5 most vicious Tai Tuivasa KOs in the UFC

#4. Tai Tuivasa vs. Stefan Struve - UFC 254

At UFC 254, Tai Tuivasa took on MMA veteran Stefan Struve in the featured bout of the preliminary card.

Tuivasa, at 6"2', struggled in the early exchanges against Struve, who is 7-feet tall. Nevertheless, he continued to walk him down throughout the opening round. In the last 10 seconds of the frame, the Australian backed his Dutch counterpart into the fence and proceeded to throw a combination of heavy hooks.

As Struve covered up in anticipation of more hooks from Tuivasa, 'Bam Bam' threw a powerful uppercut that saw the towering Dutchman collapse to the mat. The referee called a halt to the bout with just one second remaining on the clock.

Tai Tuivasa was coming off consecutive losses to Junior dos Santos, Blagoy Ivanov and Sergey Spivac going into this bout at UFC 254. The KO victory over Stefan Struve saw 'Bam Bam' break a three-fight losing skid.

Delighted with the result, Tuivasa downed a shoey backstage.

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#3. Tai Tuivasa vs. Cyril Asker - UFC 221

Going into UFC 221, Tai Tuivasa held a perfect professional record of 7-0. All of his wins had come by way of first-round KO/TKO and the Australian's stock was slowly but surely beginning to rise. He took on French heavyweight Cyril Asker in his eighth professional fight.

Tuivasa employed his usual strategy of walking his opponent down while stringing together combinations. It worked a treat as he picked apart Asker, who struggled to keep up with the Aussie's output. Two minutes into the first round, 'Bam Bam' landed a clean step-in elbow that rocked his opponent.

Noticing that Asker was dazed, Tuivasa unleashed a vicious series of punches to the body and head. He then landed another monstrous elbow strike, which turned out to be the last blow of the fight.