Tai Tuivasa Record, Stats & Next Fight

UFC fight history

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Event	Date
L	Louie Sutherland Heavyweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Della Maddalena vs. Prates	May 2, 2026
L	#15Tallison Teixeira Heavyweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC 325: Volkanovski vs. Lopes 2	Jan 31, 2026
L	#12Jairzinho Rozenstruik Heavyweight	Decision	Split	R3	5:00	UFC 305: Du Plessis vs. Adesanya	Aug 17, 2024
L	#11Marcin Tybura Heavyweight	Submission	Rear Naked Choke	R1	4:08	UFC Fight Night: Tuivasa vs. Tybura	Mar 16, 2024
L	#8Alexander Volkov Heavyweight	Submission	Ezekiel Choke From Mount	R2	4:37	UFC 293: Adesanya vs. Strickland	Sep 9, 2023
L	#5Sergei Pavlovich Heavyweight	KO/TKO	Punches to Head At Distance	R1	0:54	UFC Fight Night: Thompson vs. Holland	Dec 3, 2022
L	#1Ciryl Gane Heavyweight	KO/TKO	Punches to Head At Distance	R3	4:23	UFC Fight Night: Gane vs. Tuivasa	Sep 3, 2022
W	#3Derrick Lewis Heavyweight	KO/TKO	Elbow to Head In Clinch	R2	1:40	UFC 271: Adesanya vs. Whittaker 2	Feb 12, 2022
W	#11Augusto Sakai Heavyweight	KO/TKO	Punches to Head At Distance	R2	0:26	UFC 269: Oliveira vs. Poirier	Dec 11, 2021
W	Greg Hardy Heavyweight	KO/TKO	Punch to Head At Distance	R1	1:07	UFC 264: Poirier vs. McGregor 3	Jul 10, 2021
W	Harry Hunsucker Heavyweight	KO/TKO	Punches to Head On Ground	R1	0:49	UFC Fight Night: Brunson vs. Holland	Mar 20, 2021
W	#15Stefan Struve Heavyweight	KO/TKO	Punches to Head At Distance	R1	4:59	UFC 254: Khabib vs. Gaethje	Oct 24, 2020
L	Serghei Spivac Heavyweight	Submission	Arm Triangle From Side Control	R2	3:14	UFC 243: Whittaker vs. Adesanya	Oct 5, 2019
L	#13Blagoy Ivanov Heavyweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC 238: Cejudo vs. Moraes	Jun 8, 2019
L	#7Junior Dos Santos Heavyweight	KO/TKO	Punches to Head From Mount	R2	2:30	UFC Fight Night: Dos Santos vs. Tuivasa	Dec 1, 2018
W	#9Andrei Arlovski Heavyweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC 225: Whittaker vs. Romero 2	Jun 9, 2018
W	Cyril Asker Heavyweight	KO/TKO	Elbow to Head In Clinch	R1	2:18	UFC 221: Romero vs. Rockhold	Feb 10, 2018
W	Rashad Coulter Heavyweight	KO/TKO	Flying Knee Head	R1	4:35	UFC Fight Night: Werdum vs. Tybura	Nov 18, 2017

Outside the UFC

6-0across 6 bouts · 5 promotions · wins by 6 KOGladiators Cage Fighting · AFC 17 · AFC 16 · UFN 5 · ECC 2

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Promotion	Date
W	James McSweeney15-18	KO/TKO	Corner Stoppage	R1	5:00	AFC 17	Oct 15, 2016
W	Brandon Sosoli5-4	KO/TKO	Elbow	R1	0:21	AFC 16	Jun 18, 2016
W	Gul Pohatu3-2	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	0:44	UFN 5	Dec 12, 2015
W	Erik Nosa0-1	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	0:28	Gladiators Cage Fighting	Nov 9, 2012
W	Aaron Nieborak0-1	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	0:40	Gladiators Cage Fighting	Aug 31, 2012
W	Simon Osborne1-2	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	0:20	ECC 2	Jul 6, 2012

Non-UFC bouts (regional/other promotions) and Dana White’s Contender Series — shown for context only, excluded from Schedule Score, striking/grappling rates, and every UFC-scoped metric.

Amateur

1-1across 2 amateur bouts · 2 promotionsCombat 8: 03 - · Combat 8: 02 -

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Promotion	Date
L	Peter Graham11-10	KO/TKO	Punches	R2	2:55	Combat 8: 03 -	Apr 27, 2013
W	John Hopoate0-0	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	1:42	Combat 8: 02 -	Dec 1, 2012

Amateur (pre-professional) bouts — shown for context only and excluded from the professional record and every UFC-scoped metric.

Method of victory & defeat

KO / TKO

13 wins, 3 losses

W13

L3

Submission

0 wins, 3 losses

W0

L3

Decision

1 win, 4 losses

W1

L4

Finishes

UFC KOs

7

Above avg · 18%Heavyweight

Knockdowns / fight

0.44

Above avg · 0.24Heavyweight

UFC submissions

0

Below avg · 8%Heavyweight

Submission attempts / fight

0.00

Below avg · 0.25Heavyweight

KO history

Knockout power and chin durability (UFC; clean KOs only).

