Tai Tuivasa (14-8, 13) was born in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia on March 16, 1993. At the age of 19 years on July 6, 2012, he made his professional MMA debut against Simon Osborne, winning the fight via 1st-round TKO.
On November 19, 2017, 24-year old Tai Tuivasa made his UFC debut on his 7th professional MMA fight at UFC Fight Night: Werdum vs. Tybura against Rashad Coulter, winning the fight in the 1st round via KO.
Tuivasa's last fight was a 3-round split decision loss to Jairzinho Rozenstruik at UFC 305 at age 31 on August 18, 2024. He is on a 5-fight losing streak.
He has fought 16 times in the UFC, and has a record of 8 wins and 8 losses in the promotion.
Some of Tai Tuivasa's best fights have been against Cyril Asker, Stefan Struve, Augusto Sakai, Derrick Lewis, James McSweeney, Rashad Coulter and Harry Hunsucker. For details about these fights refer to "Best fights of Tai Tuivasa".
Tuivasa has 8 losses on his MMA record. For details about these losses refer to "Tai Tuivasa Losses".
| # | Date | Opponent | Promotion | Weight | Round | Method | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
22  | Aug 18, 2024 31 years, 5 months 14-8 (13) | 36 years, 5 months 14-5 (13) | UFC | HW | 3 | SD | LOSS |
21  | Mar 16, 2024 31 years 14-7 (13) | 38 years, 4 months 24-8 (14) | UFC | HW | 1 | CKO | LOSS Rear-naked choke |
20  | Sep 10, 2023 30 years, 5 months 14-6 (13) | 34 years, 10 months 36-10 (27) | UFC | HW | 2 | SUB | LOSS Ezekiel choke |
19  | Dec 3, 2022 29 years, 8 months 14-5 (13) | 30 years, 6 months 16-1 (13) | UFC | HW | 1 | KO | LOSS Punches |
18  | Sep 3, 2022 29 years, 5 months 14-4 (13) | 32 years, 4 months 10-1 (7) | UFC | HW | 3 | KO | LOSS Punches |
17  | Feb 12, 2022 28 years, 10 months 14-3 (13) | 37 years 26-8 (22) | UFC | HW | 2 | KO | WIN Elbow |
16  | Dec 11, 2021 28 years, 8 months 13-3 (12) | 30 years, 6 months 15-3-1 (11) | UFC | HW | 2 | KO | WIN Punches |
15 | Jul 10, 2021 28 years, 3 months 12-3 (11) | Greg Hardy | UFC | HW | 1 | KO | WIN Punches |
14 | Mar 20, 2021 28 years 11-3 (10) | Harry Hunsucker | UFC | HW | 1 | TKO | WIN Punches |
13  | Oct 24, 2020 27 years, 7 months 10-3 (9) | 32 years, 8 months 29-12 (26) | UFC | HW | 1 | KO | WIN Punches |
12  | Oct 6, 2019 26 years, 6 months 9-3 (8) | 24 years, 8 months 9-1 (9) | UFC | HW | 2 | CKO | LOSS Arm-triangle choke |
11  | Jun 8, 2019 26 years, 2 months 9-2 (8) | 32 years, 7 months 17-2 (11) | UFC | HW | 3 | UD | LOSS |
10  | Dec 2, 2018 25 years, 8 months 9-1 (8) | 34 years, 10 months 19-5 (14) | UFC | HW | 2 | TKO | LOSS Punches |
9  | Jun 9, 2018 25 years, 2 months 9-0 (8) | 39 years, 4 months 27-15 (20) | UFC | HW | 3 | UD | WIN |
8  | Feb 11, 2018 24 years, 10 months 8-0 (8) | 32 years, 1 months 9-3 (7) | UFC | HW | 1 | TKO | WIN Punches and elbows |
7 | Nov 19, 2017 24 years, 8 months 7-0 (7) | Rashad Coulter | UFC | HW | 1 | KO | WIN Flying knee |
6  | Oct 15, 2016 23 years, 6 months 6-0 (6) | 35 years, 11 months 15-14 (15) | HW | 1 | TKO | WIN Corner stoppage Defended AFC heavyweight title | |
5 | Jun 18, 2016 23 years, 3 months 5-0 (5) | Brandon Sosoli | HW | 1 | KO | WIN Elbow Won AFC heavyweight title | |
4 | Dec 12, 2015 22 years, 8 months 4-0 (4) | Gul Pohatu | HW | 1 | TKO | WIN Punches | |
3 | Nov 9, 2012 19 years, 7 months 3-0 (3) | Erik Nosa | HW | 1 | TKO | WIN Punches | |
2 | Aug 31, 2012 19 years, 5 months 2-0 (2) | Aaron Nieborak | HW | 1 | TKO | WIN Punches | |
1 | Jul 6, 2012 19 years, 3 months 1-0 (1) | Simon Osborne | HW | 1 | TKO | WIN Punches |
