
Fighter profile
Tai Tuivasa
Per-discipline Elo and momentum, each with its percentile within the HW division (263 fighters).
Bar length is fight count (largest bar = full width); shading splits finishes by round and decisions by unanimous vs split — tap a bar for the round-by-round count.
Striking · offense
Striking · defense
Grappling · offense
Grappling · defense
Totals (no benchmarks in this view) · 18 UFC fights · 145:40 total fight time
Opponents' records as of fight night — the quality of opposition Tai has faced, inside the UFC and out.
Div rank, percentile & tier place this view's opp win % among active division peers with 3+ UFC bouts (career distribution).
Mean UFC pound-for-pound Elo of opponents faced (~1500 = average), split by result. Div rank, percentile & tier place it among active division peers with 3+ UFC bouts (career distribution).
Opponents' records as of each fight night, counted from their full pro careers rather than only the bouts we hold — so a regional opponent reads as the fighter they were, not as 0‑0. Always all promotions; SCOPE does not apply here.
How the betting market priced Tai, and the hypothetical return on a flat 1-unit bet at the closing line every UFC fight. Retrospective analytics — not a betting signal.
over 18 close-line bets
53% implied
ROI −8.2%
Avg -196
ROI −45.0%
Avg +177
Based on 18 of 18 UFC fights with a closing line · draws & no-contests excluded.
- U-DEC · R3 5:00UFC Fight Night: Della Maddalena vs. Prates · 2026-05-02Tuivasa-23213/220/000:42Sutherland+18621/255/11011:45
- U-DEC · R3 5:00UFC 325: Volkanovski vs. Lopes 2 · 2026-01-31Tuivasa+24942/580/003:58Teixeira-31751/743/907:00
- S-DEC · R3 5:00UFC 305: Du Plessis vs. Adesanya · 2024-08-17Tuivasa+19537/1260/000:01Rozenstruik-26091/1840/000:01
- SUB · R1 4:08UFC Fight Night: Tuivasa vs. Tybura · 2024-03-16Tuivasa-11715/240/00—Tybura-10327/411/402:48
- SUB · R2 4:37UFC 293: Adesanya vs. Strickland · 2023-09-09Tuivasa+19528/670/00—Volkov-23893/1430/112:35
- KO/TKO · R1 0:54UFC Fight Night: Thompson vs. Holland · 2022-12-03Tuivasa+1632/100/00—Pavlovich-19623/440/020:09
- KO/TKO · R3 4:23UFC Fight Night: Gane vs. Tuivasa · 2022-09-03Tuivasa+39429/890/010:04Gane-529110/1680/110:01
- KO/TKO · R2 1:40UFC 271: Adesanya vs. Whittaker 2 · 2022-02-12Tuivasa+15124/360/012:06Lewis-18227/432/401:48
- KO/TKO · R2 0:26UFC 269: Oliveira vs. Poirier · 2021-12-11Tuivasa-12434/520/111:58Sakai+10221/290/100:33
- KO/TKO · R1 1:07UFC 264: Poirier vs. McGregor 3 · 2021-07-10Tuivasa-12911/230/010:06Hardy+1046/150/00—
- KO/TKO · R1 0:49UFC Fight Night: Brunson vs. Holland · 2021-03-20Tuivasa-45514/180/010:10Hunsucker+3482/60/00—
- KO/TKO · R1 4:59UFC 254: Khabib vs. Gaethje · 2020-10-24Tuivasa-11227/420/011:44Struve-11213/190/10—
- SUB · R2 3:14UFC 243: Whittaker vs. Adesanya · 2019-10-05Tuivasa-33021/500/000:06Spivac+27023/426/804:22
- U-DEC · R3 5:00UFC 238: Cejudo vs. Moraes · 2019-06-08Tuivasa-16064/1440/002:38Ivanov+14073/1232/212:38
- KO/TKO · R2 2:30UFC Fight Night: Dos Santos vs. Tuivasa · 2018-12-01Tuivasa+14016/420/001:16Dos Santos-16026/650/010:47
- U-DEC · R3 5:00UFC 225: Whittaker vs. Romero 2 · 2018-06-09Tuivasa-23054/1200/011:39Arlovski+19051/1250/200:38
- KO/TKO · R1 4:35UFC Fight Night: Werdum vs. Tybura · 2017-11-18Tuivasa-17522/360/211:15Coulter+15510/190/200:38
- Tuivasa——/——/———McSweeney——/——/———
Per-fight: SS & TD shown landed/attempted; Close = consensus closing line.

