‘Watched him get gunned down’: Tuivasa opens up on tragic loss in long UFC journey
Just moments after his loss to Sergei Spivak at UFC 243 in Melbourne in 2019, a devastated Tai Tuivasa draped a t-shirt over his face and fell into an embrace with his good mate Tyson Pedro.Just days earlier, one of his friends, Daniel King, was shot and killed in a shootout with police outside Penrith Police Station.
A proud product of Western Sydney who represents his people every time he steps into the Octagon, King’s death hit Tuivasa hard. That run ended in a fight of the night slugfest against Ciryl Gane last September, and he followed it up with a 54-second defeat to Sergei Pavlovich in December.He knows he needs a big performance, but his current two-fight skid is nothing compared to the professional and personal turmoil he went through in 2019.
The win earned him a cult-like following, but it’s the post-fight celebrations he remembers the best.
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