Tuivasa vs Pavlovich

Who won Tuivasa vs Pavlovich?

Sergei Pavlovich beat Tai Tuivasa by knockout in the 1st round during the main card of UFC Fight Night, on Saturday 3rd December 2022 at Amway Center in Orlando.

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 Pavlovich stats

Tai Tuivasa stepped into the octagon with a record of 14 wins, 4 losses and 0 draws, 13 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.

Sergei Pavlovich made his way to the cage with a record of 16 wins, 1 loss and 0 draws, 13 of those wins coming by knock out.

Tai Tuivasa's UFC record stood at 8-7-0, while Sergei Pavlovich's came in at 6-2-0.

The stats suggested Tuivasa had an advantage in power over Pavlovich, with a 93% knock out percentage over Pavlovich's 81%.

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

Tai Tuivasa was the younger man by 1 year, at 31 years old.

Pavlovich had a height advantage of 1 inch over Tuivasa. That also extended to a 9-inch reach advantage.

Tuivasa was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 1 more fights, and made his debut in 2012, 2 years and 5 months earlier than Pavlovich, whose first professional fight was in 2014. He had fought 4 more professional rounds, 32 to Pavlovich's 28.

Tuivasa vs Pavlovich form

Tuivasa had beaten 2 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going to the judges once.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had lost to Sergey Spivac at UFC 243 on 5th October 2019 by submission in the 2nd round at Marvel Stadium, Melbourne, Australia.

Previous to that, he had been beaten by Blagoy Ivanov at UFC 238 on 8th June 2019 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at United Center, Chicago, United States.

Going into that contest, he had been defeated by Junior dos Santos at UFC Fight Night 142 on 1st December 2018 by knockout in the 2nd round at Adelaide Entertainment Center, Adelaide, South Australia.

Before that, he had won against Andrei Arlovski at UFC 225 on 9th June 2018 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at United Center, Chicago, United States.

He had beaten Cyril Asker at UFC 221 on 10th February 2018 by knockout in the 1st round at Perth Arena, Perth, Australia.

Activity check

Tuivasa's last 5 fights had come over a period of 6 years, 3 months and 6 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 3 months and 2 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 11 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.2 rounds on average.

Pavlovich's last 4 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 5 months and 22 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 4 months and 15 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 4 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 1 rounds on average.

What were the odds on Tuivasa vs Pavlovich?

Tai Tuivasa was a 33/20 (+170) underdog going into the contest, while Sergei Pavlovich made his way into the ring at 1/2 (-200) with oddsmakers.