Tai Tuivasa left without an opponent for UFC Perth after injury withdrawal rocks event

Tai Tuivasa only has a number of weeks to search out a alternative opponent for his UFC Perth comeback.

‘Bam Bam’ is currently on a six fight losing skid and plenty of fans have been calling for the UFC to chop the 33-year-old from the promotion.

Last day trip, the heavy-hitter lost a unanimous decision to Tallison Teixeira but despite his loss, he in some way remained in the highest 15 of the heavyweight rankings.

Tai Tuivasa was then booked to tackle Sean Sharaf at UFC Perth on May 2, nonetheless, the fight has taken successful because of an injury.

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Sean Sharaf pulls out of Tuivasa fight at UFC Perth

Tuivasa competed in Perth back at UFC 305 in 2024 when he lost to Jairzinho Rozenstruik, who has since been cut from the promotion.

And he hoped to finally return to the win column in front of his home crowd in a number of weeks time, but he could have to search out a brand new opponent.

Sharaf, who has lost his first two UFC outings, has withdrawn from the fight after sustaining a broken nose in training.

“Sorry guys, I fractured my nose and won’t have the option to fight May 2nd. Going to get it fixed stay up for getting back in there soon,” Sharaf said in a post on Instagram.

The promotion is actively working to maintain Tuivasa on the cardboard by on the lookout for a alternative, which will not be too hard of a task considering the fight is at heavyweight and due to this fact weight likely won’t should be cut.

Tuivasa is in need of a win otherwise he’s more likely to be cut from the promotion, potentially extending his losing streak to seven in a row, with him already holding the UFC record for the longest heavyweight losing streak.

Win or lose, though, if the 33-year-old does remain on the May 2nd event, it could possibly be his final fight in the game considering his recent form.