Junior Dos Santos vs Tai Tuivasa

Junior Dos Santos vs Tai Tuivasa: Matchup Breakdown

Junior Dos Santos is 15-8 in the Heavyweight division with a 65.2% win rate. Tai Tuivasa is 8-11 at Heavyweight, winning 42.1% of the time. Junior Dos Santos is listed as retired. Tai Tuivasa is listed as active.

They have met 1 time. Junior Dos Santos leads the series 1-0. Their most recent meeting was UFC Fight Night: Dos Santos vs. Tuivasa on Dec 1, 2018, won by Junior Dos Santos by KO/TKO in round 2.

Junior Dos Santos holds the higher MMA.SOCIAL ELO rating, 986 to 800. Career peaks are 1,325 for Junior Dos Santos and 1,074 for Tai Tuivasa. Junior Dos Santos has 10 KO/TKO and 0 submission wins from 15 victories, a 66.7% finish rate. Tai Tuivasa has 7 KO/TKO and 0 submission wins, finishing 87.5% of the time.

Junior Dos Santos stands 6' 4" with a reach of 77" and fights orthodox. Tai Tuivasa is 6' 2" with a reach of 75", southpaw. That is a 2-inch reach advantage for Junior Dos Santos. Junior Dos Santos is 42, Tai Tuivasa is 33.

Across the bouts with round-by-round data recorded, Junior Dos Santos has landed 1,109 significant strikes at 47.9% accuracy with 5 takedowns and 7:36 of control time. Tai Tuivasa has landed 522 at 48.4% with 1 takedown and 25:05 of control.

Junior Dos Santos has 5 title fights (2 won) against 0 (0 won) for Tai Tuivasa. They share 5 common opponents: Ciryl Gane, Jairzinho Rozenstruik, Derrick Lewis, Blagoy Ivanov, Stefan Struve.