked out by Tai Tuivasa at UFC 243.  The two fighters met in a heavyweight bout at the UFC 243 pay-per-view from Sydney, Australia at the Marvel Stadium. The story of the fight was quite simple,  Tuivasa looked good on his f…

Tai Tuivasa got choked out by Tai Tuivasa at UFC 243.  The two fighters met in a heavyweight bout at the UFC 243 pay-per-view from Sydney, Australia at the Marvel Stadium. The story of the fight was quite simple,  Tuivasa looked good on his feet in the striking department but couldn’t stay upright as Spivak […]

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Sergey Spivak Chokes Out Tai Tuivasa – UFC 243 Results

Next up on the the UFC 243 main card is a heavyweight bout between Tai Tuivasa and Sergey Spivak. Round 1: Tuivasa drops Spivak early on with a leg kick. He attempts another but is caught by Spivak who takes him down. Tuivasa gets back up and they go back to striking. Spivak takes him […]

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Next up on the the UFC 243 main card is a heavyweight bout between Tai Tuivasa and Sergey Spivak.

Round 1: Tuivasa drops Spivak early on with a leg kick. He attempts another but is caught by Spivak who takes him down. Tuivasa gets back up and they go back to striking. Spivak takes him down again but they get back up. Spivak catches another leg kick and takes Tuivasa down and proceeds to get a fourth takedown later on, remaining on top for much longer. Tuivasa eventually escapes but is once again taken down by the Moldovan who remains on top for the remainder of the round.

Round 2: Spivak starts round two with another takedown. He is getting takedowns with ease but is not as successful at keeping Tuivasa down. Tuivasa gets up again and the two start exchanging again. They get into a clinch position but separate and exchange leather. Spivak attempts a double leg takedown and it looks like Tuivasa defended it only to be taken down. Spivak moves to full mount. He elbows Tuivasa and bloodies him up in the process before landing ground and pound. He eventually locks in an arm triangle choke as Tuivasa goes to sleep.

Official Result: Sergey Spivak defeats Tai Tuivasa via second-round submission (3:14)

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Tai Tuivasa Returning At UFC 243 In Australia

Fan-favorite and shoey master Tai Tuivasa is set to make his return to the Octagon at the UFC 243 pay-per-view (PPV) in Australia. According to MMA Junkie’s Nolan King, Tuivasa will be taking on Sergey “The Polar Bear” Spivak: Spivak comes off the first loss of his mixed martial arts (MMA) career, which also happened […]

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Fan-favorite and shoey master Tai Tuivasa is set to make his return to the Octagon at the UFC 243 pay-per-view (PPV) in Australia.

According to MMA Junkie’s Nolan King, Tuivasa will be taking on Sergey “The Polar Bear” Spivak:

Spivak comes off the first loss of his mixed martial arts (MMA) career, which also happened to be his UFC promotional debut. The 24-year-old was put away by Walt Harris in under a minute.

As for Tuivasa, he is currently on a two-fight losing streak, the only two losses of his career. In his last outing, he was outclassed by Blagoy Ivanov at UFC 238. Now, he hopes to get back in the win column against Spivak.

UFC 243 takes place from the Marvel Stadium in Melbourne, Australia on October 6. The card is headlined by a UFC middleweight title unification bout between Robert Whittaker and Israel Adesanya.

What do you think about Tuivasa making his return against Spivak at UFC 243?

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Tai Tuivasa vs. Sergey Spivak Added to UFC 243

UFC 243 finally had its venue confirmed earlier today, with the event set to take place in the Marvel Stadium in Melbourne Australia on October 6, 2019. And now more good news has hit the Land Down Under, as another one of its own will reportedly be co…

UFC 243 finally had its venue confirmed earlier today, with the event set to take place in the Marvel Stadium in Melbourne Australia on October 6, 2019. And now more good news has hit the Land Down Under, as another one of its own will reportedly be competing on the card when Aussie Tai Tuivasa […]

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