Despite the status of the opponent, the Russian started the fight in his usual style, taking the initiative and pushing the Australian to the net, where he exchanged powerful blows with him, during which Tuivasa fell twice, got up twice, but the third fall was his last in this confrontation .
In less than a minute, having turned the face of the fourth number of the UFC heavyweight division into a bloody mask, Sergey Pavlovich expressed the hope that this time his performance would be rewarded with a tournament bonus, which he was undeservedly deprived of in the previous fight against Derrick Lewis.
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