UFC: Dana White reveals that Australian fighter Alexander Volkanovski is one of the few fighters in the company that would fight anyone at anytime.
In the minutes after losing his fourth straight UFC fight, Tai Tuivasa didn’t even pause long enough to put on a pair of slides.
None of which will change the ‘pop’ this cult heavyweight receives when walking out to face Jairzinho Rozenstruik at UFC 305 this Sunday.Who wins, then drinks from a stranger’s shoe, shows off his lip tattoo – “Eshaaaaaaaay” -- then departs as delirious fans pour the contents of plastic beer cups down from the bleachers for him to drink, mouth open, arms raised.
Which, to be fair, is how Tuivasa has been since way back when carrying Steedens as a promising Roosters prop.“But it’s nothing to do with fighting,” the 31-year-old, eventually concedes, dressed down this particular day in a black hoodie and track pants.“The reason for losing my last couple of fights,” he says, referencing submission losses to Tybura and Alexander Volkov, “it’s been mental.“I’ve carried s*** from outside the cage into my fights, and it’s shown.
Or from having regained a confidence that increasingly disappeared through four straight defeats starting with that world title eliminator against Ciryl Gane in 2022.Just as importantly, Tuiavsa has spent the past two months living and training in Dubai – just as he did prior to the biggest wins of his career.
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