Tai Tuivasa

PowerChin

Knockout rate

39%

7 KO/TKO wins

Knockdowns dealt

8

2.76 per 100 head

Clean KO losses

3

cuts / injury TKOs excluded

Knockdowns absorbed

6

1.28 per 100 head

Chin gauges use a league scale: green = clean record, red = bottom ~10% of UFC fighters (4+ KO losses · 6+ knockdowns absorbed).

Decision behavior

Judging

5 scorecards on file

Tai Tuivasa

Scorecard luck

Wrong end of the cards

Won just 0 of 1 coin-flip decision — repeatedly on the wrong end of close calls. Judges have given them 4 of 6 rounds they disagreed on (67%).

Coin-flip decisions

Split + majority

0–1

Won – Lost

Swing rounds

Judges disagreed

4–2

Won – Lost

67% went their way

Unanimous4 decisions · 80%

1W3L

Split1 decision · 20%

1L

Majority

None

10-8 rounds

3 rounds total

0

Won

3

Lost

Most frequent judges

All judges →

Scorecard data ingested from MMA Decisions

Career striking

OverallC55th

48%491 / 1,010

Striking accuracy

42%

Striking defense

Sig. strikes / min-1.24 differential

Landed3.37

Absorbed4.61

50%str + td

Defensive rating

Striking edge

-10%accuracy vs opp. landing

worseevenbetter

Strike maps

Sig. strikes by target

Head59%49th290
Body18%57th86
Leg23%77th115

Color = division rank · green elite → red low · % = share of strikes

Sig. strikes by position

71%Standing

Standing71%347
Clinch24%120
Ground5%24

Striking zones

Per-15-minute breakdown — where this fighter lands, and where they get hit.

UFC only

Tai Tuivasa

Landed per 15

Head

C

48th

29.9

48th

Body

C

57th

8.9

57th

Leg

A

82nd

11.8

82nd

Ranks are division percentiles — e.g. 90th = top 10% of the weight class. Higher is always better: on “absorbed” rows the rank is inverted, so a high rank means they get hit less.

Absorbed per 15

Head

F

18th

48.4

18th

Body

D

26th

12.4

26th

Leg

D

39th

8.3

39th

Ranks are division percentiles — e.g. 90th = top 10% of the weight class. Higher is always better: on “absorbed” rows the rank is inverted, so a high rank means they get hit less.

Career totals — landed / attempted

Landed (career total)

Zone	Per 15	Landed	Attempted	Accuracy
Head	29.9	290	738	39%
Body	8.9	86	115	75%
Leg	11.8	115	157	73%

Absorbed (career total)

Zone	Per 15	Landed	Attempted	Accuracy
Head	48.4	470	925	51%
Body	12.4	120	155	77%
Leg	8.3	81	96	84%

UFCStats career rates, per 15 minutes. Percentiles vs the division; absorbed is inverted so higher is better.

Grappling

Per-15-minute breakdown of takedowns, submissions, and ground control.

UFC only

Tai Tuivasa

0%

Takedown accuracy

59%

Takedown defense

Control / 15 min-1.8 min net

On top1.9

On bottom3.7

Offense

Takedowns

D

33rd

0.0

33rd

TD accuracy

0%

Sub attempts

C

53rd

0.0

53rd

Control

C

48th

1.9 min

48th

Defense

TD defense

C

43rd

59%

43rd

Controlled

3.7 min

Career totals — landed / attempted, control time

Offense

Takedowns	0 / 3
Submission attempts	0
Control time	18:07

Defense

TDs defended	27 / 46
Control absorbed	35:43

Rates above are per 15 minutes of UFC fight time (146min total). Value colors reflect the per-15 rate’s percentile against the current weight class baseline; raw totals without a division reference stay neutral.

Pace & fade

Round-by-round work rate, and whether they fade.

UFC only

Tai Tuivasa

18 UFC bouts (per‑round) · 146 min

169%

R3 pace · 6 bouts

Tuivasa fades (-5% per round through round 3). Within fights that reached round 3, Tuivasa lifts to 169% of round-1 output by round 3 (6 bouts).

Tuivasa ▼ FADESOutput / min

Rounds backed by fewer than 2 bouts are drawn smaller and dimmed with an n= count — a deep round seen in one or two fights is a thin sample, not a settled rate. Per-round bout counts are in the breakdown below.

Full per-round breakdown

What drives the pace · per round

The composite output line above blends these three inputs — splitting them out shows whether the work rate is built on striking volume, takedown pressure, or top control, and which input fades.

