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Tai Tuivasa

Tai Tuivasa

1018 ELO #841

"Bam Bam"

MMA 15-10-0 · UFC 8-10-0 · Heavyweight · Last fought 38 days ago

Tai Tuivasa "Bam Bam" - UFC Fighter Profile

Career Highlights: Tai Tuivasa has 8 wins in the UFC. Tai Tuivasa lands an average of 3.37 significant strikes per minute .

Sensible Hypothetical Matchups

No fight is booked yet. These active Heavyweight fighters are a similar age (within 8 years) and ELO (closest to 1018), and have not fought Tai Tuivasa before.

Opponent UFC Age ELO Δ Age Δ ELO
Hamdy Abdelwahab 2-1-0 33 1002 0.0 16
Rodrigo Nascimento 4-3-0 33 995 0.0 23
Max Gimenis 0-1-0 33 984 0.0 34
Marek Bujlo 0-1-0 33 984 0.0 34
Tom Aspinall 8-1-0 33 1158 0.0 140
Guilherme Pat 1-1-0 32 1016 1.0 2

Fight Results Breakdown

18
Total Fights

Biggest Win

Derrick Lewis in 2022
Opponent ELO: 1179

Biggest Upset Loss

Louie Sutherland in 2026
Your ELO: 1037 · Opponent ELO: 972 · Favored by 65

Physical & Background Stats

Height
6' 2'
Weight
Heavyweight
Reach
75'
Stance
Southpaw
Date of Birth
Mar 16 1993
Age
33
Peak ELO
1118
ELO Rank
841 of 2693
Strength of Schedule
338-135-1
Combined record of UFC opponents
Avg ELO of Opponents
1055.3
Avg ELO of Defeated Opponents
1019.9

Performance Statistics

SLpM
3.37
Significant Strikes Landed per Minute
Str. Acc.
48%
Significant Striking Accuracy
SApM
4.61
Significant Strikes Absorbed per Minute
Str. Def.
42%
Significant Strike Defence
TD Avg.
–
Average Takedowns per 15 minutes
TD Acc.
–
Takedown Accuracy
Sub. Avg.
–
Average Submissions per 15 minutes

Tai Tuivasa Fight History

No defeats in this fight history.

Date Event Opponent Method Round Time Result Odds
2026-05-02 UFC Fight Night: Della Maddalena vs. Prates Louie Sutherland U-DEC 3 5:00 Loss -187
2026-01-31 UFC 325: Volkanovski vs. Lopes 2 Tallison Teixeira U-DEC 3 5:00 Loss +220
2024-08-17 UFC 305: Du Plessis vs. Adesanya Jairzinho Rozenstruik S-DEC 3 5:00 Loss -
2024-03-16 UFC Fight Night: Tuivasa vs. Tybura Marcin Tybura SUB Rear Naked Choke 1 4:08 Loss -
2023-09-09 UFC 293: Adesanya vs. Strickland Alexander Volkov SUB Ezekiel Choke 2 4:37 Loss -
2022-12-03 UFC Fight Night: Thompson vs. Holland Sergei Pavlovich KO/TKO Punches 1 0:54 Loss -
2022-09-03 UFC Fight Night: Gane vs. Tuivasa Ciryl Gane KO/TKO Punches 3 4:23 Loss -
2022-02-12 UFC 271: Adesanya vs. Whittaker 2 Derrick Lewis KO/TKO Elbow 2 1:40 Win -
2021-12-11 UFC 269: Oliveira vs. Poirier Augusto Sakai KO/TKO Punches 2 0:26 Win -
2021-07-10 UFC 264: Poirier vs. McGregor 3 Greg Hardy KO/TKO Punch 1 1:07 Win -
2021-03-20 UFC Fight Night: Brunson vs. Holland Harry Hunsucker KO/TKO Punches 1 0:49 Win -
2020-10-24 UFC 254: Khabib vs. Gaethje Stefan Struve KO/TKO Punches 1 4:59 Win -
2019-10-05 UFC 243: Whittaker vs. Adesanya Serghei Spivac SUB Arm Triangle 2 3:14 Loss -
2019-06-08 UFC 238: Cejudo vs. Moraes Blagoy Ivanov U-DEC 3 5:00 Loss -
2018-12-01 UFC Fight Night: Dos Santos vs. Tuivasa Junior Dos Santos KO/TKO Punches 2 2:30 Loss -
2018-06-09 UFC 225: Whittaker vs. Romero 2 Andrei Arlovski U-DEC 3 5:00 Win -
2018-02-10 UFC 221: Romero vs. Rockhold Cyril Asker KO/TKO Elbow 1 2:18 Win -
2017-11-18 UFC Fight Night: Werdum vs. Tybura Rashad Coulter KO/TKO Flying Knee 1 4:35 Win -

ELO Progression Over Time

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Tai Tuivasa ELO Rating Calculation

Fight # Date Opponent Name Opponent ELO Result ELO Gained ELO
18 2026-05-02 Louie Sutherland 972 Loss -19 1018
17 2026-01-31 Tallison Teixeira 1012 Loss -18 1037
16 2024-08-17 Jairzinho Rozenstruik 1093 Loss 0 1055
15 2024-03-16 Marcin Tybura 1078 Loss -16 1055
14 2023-09-09 Alexander Volkov 1127 Loss -14 1071
13 2022-12-03 Sergei Pavlovich 1077 Loss -17 1085
12 2022-09-03 Ciryl Gane 1124 Loss -16 1102
11 2022-02-12 Derrick Lewis 1179 Win +25 1118
10 2021-12-11 Augusto Sakai 1014 Win +18 1093
9 2021-07-10 Greg Hardy 1045 Win +21 1075
8 2021-03-20 Harry Hunsucker 1000 Win +19 1054
7 2020-10-24 Stefan Struve 1057 Win +23 1035
6 2019-10-05 Serghei Spivac 985 Loss -18 1012
5 2019-06-08 Blagoy Ivanov 1010 Loss -18 1030
4 2018-12-01 Junior Dos Santos 1152 Loss -12 1048
3 2018-06-09 Andrei Arlovski 1112 Win +19 1060
2 2018-02-10 Cyril Asker 1010 Win +21 1041
1 2017-11-18 Rashad Coulter 983 Win +20 1020

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