Sakai vs Tuivasa

Who won Sakai vs Tuivasa?

Tai Tuivasa beat Augusto Sakai by knockout in the 2nd round during the prelims of UFC 269, on Saturday 11th December 2021 at UFC APEX in Las Vegas.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Heavyweight division, which meant the weight limit was 265 pounds (18.9 stone or 120.2 KG).

Sakai vs Tuivasa stats

Augusto Sakai stepped into the octagon with a record of 15 wins, 2 losses and 1 draw, 11 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.

Tai Tuivasa made his way to the cage with a record of 12 wins, 3 losses and 0 draws, 11 of those wins coming by knock out.

This was Augusto Sakai's 9th fight in the UFC, having made his debut for the promotion in 2018. Tai Tuivasa marked his 16th fight for them, having made his own debut for the promotion in 2017.

Augusto Sakai's UFC record stood at 5-4-0, while Tai Tuivasa's came in at 8-8-0.

The stats suggested Tuivasa had an advantage in power over Sakai, with a 92% knock out percentage over Sakai's 73%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested that Sakai and Tuivasa would have been pretty equal, both with a 0% submission rate.

Augusto Sakai was the older man by 1 year, at 33 years old.

Sakai had a height advantage of 1 inch over Tuivasa. That also extended to a 2-inch reach advantage.

Sakai was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 3 more fights, and made his debut in 2011, 8 months earlier than Tuivasa, whose first professional fight was in 2012. He had fought 22 more professional rounds, 57 to Tuivasa's 35.

Sakai vs Tuivasa form

Augusto Sakai had beaten 1 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had won against Don Tale Mayes at UFC Fight Night – Krylov vs Spann on 25th February 2023 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at UFC Apex, Las Vegas, United States.

Previous to that, he had lost to Sergey Spivac at UFC Fight Night: Santos vs. Hill on 6th August 2022 by knockout in the 2nd round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Going into that contest, he had been beaten by Tai Tuivasa at UFC 269 on 11th December 2021 by knockout in the 2nd round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Before that, he had been defeated by Jairzinho Rozenstruik at UFC Vegas 28 on 5th June 2021 by knockout in the 1st round.

He had lost to Alistair Overeem at UFC Vegas 9 on 5th September 2020 by knockout in the 5th round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Activity check

Sakai's last 5 fights had come over a period of 4 years, 8 months and 3 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 11 months and 7 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 13 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.6 rounds on average.

Tuivasa's last 2 fights had come over a period of 7 years, 2 months and 28 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 3 years, 7 months and 14 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 4 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2 rounds on average.

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