Tai Tuivasa: ‘Who Wouldn’t Want to Fight Brock Lesnar?’

Tai Tuivasa wouldn’t mind trading leather with Brock Lesnar. A lot has been made over the potential Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) return of Lesnar. While he may be the WWE Universal Champion, Lesnar is reportedly set to make an appearance …

Tai Tuivasa wouldn’t mind trading leather with Brock Lesnar. A lot has been made over the potential Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) return of Lesnar. While he may be the WWE Universal Champion, Lesnar is reportedly set to make an appearance at UFC 226. Some believe Lesnar will receive a title shot against the winner of […]

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UFC 225 Post-Fight Scrum: Undefeated Heavyweight Tuivasa Talks Arlovski Win

At UFC 225 on Saturday night, undefeated Heavyweight prospect Tai Tuivasa went to legitimate contender status, as he added Andrei Arlovski to his list of victims by defeating the former UFC Heavyweight Champion in a pay-per-view card bout. Tuivasa mana…

At UFC 225 on Saturday night, undefeated Heavyweight prospect Tai Tuivasa went to legitimate contender status, as he added Andrei Arlovski to his list of victims by defeating the former UFC Heavyweight Champion in a pay-per-view card bout. Tuivasa managed to beat Arlovski at the United Center in Chicago, Illinois at UFC 225, setting himself […]

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Report: Andrei Arlovski vs. Tai Tuivasa Targeted For UFC 225

According to a report from MMAFighting.com’s Ariel Helwani, a heavyweight bout between former champion Andrei Arlovski and rising contender Tai Tuivasa is close to being finalized for June 9, 2018’s UFC 225, which is set to take place at the United Center in Chicago, Illinois. Between January 2016 and June 2017, Arlovski looked to be […]

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According to a report from MMAFighting.com’s Ariel Helwani, a heavyweight bout between former champion Andrei Arlovski and rising contender Tai Tuivasa is close to being finalized for June 9, 2018’s UFC 225, which is set to take place at the United Center in Chicago, Illinois.

Between January 2016 and June 2017, Arlovski looked to be nearing the end of the road, as he had lost five-straight fights with all five of them ending via stoppage. More recently, however, the 39-year-old has proved to have some gas left in the tank, as he’s currently riding a two-fight winning streak that includes victories over Junior Albini and Stefan Struve.

The 24-year-old Tuivasa, meanwhile, holds a professional mixed martial arts record of 7-0. Since entering the UFC this past November, he’s won back-to-back fights, stopping Rashad Coulter with a flying knee and finishing Cyril Asker with punches.

UFC 225 is currently set to be headlined by a middleweight title fight between champion Robert Whittaker and top contender Yoel Romero. The two met for a first time last July at UFC 213 where Whittaker scored a unanimous decision victory.

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Andrei Arlovski’s Next Fight Targeted for UFC 225

Former UFC heavyweight champion Andrei Arlovski has his next fight lined up. Ariel Helwani of MMA fighting is reporting that the UFC is finalizing a fight agreement that would see Arlovski taking on Tai Tuivasa in a heavyweight bout at the UFC 225 pay-…

Former UFC heavyweight champion Andrei Arlovski has his next fight lined up. Ariel Helwani of MMA fighting is reporting that the UFC is finalizing a fight agreement that would see Arlovski taking on Tai Tuivasa in a heavyweight bout at the UFC 225 pay-per-view event. If this fight does get made, it would mark the […]

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Tai Tuivasa Responds to Not Receiving UFC 221 Bonus

Tai Tuivasa isn’t thrilled about missing out on a bonus. Last night (Feb. 10), Tuivasa did battle with Cyril Asker. The action took place inside Perth Arena in Perth, Australia. Tuivasa earned a first-round TKO victory. After the bout, Tuivasa pu…

Tai Tuivasa isn’t thrilled about missing out on a bonus. Last night (Feb. 10), Tuivasa did battle with Cyril Asker. The action took place inside Perth Arena in Perth, Australia. Tuivasa earned a first-round TKO victory. After the bout, Tuivasa pulled off a shoey. It’s when someone drinks beer out of another person’s shoe. Tuivasa […]

Five Best Fights To Make Following UFC 221

While not the strongest card on paper, UFC 221 actually ended up delivering a night of entertaining fights from Down Under. Yoel Romero scored one of his patented third-round knockouts over former middleweight champion Luke Rockhold, Mark Hunt lost to ever-intriguing heavyweight prospect Curtis Blaydes, and Tai Tuivasa lit up the hometown crowd with a […]

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While not the strongest card on paper, UFC 221 actually ended up delivering a night of entertaining fights from Down Under.

Yoel Romero scored one of his patented third-round knockouts over former middleweight champion Luke Rockhold, Mark Hunt lost to ever-intriguing heavyweight prospect Curtis Blaydes, and Tai Tuivasa lit up the hometown crowd with a quick TKO win before chugging a beer from an audience member’s shoe.

UFC 221 wasn’t as bad as everyone was predicting, and could actually be a launching spot for several rising stars and possibly a new champion who is over 40.

Taking that in context, here are the five best fights for the UFC to make following UFC 221.

Tyson Pedro
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5. Tyson Pedro vs. Misha Cirkunov

Tuivasa’s brother-in-law Tyson Pedro scored a first-round slick submission that will move him ever closer to a top 10 fight.

To properly build this potential Australian light heavyweight star, the UFC is going to have to bring him along slowly, which they’ve done well thus far.

Cirkunov would be the perfect match up to see exactly where Pedro is at. Although he’s stumbled a bit in recent outings, those losses have occurred to Volkan Oezdemir and Glover Teixeira.

If Pedro can put on a similar performance against Circunov, he would be right where he wants to be within the light heavyweight division.

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