Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2019-06-08, disappointing fight between
Tai Tuivasa and Blagoy Ivanov: it gets two stars.
Tai Tuivasa entered this fight with a pro record of 8-1-0 (88% ko/tko victory rate – he has never won via submission) and he is ranked as the No.22 heavyweight in the world but he comes off his first loss, suffered against Junior dos Santos in December 2018 (via tko, Junior dos Santos vs Tai Tuivasa). Before this bout, the same year, he had beat Andrei Arlovski in June (Andrei Arlovski vs Tai Tuivasa) and Cyril Asker in February (Tai Tuivasa vs Cyril Asker).
His opponent, the black belt in judo, former world combat sambo and Wsof champion Blagoy Ivanov, has an official mma record of 17-2-0 (71% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.21 in the same weight class. He also lost to Junior dos Santos in 2018 (via unanimous decision, Junior dos Santos vs Blagoy Ivanov) but he came back to win in 2019 against Ben Rothwell (Blagoy Ivanov vs Ben Rothwell). Tuivasa vs Ivanov is on the undercard of Henry Cejudo vs Marlon Moraes – UFC 238. Watch the video and rate this fight!
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Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2018-12-02, nice exchanges between
Junior dos Santos and Tai Tuivasa: it gets three stars.
The black belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu and former Ufc Hw champion Junior dos Santos entered this fight with a professional mma record of 19-5-0 (74% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.9 heavyweight in the world (currently the #1 in this division is Daniel Cormier). ‘Cigano’ dos Santos lost the rematch with Stipe Miocic last year (Stipe Miocic vs Junior dos Santos 2) but he came back to win in July 2018 against Blagoy Ivanov (Junior dos Santos vs Blagoy Ivanov).
His opponent, the undefeated Tai Tuivasa, has a perfect record of 8-0-0 (88% ko/tko victory rate – he has never won via submission) and he entered as the No.16 in the same weight class. He has already fought twice in 2018 winning over Cyril Asker (Tai Tuivasa vs Cyril Asker) and Andrei Arlovski (Andrei Arlovski vs Tai Tuivasa). JDS dos Santos vs Tuivasa is the main event of the UFC Fight Night 142. Watch the video and rate this fight!
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Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2018-06-09, nice and tough exchanges between
Andrei Arlovski and Tai Tuivasa: it gets three stars.
The former Ufc Hw champion Andrei Arlovski entered this fight with a professional record of 27-15-0 (74% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.12 heavyweight in the world but he lost five out of his last seven bouts, two in 2017: against Francis Ngannou (Arlovski vs Ngannou) and Marcin Tybura (Arlovski vs Tybura); after this fight he has won over Junior Albini (Andrei Arlovski vs Junior Albini) and Stefan Struve (Andrei Arlovski vs Stefan Struve).
His opponent, the undefeated Tai Tuivasa, has a perfect record of 7-0-0 (100% ko/tko victory rate – he has never won via submission) and he entered as the No.72 in the same weight class. In his last three bouts he has defeated James McSweeney, Rashad Coulter and Cyril Asker (Tai Tuivasa vs Cyril Asker). Arlovski vs Tuivasa is on the undercard of Robert Whittaker vs Yoel Romero 2 – UFC 225. Watch the video and rate this fight!
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Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2018-02-11, some good exchanges between
Tai Tuivasa and Cyril Asker but it is not enough to get three stars: it gets two.
The undefeated Tai Tuivasa entered this fight with a mma record of 6-0-0 (100% ko/tko victory rate – he has never won via submission) and he is ranked as the No.73 heavyweight in the world. In his last three bouts he has won over Brandon Sololi, James McSweeney and Rashad Coulter.
His opponent, Cyril Asker, has an official record of 9-3-0 (78% finishing rate) and he fought three times in 2017 beating Dmitry Smoliakov and Yaozong Hu but between these two bouts he lost to Walt Harris. Tuivasa vs Asker is on the undercard of Yoel Romero vs Luke Rockhold – UFC 221. Watch the video and rate this fight!
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