Tai Tuivasa
19 UFC Fights | 42% Win Rate | 7 Finishes (88%)
Tai Tuivasa UFC Record & Pro MMA Record
Tai Tuivasa is 8-11 in the UFC across 19 fights, with 7 wins by knockout and 1 by decision. The full pro MMA record is 14-11, 6-0 of it outside the UFC. Tuivasa competes at heavyweight as a southpaw striker, standing 6'2" with a 75" reach at 33 years old. The last bout was a loss to Robelis Despaigne by split decision in Sep 2026.
Best attribute: knockdown power (knockdowns scored per fight) — 86th percentile among 166 heavyweight fighters (0.47/fight).
Tai Tuivasa's UFC win rate is 42% (8 of 19 fights), and 88% of those wins came by finish. Tuivasa stops 60% of opponents' takedown attempts.
- Pro MMA Record
- 14-11
- UFC Record
- 8-11
- Height
- 6'2"
- Reach
- 75"
- Age
- 33
- Stance
- Southpaw
- Last Fight
- L vs Robelis Despaigne · Decision - Split · Sep 2026
Pro record from Sherdog (snapshot 2026-07-03) plus every UFC bout since; UFC record from UFCStats.
Tai Tuivasa's Last 5 Fights
Tuivasa is 0-5 in the last five UFC fights.
- Loss vs Robelis Despaigne · Decision - Split · R3 5:00 · UFC 331: Van vs. Pantoja 2 · Sep 2026
- Loss vs Louie Sutherland · Decision - Unanimous · R3 5:00 · UFC Fight Night: Della Maddalena vs. Prates · May 2026
- Loss vs Tallison Teixeira · Decision · R3 5:00 · UFC 325: Volkanovski vs. Lopes 2 · Jan 2026
- Loss vs Jairzinho Rozenstruik · Decision · R3 5:00 · UFC 305: Du Plessis vs. Adesanya · Aug 2024
- Loss vs Marcin Tybura · Submission · R1 4:08 · UFC Fight Night: Tuivasa vs. Tybura · Mar 2024
Striking
Fighter Profile
Offensive Output
Defensive
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Grappling
Takedowns & Control
Win Methods
Finish Probability by Round
Round-by-Round Output
Sig. Strikes Landed per Round — Tai Tuivasa vs Average
Tai Tuivasa lands 15.0 strikes in R1 but 19.0 in R3+ — output increases in later rounds.
Tai Tuivasa's UFC Fight History
19 UFC fights on record (8-11), most recent first.
| Result | Opponent | Method | Rd · Time | Event | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| L | Robelis Despaigne | Decision - Split | R3 · 5:00 | UFC 331: Van vs. Pantoja 2 | 2026-09-19 |
| L | Louie Sutherland | Decision - Unanimous | R3 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Della Maddalena vs. Prates | 2026-05-02 |
| L | Tallison Teixeira | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC 325: Volkanovski vs. Lopes 2 | 2026-01-31 |
| L | Jairzinho Rozenstruik | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC 305: Du Plessis vs. Adesanya | 2024-08-17 |
| L | Marcin Tybura | Submission | R1 · 4:08 | UFC Fight Night: Tuivasa vs. Tybura | 2024-03-16 |
| L | Alexander Volkov | Submission | R2 · 4:37 | UFC 293: Adesanya vs. Strickland | 2023-09-09 |
| L | Sergei Pavlovich | KO/TKO | R1 · 0:54 | UFC Fight Night: Thompson vs. Holland | 2022-12-03 |
| L | Ciryl Gane | KO/TKO | R3 · 4:23 | UFC Fight Night: Gane vs. Tuivasa | 2022-09-03 |
| W | Derrick Lewis | KO/TKO | R2 · 1:40 | UFC 271: Adesanya vs. Whittaker 2 | 2022-02-12 |
| W | Augusto Sakai | KO/TKO | R2 · 0:26 | UFC 269: Oliveira vs. Poirier | 2021-12-11 |
| W | Greg Hardy | KO/TKO | R1 · 1:07 | UFC 264: Poirier vs. McGregor 3 | 2021-07-10 |
| W | Harry Hunsucker | KO/TKO | R1 · 0:49 | UFC Fight Night: Brunson vs. Holland | 2021-03-20 |
| W | Stefan Struve | KO/TKO | R1 · 4:59 | UFC 254: Khabib vs. Gaethje | 2020-10-24 |
| L | Serghei Spivac | Submission | R2 · 3:14 | UFC 243: Whittaker vs. Adesanya | 2019-10-05 |
| L | Blagoy Ivanov | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC 238: Cejudo vs. Moraes | 2019-06-08 |
| L | Junior Dos Santos | KO/TKO | R2 · 2:30 | UFC Fight Night: Dos Santos vs. Tuivasa | 2018-12-01 |
| W | Andrei Arlovski | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC 225: Whittaker vs. Romero 2 | 2018-06-09 |
| W | Cyril Asker | KO/TKO | R1 · 2:18 | UFC 221: Romero vs. Rockhold | 2018-02-10 |
| W | Rashad Coulter | KO/TKO | R1 · 4:35 | UFC Fight Night: Werdum vs. Tybura | 2017-11-18 |
How Tuivasa Ranks at Heavyweight
Percentile among the 166 heavyweight fighters in our database (higher is better; absorbed strikes are inverted).
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