{"id":322627,"date":"2026-04-22T07:56:39","date_gmt":"2026-04-22T02:26:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/?p=322627"},"modified":"2026-04-22T07:56:39","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T02:26:39","slug":"tai-tuivasa-left-without-an-opponent-for-ufc-perth-after-injury-withdrawal-rocks-event","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/2026\/04\/22\/tai-tuivasa-left-without-an-opponent-for-ufc-perth-after-injury-withdrawal-rocks-event\/","title":{"rendered":"Tai Tuivasa left without an opponent for UFC Perth after injury withdrawal rocks event"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Tai Tuivasa only has a number of weeks to search out a alternative opponent for his UFC Perth comeback.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2018Bam Bam\u2019 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.<\/p>\n

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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.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

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Tai Tuivasa loses his sixth fight in a row, is it time to hold up the gloves?<\/h3>\n

Do you reckon Tai Tuivasa should surrender the ghost after one more defeat at UFC 325?<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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Sean Sharaf pulls out of Tuivasa fight at UFC Perth<\/h2>\n

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

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.<\/p>\n

Sharaf, who has lost his first two UFC outings, has withdrawn from the fight after sustaining a broken nose in training.<\/p>\n

\u201cSorry guys, I fractured my nose and won\u2019t have the option to fight May 2nd. Going to get it fixed stay up for getting back in there soon,\u201d Sharaf said in a post on Instagram<\/a>. <\/p>\n

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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\u2019t should be cut.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

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