Tuivasa vs Arlovski

Who won Tuivasa vs Arlovski?

Tai Tuivasa beat Andrei Arlovski by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest during the main card of UFC 225, on Saturday 9th June 2018 at United Center in Chicago.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Tai Tuivasa.

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 Arlovski stats

Tai Tuivasa stepped into the octagon with an undefeated record of 8 wins, zero losses and 0 draws, 8 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.

Andrei Arlovski made his way to the cage with a record of 27 wins, 15 losses and 0 draws, 17 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. Andrei Arlovski marked his 42nd fight for them, having made his own debut for the promotion in 2000.

Tai Tuivasa's UFC record stood at 8-8-0, while Andrei Arlovski's came in at 23-18-0.

The stats suggested Tuivasa had a massive power advantage over Arlovski, boasting a 100% knock out percentage over Arlovski's 63%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Arlovski had an advantage over Tuivasa, with a 11% submission rate over Tuivasa's 0%.

Tai Tuivasa was the younger man by 14 years, at 31 years old.

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

Tuivasa was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 34 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2012, 13 years and 2 months later than Arlovski, whose first professional fight was in 1999. He had fought 95 less professional rounds, 35 to Arlovski's 130.

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Arlovski's last 4 fights had come over a period of 7 years, 8 months and 7 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 11 months and 2 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 10 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.5 rounds on average.

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