Chris Barnett vs Tai Tuivasa next!

[hswrestler]

who would win in this epic showdown between two heavyweight titans?

 

[checktheknuckles]

I do like this matchup much better for Tai.

 

[jk7707]

Hell yea. They need to realize Tai isn't a contender anymore and put his talents to better use. Swangin and Bangin. No more guys looking to take him down.

 

[Megatronlee]

Sure. Let’s do it . It’s something I’ll allow

 

[The_Renaissance]

Make it happen. Would be fun. Stop trying to tell us Tuivasa is a contender.

 

[Morris88]

Good matchmaking. Battle of who has the best post fight celebration

 

[OldBoy91]

Hell yea. They need to realize Tai isn't a contender anymore and put his talents to better use. Swangin and Bangin. No more guys looking to take him down.

He never was a contender.

He beat the one ranked guy he could beat in Derrick Lewis. And he earned that fight by beating.... Greg Hardy. And before people forget, Hardy almost KOed Tai and mad ehim do the chicken dance before getting finished himself.

Heavyweight sucks overall as a division. The fact that Tuivasa was ranked as high as #3 should be an eye opener as to just how had HW is, rather than tricking people into thinking Tai is or ever was any good.

 

[subtlySteve]

Barnett has not fought since September 2022, and he missed weight… as Heavyweight.

Then, he was scheduled to face Chase Sherman in April 2023, but pulled out due to undisclosed reasons.

And he was scheduled to face Mohammed Usman this coming Saturday, however, he withdrew due to an unknown reason again.

It appears that he is not doing well.

 

[michhmoggan]

Tai was never that good

 

[capnlarge]

I do think I'd favor Tuivasa in this one, since it's surprising to me that a 5'8" super heavyweight can win fights in the biggest MMA organization in the world

 

[Tweak896]

I think it's going to be difficult to keep finding opponents Barnett can beat to keep him on the roster. He's fun as hell, but if he gets legit HWs he's going to be out of his depths. They need to keep feeding him the low quality HWs who are on loss streaks and are chubby MWs or he has no chance.