Tuivasa vs Asker

Who won Tuivasa vs Asker?

Tai Tuivasa beat Cyril Asker by knockout in the 1st round during the main card of UFC 221, on Saturday 10th February 2018 at Perth Arena in Perth.

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).

Tuivasa vs Asker stats

Tai Tuivasa stepped into the octagon with an undefeated record of 7 wins, zero losses and 0 draws, 7 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.

Cyril Asker made his way to the cage with a record of 9 wins, 3 losses and 0 draws, 4 of those wins coming by knock out and 3 by submission.

This was Tai Tuivasa's 16th fight in the UFC, having made his debut for the promotion in 2017.

Tai Tuivasa's UFC record stood at 8-8-0, while Cyril Asker's came in at 2-3-0.

The stats suggested Tuivasa had a massive power advantage over Asker, boasting a 100% knock out percentage over Asker's 44%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Asker had a massive advantage over Tuivasa, boasting a 33% submission rate over Tuivasa's 0%.

Tai Tuivasa was the younger man by 7 years, at 31 years old.

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

Tuivasa's experience as a professional fighter was relatively equal to Asker's, having had 5 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2012, 3 months later than Asker, whose first professional fight was in 2012. He had fought 14 more professional rounds, 35 to Asker's 21.

Tuivasa vs Asker form

Tai Tuivasa had stopped 4 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight before this contest, he had won against Derrick Lewis at UFC 271 on 12th February 2022 by knockout in the 2nd round at Toyota Center, Houston, United States.

Previous to that, he had beaten Augusto Sakai at UFC 269 on 11th December 2021 by knockout in the 2nd round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Going into that contest, he had defeated Greg Hardy at UFC 264 on 10th July 2021 by knockout in the 1st round at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas.

Before that, he was victorious against Harry Hunsucker at UFC Vegas 22 on 20th March 2021 by knockout in the 1st round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

He had lost to Sergey Spivac at UFC 243 on 5th October 2019 by submission in the 2nd round at Marvel Stadium, Melbourne, Australia.

Activity check

Tuivasa's last 5 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 2 months and 9 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year and 14 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 8 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 1.6 rounds on average.

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