Sig. strikes landed

Tuivasalanded / min

Takedown attempts

Tuivasaattempts / min

Control time

Tuivasa% of round

Round	Output / min	Sig landed / min	Sig absorbed / min	TD att / min	Control	Bouts
R1	4.3	3.5	3.9	0.04	17%	18
R2	3.2	3.1	5.6	0.00	3%	11
R3	3.9	3.4	4.9	0.00	14%	6

Output / minis the headline work rate — significant strikes landed, plus 3 per takedown attempt, plus one per 15 seconds of control — so a takedown-and-grind round isn’t scored as idle the way bare striking volume would. The remaining columns are its components. Per-round rates use UFCStats per-round data (available for ~95% of bouts since 2008). Each round’s rates are averaged only over bouts that reached that round, so the bout count shrinks as rounds deepen. The final round of a finished fight is pro-rated by its actual length.

Schedule Score

Opponent quality, ranked across the UFC. Recent fights weighted heavier.

UFC only

Tai Tuivasa

18 resolved UFC bouts · 12 ranked at the time

Schedule Score

48/ 100

0255075100

Schedule strength

A+

86th

58%

86th

Win quality

F

24th

31%

24th

Opponent quality distribution

Every UFC bout, grouped by who the opponent was at the time.

7

6

2

3

Top-5Ranked #1–#5 at the time
Top-15Ranked #6–#15 at the time
Building3+ UFC fights, ≥.40 win rate
UnprovenFewer than 3 fights, or sub-.40 win rate

Tier	Bouts	Record	Win rate
Top-5	7	2-5	29%
Top-15	6	2-4	33%
Building	2	2-0	100%
Unproven	3	2-1	67%

Highest-quality opponents

Toughest opponents on the scheduleScore, scored at the time of the fight.

All bouts — opponent quality bout-by-bout

Res	Opponent	Tier	Score	Date
L	Louie Sutherland	Unproven	8	May 2, 2026
L	Tallison Teixeira#15	Top-15	64	Jan 31, 2026
L	Jairzinho Rozenstruik#12	Top-5	77	Aug 17, 2024
L	Marcin Tybura#11	Top-15	71	Mar 16, 2024
L	Alexander Volkov#8	Top-5	82	Sep 9, 2023
L	Sergei Pavlovich#5	Top-5	86	Dec 3, 2022
L	Ciryl Gane#1	Top-5	93	Sep 3, 2022
W	Derrick Lewis#3	Top-5	86	Feb 12, 2022
W	Augusto Sakai#11	Top-15	69	Dec 11, 2021
W	Greg Hardy	Building	18	Jul 10, 2021
W	Harry Hunsucker	Unproven	8	Mar 20, 2021
W	Stefan Struve#15	Top-15	68	Oct 24, 2020
L	Serghei Spivac	Top-15	52	Oct 5, 2019
L	Blagoy Ivanov#13	Top-15	69	Jun 8, 2019
L	Junior Dos Santos#7	Top-5	84	Dec 1, 2018
W	Andrei Arlovski#9	Top-5	81	Jun 9, 2018
W	Cyril Asker	Building	18	Feb 10, 2018
W	Rashad Coulter	Unproven	8	Nov 18, 2017

Per-bout quality scoring: champion = 100; same-division ranks 1–5 = 90 → 78 linear; ranks 6–15 = 75 → 60 linear; cross-division champion = 78; cross-division ranked = 45; title-fight challenger (no rank signal) = 50, bumped to 65 when opp had an elite career UFC record at the time. Unranked opponents are scored on UFC record-at-time (long-tenured vet 60, contender-level 45, established 30, building 18, unproven 8). P4P top-10 at time adds +5; top-3 adds +8 (capped at 100). The Schedule Score combines schedule strength (65%) and quality wins (35%), then is held toward a rookie baseline for fighters with limited UFC experience so a thin résumé reads honestly low.

Career cohorts

18 resolved UFC bouts

Performance broken down by situation — camp length, response to the previous result, title-fight presence, and rematches. Computed across every completed UFC bout.

Camp length

Days between fights

Short turnaround

< 100 days

2-2

4 bouts

Typical camp

100–180 days

4-3

7 bouts

Long layoff

> 180 days

1-5

6 bouts

UFC debut

first UFC bout

1-0

1 bout

Post-result bounce

Performance based on the previous UFC result

After a loss

next bout after a defeat

1-8

9 bouts

After a win

next bout after a win

6-2

8 bouts

First UFC bout

no precedent

1-0

1 bout

Title fights

Performance with a belt on the line

All title fights

as challenger or champion

—

As champion

defending the belt

—

As challenger

fighting for the belt

—

Rematches

Performance when meeting an opponent again

All rematches

any second meeting

—

Revenge bouts

lost the first meeting

—

Encore bouts

won the first meeting

—

Activity & layoff

Last fight, activity, and divisional context.

Time since last UFC bout

2 months

Active

0–6 mo

Normal

6–12 mo

Layoff

12–18 mo

Extended

18+ mo

Tai Tuivasa

Active

2 monthssince last bout

vs Louie Sutherland · May 2, 2026

DraftKings fantasy scoring

DFSAs favorite 7-4As underdog 1-6

53.9

DK avg

30.7

Median

106.1

Ceiling

8.8

Floor

39%

Boom

39%

Bust

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