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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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.
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.
Last night (Feb. 10, 2018), unbeaten heavyweight Tai Tuivasa picked up a one-sided stoppage victory over Cyril Asker at UFC 221, which took place live on pay-per-view (PPV) in Perth, Australia. After the fight, Tuivasa celebrated with a “shoey,” chugging a beer from a shoe on his way backstage from the Octagon. Check it out […]
Last night (Feb. 10, 2018), unbeaten heavyweight Tai Tuivasa picked up a one-sided stoppage victory over Cyril Asker at UFC 221, which took place live on pay-per-view (PPV) in Perth, Australia.
Although he embraced that moment, however, Tuivasa isn’t too happy that he didn’t receive a post-fight bonus for his efforts. In fact, he believes the “shoey” should’ve earned him a bonus:
“What more do they want us to do?” Tuivasa told MMAFighting.com at the UFC 221 post-fight press conference. “I should’ve gotten 50K just for the shoey.”
Continuing on, “Bam Bam” also said that his brother-in-law, Tyson Pedro, who submitted Saparbek Safarov at UFC 221, should’ve received a bonus as well:
“I think we both should’ve gotten Performance of the Night and I think everyone else thought we should’ve gotten Performance of the Night,” Tuivasa explained. “He (Tyson Pedro) almost ripped somebody’s arm off, and I like elbowed (Cyril Asker) back to France and f*cking nothing. Now I have to go home and cry all night.”
Tai Tuivasa has his sights set on victory and some booze. Tonight (Feb. 10), Tuivasa will take on Cyril Asker on the main card of UFC 221. Tuivasa will have his hone country by his side as the UFC is invading Perth, Australia for the event. The card is…
Tai Tuivasa has his sights set on victory and some booze. Tonight (Feb. 10), Tuivasa will take on Cyril Asker on the main card of UFC 221. Tuivasa will have his hone country by his side as the UFC is invading Perth, Australia for the event. The card is headlined by a middleweight clash between […]
Two new bouts have been set for the upcoming Octagon debut in Perth, Australia, as Tai Tuivasa faces Cyril Asker and Teruto Ishihara meets Jose Alberto Quinonez. UFC 221 takes place February 11 from the Perth Arena in Western Australia, marking the 12t…
Two new bouts have been set for the upcoming Octagon debut in Perth, Australia, as Tai Tuivasa faces Cyril Asker and Teruto Ishihara meets Jose Alberto Quinonez. UFC 221 takes place February 11 from the Perth Arena in Western Australia, marking the 12th time the UFC has set up shop in the country. Luke Rockhold […]