Tai Tuivasa says he’s ready to slug it out on Saturday night against Sergei Pavlovich. MERCH: https://themaclife.teespring.com/ …
what’s out in time
I think a lot of people kind of
expecting you to be fighting in February
in Australia so what brings you to the
sunny shores of Orlando
um
they offered me the fight
and uh
February is uh that means Camp would
have to be over Christmas and uh and New
Year’s and
I wanted to spend Christmas with my son
and uh yeah it popped up and I thought
it was a great opportunity to uh
get paid and enjoy Christmas nice plus
you get to enjoy Perth as a fan now oh
definitely I’ll be there obviously I’d
love to fight in front of the Australian
fans but
I’ve been pretty active so I’m I’m Keen
to finish the year off with the band get
back in the winning column and then have
a bit of a rest
I want to talk to you about your fight
with Cyril because it was a great fight
it was a crazy atmosphere and it’s
probably one of the most unique fights
you’ll ever have you didn’t win the
fight but is that one you can come away
with being like I know he’s one of the
best in the world I nearly had him out
of there so that proved I am as well one
of the best in the world
I think my my style of fighting is uh if
I go out there and give it my all win or
lose I can walk away with my head held
high and I felt like I gave it all I had
and uh I just wasn’t a bit of fighter on
the night and Sarah was and
that’s just how the sport goes you win
or you lose you know and I lost
when you look at this one on Saturday I
probably you would argue he doesn’t have
sort of the same movement as Cyril so
what are you expecting out of your your
fight on Saturday you expect maybe just
a bit more like the Derrick Lewis fight
to stand there and bang him out sort of
scrap
well yeah that’s um
that’s the The Narrative of it I think
I suppose that’s why they offered him to
me everyone must be scared of him so
um
I I accepted the fight and then I I
didn’t really know who it was and now I
looked and
I think it’s going to be a great fight
for the fans I come to to entertain the
fans and and put on a show and I think
that’s what me and Sergey going to do on
the weekend you mentioned do you think
maybe other guys are scared of him when
was the last time you were scared of a
fight
huh
I’m not scared of fighting that’s for
sure I guess that might be the answer
did you see his fight with Derek Lewis
uh yeah I watched it um Therese I
watched it once I found out I didn’t
watch it live I don’t really watch
fighting as you know but uh yeah he uh
there’s a bit of an early stoppage you
know I think
I think the where where big boys were
professional I think I should get called
when you’re out but he rocked him there
was no there’s no ifs or buts about that
so he’s got some power and he and Derek
was definitely on on wobbly legs
you always get asked about other guys
through division so I don’t want to do
that but you know they’re talking about
Francis John in in March and you’re at
least happy that the top of that
division is finally getting some clarity
that they’re moving towards the solution
couldn’t give a [ __ ] I I come here to
get paid uh feed my son feed my family
uh whatever they lose their business
I don’t know I I I don’t know who even
the the numbers are you know what I mean
so I just I just rock up and get my
money and go home So the plan is go out
there get a bonus
Christmas with a kid Merry Christmas
thought back here we got two bam bams on
this card I asked Brian about what they
could do for like a friendly settling to
uh to get this sorted who gets the
rights to the Bam Bam nickname he
suggested a pizza eating contest because
he’s not gonna go for Chewie’s Sunday
morning Pizza eating contest how does
that sound Pizza eating content wow I
feel like he’s got an upper hand because
he wouldn’t have said just pizza or I’ll
go B and pizza
I’ll let him know set it up Sunday
morning done I’m on awesome good luck
sweet
if you do get a quick knockout there’s
no chance that you fight in Australia in
Perth
ah look
I’m more excited to be pissed by the
side of the Ring than uh than starving
myself over Christmas you know what I
mean um
Christmas is a time for family and I’ve
been away from home for a long time now
and I think
that’s that’s the one thing I’m very
excited about so
sorry Australia but I’ll be there in the
crowd I’ll be hyping up from the crowd
Swedish thank you