Tai Tuivasa is getting one other homecoming struggle.
Tuivasa, the heavy-hitting Australian heavyweight, is about to fulfill Jairzinho Rozenstruik on Aug. 17 at UFC 305 in Perth, Australia. Two folks with information of the state of affairs confirmed the reserving to MMA Junkie after Tuivasa revealed the matchup in a video on Alex Pereira’s YouTube channel.
It’ll be Tuivasa’s sixth UFC look on Australian soil. He’s 2-3 in his earlier 5 bouts there.
Tuivasa, 31, has lengthy been a UFC fan favourite for his stand-and-bang fashion of preventing, however he’s in dire want of a victory after dropping 4 in a row. At one level, Tuivasa (14-7 MMA, 8-7 UFC) strung collectively a five-fight profitable streak and gave the impression to be yet another victory away from a title shot, however a knockout loss to Ciryl Gane in September 2022 kicked off the worst skid of his profession. Since then, Tuivasa additionally has been completed by Sergei Pavlovich, Alexander Volkov, and most just lately he was choked out by Marcin Tybura this previous March.
Rozenstruik, 36, is coming off a fourth-round TKO win over Shamil Gaziev in a headlining efficiency this previous March. Rozenstruik (14-5 MMA, 8-5 UFC) has received two of his previous three bouts and is 4-5 since beginning his profession 10-0 throuh 2019.
With the addition, right here is the newest UFC 305 lineup:
- Champ Dricus Du Plessis vs. Israel Adesanya – for middleweight title
- Steve Erceg vs. Kai Kara-France
- Tom Nolan vs. Alex Reyes
- Tereza Bleda vs. Casey O’Neill
- Jairzinho Rozenstruik vs. Tai Tuivasa
For extra on the cardboard, go to MMA Junkie’s occasion hub for UFC 305.
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