Tuivasa vs Hunsucker

Who won Tuivasa vs Hunsucker?

Tai Tuivasa beat Harry Hunsucker by knockout in the 1st round during the main card of UFC Vegas 22, on Saturday 20th March 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).

Tuivasa vs Hunsucker stats

Tai Tuivasa stepped into the octagon with a record of 10 wins, 3 losses and 0 draws, 9 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.

Harry Hunsucker made his way to the cage with a record of 7 wins, 3 losses and 0 draws, 3 of those wins coming by knock out and 4 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 Harry Hunsucker's came in at 0-3-0.

The stats suggested Tuivasa had a massive power advantage over Hunsucker, boasting a 90% knock out percentage over Hunsucker's 43%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Hunsucker had a massive advantage over Tuivasa, boasting a 57% submission rate over Tuivasa's 0%.

Tai Tuivasa was the younger man by 4 years, at 32 years old.

Tuivasa was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 3 more fights, and made his debut in 2012, 3 years and 2 months earlier than Hunsucker, whose first professional fight was in 2015. He had fought 22 more professional rounds, 35 to Hunsucker's 13.

Tuivasa vs Hunsucker form

Tuivasa had lost to all of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had lost to Jairzinho Rozenstruik at UFC 305 on 17th August 2024 by split decision in their 3 round contest at RAC Arena, Perth, Western Australia.

Previous to that, he had been beaten by Marcin Tybura at UFC Fight Night: Tuivasa vs. Tybura on 16th March 2024 by submission in the 1st round at UFC Apex, Las Vegas, United States.

Going into that contest, he had been defeated by Alexander Volkov at UFC 293 on 9th September 2023 by submission in the 2nd round at Qudos Bank Arena, Sydney, Australia.

Before that, he had lost to Sergei Pavlovich at UFC Fight Night: Thompson vs. Holland on 3rd December 2022 by knockout in the 1st round at Amway Center, Orlando, United States.

He had been beaten by Ciryl Gane at UFC Fight Night Paris on 3rd September 2022 by knockout in the 3rd round at Accor Arena, Paris, France.

Activity check

Tuivasa's last 5 fights had come over a period of 2 years, 6 months and 25 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 6 months and 6 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 10 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2 rounds on average.

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