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 as in favor of winner Tai Tuivasa.
The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Heavyweight division, which meant there was no weight limit.
Tuivasa vs Arlovski stats
Tai Tuivasa stepped into the octagon with an undefeated record of 8 wins, zero loses 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 loses and 0 draws, with 17 of those wins by knock out and 3 by submission.
The stats suggested Tuivasa had a massive power advantage over Arlovski, boasting at 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 year and 2 months later than Arlovski, whose first professional fight was in 1999. He had fought 95 less professional rounds, 32 to Arlovski's 127.
Tuivasa vs Arlovski form
Andrei Arlovski had beaten 4 of his last 5 opponents.
In his last fight before this contest, he had lost to Marcos Rogerio de Lima at UFC Fight Night: Kattar vs. Allen on 29th October 2022 by submission in the 1st round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas, United States.
Previous to that, he had defeated Jake Collier at UFC Fight Night: Font vs. Vera on 30th April 2022 by split decision in their 3 round contest at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.
Going into that contest, he had beat Jared Vanderaa at UFC 271 on 12th February 2022 by split decision in their 3 round contest at Toyota Center, Houston.
Before that, he had won against Carlos Felipe at UFC Vegas 40 on 16th October 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.
He had beat Chase Sherman at UFC Vegas 24 on 17th April 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.
Activity check
Arlovski's last 5 fights had come over a period of 2 years, 11 months and 5 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 7 months and 2 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 13 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.6 rounds on average.
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