UFC FIGHT NIGHT: TAI TUIVASA SUFFERS THUNDEROUS KO AT THE HANDS OF CIRYL GANE
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Even though fighters like Tai Tuivasa are extremely entertaining to watch, not having a defensive strategy against elite heavyweights such as Ciryl Gane would end up costing him the fight. In this three-round battle, Ciryl had a clear strategy and he executed it perfectly against a chaotic Tai Tuivasa. His biggest bet was the eternal strategy, which is to get hit and counter in order to get a nasty knock-out.
But fighting like this is always a major risk, it's like an all-in in poker. During Round 2, Tuivasa almost got Ciryl Gane but that was literally his only chance to win this fight and he wasted it. By Round 3,