UFC 254: Tai Tuivasa KOs Stefan Struve with just ONE SECOND left of round in brutal combination finish
BEER loving Tai Tuivasa sunk Skyscraper Stefan Struve but could not celebrate the KO win with a cold can.
The street fighter ended three-bout skid with a sensational stoppage just one second before the opening round ended.
After whacking the beanpole with crippling blows to the body, he rammed an uppercut up through his guard and Struve collapsed.
Tuivasa leaped over the cage walls and demanded his team throw him a beverage to celebrate but he was denied a bevvy to toast the win.
The Australian ace usually likes to guzzle grog from one of his own shoes, in a trademark move he calls a ‘shoey’.
But while a friend did hurl him a massive black leather shoe, there was no sauce to swig from the footwear.
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“It’s been awhile, been awhile,” Tuivasa said after saving his UFC career. “It’s good to be back.”
Seven-foot Struve attempted to dictate the fight by throwing early kicks but Tuivasa blasted through that gameplan.
Tuiavasa got on top, made a mockery of Struve’s physical advantages and ended him with a violent combination for the ninth KO finish of Tuivasa’s career.