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.

Tai Tuivasa's UFC record stood at 8-7-0, 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 31 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 19 more professional rounds, 32 to Hunsucker's 13.

Tuivasa vs Hunsucker 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, 2 months and 15 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 2 months and 29 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 11 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.2 rounds on average.

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