Tai Tuivasa

Heavyweight · 15-10 · southpaw

Last 5
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Height
6'2"
187.96 cm
Reach
6'3"
190.5 cm
Age
33
Elo Rating
1506.1

Scouting report

Career stats ranked against 111 Heavyweight fighters in our database with 5+ UFC fights. The tick marks the division median.

Strengths

Nothing stands out as elite for the division — no stat ranks in the top quarter.

Weaknesses

  • Averages just 0.00 takedowns per 15 minutes — worse than 93% of Heavyweight fighters
  • Completes only 0% of their takedown attempts — worse than 93% of Heavyweight fighters
  • Absorbs 4.61 significant strikes per minute — worse than 87% of Heavyweight fighters

Striking

  • Strikes landed / min
    3.37
    Top 47%
  • Striking accuracy
    48%
    Top 45%
  • Strikes absorbed / min
    4.61
    Bottom 13%
  • Striking defense
    42%
    Bottom 15%

Grappling

  • Takedowns / 15 min
    0.00
    Bottom 7%
  • Takedown accuracy
    0%
    Bottom 7%
  • Takedown defense
    58%
    Bottom 39%
  • Submission attempts / 15 min
    0.00
    Bottom 17%

Recent opponents

Last 5 opponents averaged Elo 1539, higher than 50% of Heavyweight fighters. Ratings are each opponent's current Elo, not their rating on fight night. The tick marks this fighter's own Elo (1506).

Last 5 — Fight Time
05101520254:08Tybura15:00Rozenstruik15:00Teixeira15:00Sutherland15:00Despaigne
Win Loss Draw/NC

Fight History

LRobelis Despaigne
Crypto.com UFC 331
2026-09-20 · Decision - Split, R3 5:00
LLouie Sutherland
UFC Fight Night: Della Maddalena vs. Prates
2026-05-02 · Decision - Unanimous, R3 5:00
LTallison Teixeira
UFC 325: Volkanovski vs. Lopes 2
2026-01-31 · Decision - Unanimous, R3 5:00
LJairzinho Rozenstruik
UFC 305: Du Plessis vs. Adesanya
2024-08-17 · Decision - Split, R3 5:00
LMarcin Tybura
UFC Fight Night: Tuivasa vs. Tybura
2024-03-16 · Submission, R1 4:08
LAlexander Volkov
UFC 293: Adesanya vs. Strickland
2023-09-09 · Submission, R2 4:37
LSergei Pavlovich
UFC Fight Night: Thompson vs. Holland
2022-12-03 · KO/TKO, R1 0:54
LCiryl Gane
UFC Fight Night: Gane vs. Tuivasa
2022-09-03 · KO/TKO, R3 4:23
WDerrick Lewis
UFC 271: Adesanya vs. Whittaker 2
2022-02-12 · KO/TKO, R2 1:40
WAugusto Sakai
UFC 269: Oliveira vs. Poirier
2021-12-11 · KO/TKO, R2 0:26
WGreg Hardy
UFC 264: Poirier vs. McGregor 3
2021-07-10 · KO/TKO, R1 1:07
WHarry Hunsucker
UFC Fight Night: Brunson vs. Holland
2021-03-20 · KO/TKO, R1 0:49
WStefan Struve
UFC 254: Khabib vs. Gaethje
2020-10-24 · KO/TKO, R1 4:59
LSerghei Spivac
UFC 243: Whittaker vs. Adesanya
2019-10-05 · Submission, R2 3:14
LBlagoy Ivanov
UFC 238: Cejudo vs. Moraes
2019-06-08 · Decision - Unanimous, R3 5:00
LJunior Dos Santos
UFC Fight Night: Dos Santos vs. Tuivasa
2018-12-01 · KO/TKO, R2 2:30
WAndrei Arlovski
UFC 225: Whittaker vs. Romero 2
2018-06-09 · Decision - Unanimous, R3 5:00
WCyril Asker
UFC 221: Romero vs. Rockhold
2018-02-10 · KO/TKO, R1 2:18
WRashad Coulter
UFC Fight Night: Werdum vs. Tybura
2017-11-18 · KO/TKO, R1 4:35