Tai Tuivasa

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Age 31
Gender Male
Height 6' 2"
Weight Class Heavyweight

Tai Tuivasa is a MMA fighter with a professional fight record of 15 wins, 7 losses and 0 draws

Professional Career Statistics

Pro Record 15-7-0 (Win-Loss-Draw)
Career Length 1 month, 11 days
Rounds Fought 27.5
Avg. Fights/Year 1.8
Longest Layoff 3 years, 1 month, 3 days
Quickest Turnaround 1 month, 25 days

Record BreakDown

- KO/TKO SUB DEC
Wins 12 1 1
Losses 3 2 2
Finish Rate 86.7%
Finished Rate 71.4%
Win by Decision Rate 6.7%
Loss by Decision Rate 28.6%
Win by KO Rate 80.0%
Loss by KO Rate 42.9%
Win by SUB Rate 6.7%
Loss by SUB Rate 28.6%
Win Method
Loss Method

Quick Hits

Fastest Win 20
Fastest KO 20
Fastest SUB 04:08
Ave. Rounds (Ws) 0.9
Ave. Length of Fight (Ws) 04:27
Ave. Rounds (Ls) 2.0
Ave. Length of Fight (Ls) 10:05
Finish Rounds
Finished Rounds

Official Professional MMA Fight Record

Date Opponent Weightclass Method Round Time
OFF 08/17/2024 L
(15-6-0)
Jair Rozenstruik
(15-5-0)
HW
( 265.0 vs. 259.0 )
Decision (Split Decision)
UFC 305: DU PLESSIS VS ADESANYA
3 05:00
OFF 03/16/2024 W
(14-6-0)
Marcin Tybura
(24-10-0)
HW
( 265.5 vs. 247.0 )
Submission (Rear Naked Choke)
UFC FN 154 ON ESPN: TUIVASA vs TYBURA
1 04:08
OFF 09/09/2023 L
(14-5-0)
Alexander Volkov
(38-10-0)
HW
( 265.6 vs. 262.9 )
Submission
UFC 293: ADESANYA vs STRICKLAND
2 04:37
OFF 12/03/2022 L
(14-4-0)
Sergei Pavlovich
(18-3-0)
HW
( 266.0 vs. 255.0 )
TKO/RSC
UFC FN 118 ON ESPN: THOMPSON vs HOLLAND
1 00:54
OFF 09/03/2022 L
(14-3-0)
Cyril Gane
(12-2-0)
HW
( 266.0 vs. 247.0 )
KO
UFC FN 111 ON ESPN: GANE vs TUIVASA
3 04:23
OFF 02/12/2022 W
(13-3-0)
Derrick Lewis
(28-12-0)
HW
( 265.0 vs. 266.0 )
KO
UFC 271: ADESANYA vs WHITTAKER
2 01:40
OFF 12/11/2021 W
(12-3-0)
Augusto Sakai
(16-6-1)
HW
( 264.0 vs. 263.5 )
KO
UFC 269: OLIVEIRA vs POIRIER
2 00:26
OFF 07/10/2021 W
(11-3-0)
Gregory Hardy
(7-5-0)
HW
( 263.0 vs. 264.5 )
KO
UFC 264: MCGREGOR vs POIRIER
1 01:07
OFF 03/20/2021 W
(10-3-0)
Harry Hunsucker, Jr.
(7-6-0)
HW
( 264.5 vs. 249.0 )
TKO/RSC
UFC FN 67 ON ESPN: BRUNSON vs HOLLAND
1 00:49
OFF 10/24/2020 W
(9-3-0)
Stefan Struve
(28-13-0)
HW
( 265.0 vs. 265.0 )
KO
UFC 254: KHABIB vs GAETHJE
1 04:59
OFF 10/05/2019 L
(9-2-0)
Sergey Spivak
(17-4-0)
HW
( 264.0 vs. 233.0 )
Submission (Arm Triangle Choke)
UFC 243
2 03:14
OFF 06/08/2019 L
(9-1-0)
Blagoy Ivanov
(18-7-0)
HW
( 259.0 vs. 251.0 )
Decision (Unanimous Decision)
UFC 238
3 05:00
OFF 12/02/2018 L
(9-0-0)
Junior Dos Santos
(23-10-0)
HW
( 262.0 vs. 255.0 )
TKO/RSC
UFC Fight Night: dos Santos vs. Tuivasa
2 02:30
OFF 06/09/2018 W
(8-0-0)
Andrei Arlovski
(34-24-0)
HW
( 261.0 vs. 249.0 )
Decision (Unanimous Decision)
UFC 225: WHITTAKER vs. ROMERO 2
3 05:00
OFF 02/10/2018 W
(7-0-0)
Cyril Asker
(9-4-0)
HW
( 263.5 vs. 243.5 )
TKO/RSC (Referee Stoppage)
UFC 221: Romero vs. Rockhold
1 02:18
OFF 11/18/2017 W
(6-0-0)
Rashad Coulter
(9-5-0)
HW
( 265.0 vs. 249.0 )
KO
UFC Fight Night: Werdum vs. Tybura
1 04:35
NRB 10/15/2016 W
(5-0-0)
James McSweeney
(15-17-0)
HW TKO/RSC (Corner Stoppage)
Australian Fighting Championships 17
1 05:00
NRB 06/18/2016 W
(4-0-0)
Brandon Sosoli
(4-3-0)
KO (Elbow)
Australian Fighting Championship 16
1 00:21
NRB 12/12/2015 W
(3-0-0)
Gul Pohatu
(3-2-0)
TKO/RSC (Referee Stoppage from Strikes)
Urban Fight Night 5
1 00:34
NRB 11/09/2012 W
(2-0-0)
Erik Nosa
(0-1-0)
TKO/RSC (Referee Stoppage from Strikes)
Gladiators Cage Fighting (Australia) 3
1 00:28
NRB 08/31/2012 Unknown
(1-0-0)
Aaron Nieborak
(0-1-0)
Unknown
Gladiators Cage Fighting (Australia) 2
3 05:00
NRB 07/06/2012 W
(0-0-0)
Simon Osbourne
(1-2-0)
HW TKO/RSC (Referee Stoppage from Punches)
Elite Cage Championship 2
1 00:20

* Bouts marked with 'OFF' denote results which have been verified by an ABC-recognized athletic commission. Bouts marked with an SB denote bouts overseen by a duly-recognized sanctioning organization. Bouts marked NRB denote non-regulated bouts.

* Bouts marked with an (*) are considered exhibition bouts and do not count towards the fighter's record

* Weights marked with an (*) denote those over the limit for the weight class