Fighter Summary

81

Tai Tuivasa

Heavyweight #20

Record: 8-6

Active: 5 years, 10 months

Ratings and Rankings
Metric Rating Ranking
Performance 81
B-
20
Power 85
B
16
Offensive 80
C+
21
Defensive 87
B
14
Records
Overall 8-6 (57.1%)
Versus Top 10 0-4 (0%)
Versus > .500 Fighters 4-5 (44.4%)
Versus < .500 Fighters 4-1 (80%)
Last 5 Fights 2-3 (40%)
Superlatives
Best Win Heavyweight #13 Derrick Lewis (18-9)
2022-02-12 UFC 271: Adesanya vs. Whittaker 2
Round 2 KO/TKO Elbow
Worst Loss Heavyweight #35 Blagoy Ivanov (3-5)
2019-06-08 UFC 238: Cejudo vs. Moraes
Round 3 U-DEC
Other Statistics
Finishes 7 (50%)
KOs 7 (50%)
Submissions 0 (0%)
Decisions 1 (7.1%)
Opponent Record 117-79
Average Opponent Rank 20.3
Long Streak W 5 (02/12/2022)
Current Streak L 3

Recent Trend Analysis

Fight Results
ResultOpponent
L
2023-09-09
Alexander Volkov (11-4)
Heavyweight #7
Round 2 SUB Ezekiel Choke
UFC 293: Adesanya vs. Strickland
L
2022-12-03
Sergei Pavlovich (6-1)
Heavyweight #1
Round 1 KO/TKO Punches
UFC Fight Night: Thompson vs. Holland
L
2022-09-03
Ciryl Gane (9-2)
Heavyweight #4
Round 3 KO/TKO Punches
UFC Fight Night: Gane vs. Tuivasa
W
2022-02-12
Derrick Lewis (18-9)
Heavyweight #13
Round 2 KO/TKO Elbow
UFC 271: Adesanya vs. Whittaker 2
W
2021-12-11
Augusto Sakai (5-4)
Heavyweight #27
Round 2 KO/TKO Punches
UFC 269: Oliveira vs. Poirier
W
2021-07-10
Greg Hardy (4-5)
Heavyweight #32
Round 1 KO/TKO Punch
UFC 264: Poirier vs. McGregor 3
W
2021-03-20
Harry Hunsucker (0-3)
Heavyweight #51
Round 1 KO/TKO Punches
UFC Fight Night: Brunson vs. Holland
W
2020-10-24
Stefan Struve (13-11)
Heavyweight
Round 1 KO/TKO Punches
UFC 254: Khabib vs. Gaethje
L
2019-10-05
Serghei Spivac (7-4)
Heavyweight #10
Round 2 SUB Arm Triangle
UFC 243: Whittaker vs. Adesanya
L
2019-06-08
Blagoy Ivanov (3-5)
Heavyweight #35
Round 3 U-DEC
UFC 238: Cejudo vs. Moraes
L
2018-12-01
Junior Dos Santos (15-8)
Heavyweight
Round 2 KO/TKO Punches
UFC Fight Night: Dos Santos vs. Tuivasa
W
2018-06-09
Andrei Arlovski (23-17)
Heavyweight #23
Round 3 U-DEC
UFC 225: Whittaker vs. Romero 2
W
2018-02-10
Cyril Asker (2-3)
Heavyweight
Round 1 KO/TKO Elbow
UFC 221: Romero vs. Rockhold
W
2017-11-18
Rashad Coulter (1-3)
Heavyweight
Round 1 KO/TKO Flying Knee
UFC Fight Night: Werdum vs. Tybura