No one understands the volatile nature of the Ultimate Fighting Championship heavyweight division any better at this point than Tai Tuivasa.
“Bam Bam” will seek to end a troubling three-fight winning streak when he locks horns with former M-1 Global champion Marcin Tybura in the UFC Fight Night 239 headliner this Saturday at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas. Tuivasa—the man who introduced “shoey” to the mixed martial arts lexicon—had positioned himself for a potential run at contention prior to his current skid, with consecutive knockouts of Stefan Struve, Harry Hunsucker, Greg Hardy, Augusto Sakai and Derrick Lewis. Then off came the wheels. Tybura, meanwhile, has won seven of his past nine bouts.…
