300-pound Tai Tuivasa lambasts ‘s—t’ UFC Heavyweight division (despite losing last five fights)

Times have been tough for fan favorite slugger Tai Tuivasa.

The Australian Heavyweight put together a lovely run from 2020-2022, winning five straight fights via knockout. That streak included a high-profile stoppage of Derrick Lewis and several performance bonuses, setting him up for a main event war opposite French kickboxer Ciryl Gane.

Though Tuivasa lost that contest, he did floor Gane and generally impress in defeat. Unfortunately, that loss was only the start of his current skid. Since then, he’s coughed up four more dominant defeats to the likes of Marcin Tybura, Alexander Volkov, and Jairzinho Rozenstruik. Despite those defeats, Tuivasa confessed in a recent interview with Ariel Helwani that he believes the division to be s—t, full of unimpressive fighters aside from champions Jon Jones and Tom Aspinall.

“It’s definitely been something I’ve been thinking about a lot since I’ve been having this time off,” He explained. “I don’t watch all the fights, but I watch some things. The heavyweights are s—t. They’re all s—t, except for Jon Jones and Tom Aspinall. Other than that, f—king everyone’s pretty standard.”

Generally, I’m all about dunking on the mediocre Heavyweight division, which barely has enough fighters on its roster to support a Top 15. I’m not sure Tuivasa is the correct messenger, however, as “Bam Bam” has lost to five Heavyweights in a row … none of whom are named Jones nor Aspinall. In addition, Tuivasa also admitted that he’s upwards of 300 pounds right now. He doesn’t have a fight booked, so at least Tuivasa will have plenty of time to shed some weight and prepare, but it doesn’t improve his position to trash talk the rest of the division’s quality.

Hopefully, Tuivasa will have a date and opponent sooner than later, as he hasn’t competed since an August 2024 decision loss to Rozenstruik. At 32 years of age, Tuivasa has youth on his side, but damage absorbed in his current loss streak is a growing concern as well.

Who would you like to see Tuivasa fight next?