Aussie UFC star cops 'hiding' in brutal loss

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Australia's Tai Tuivasa says helium got "a hiding" successful his UFC heavyweight combat with Russia's Sergei Pavlovich successful the United States.

Pavlovich recorded his 5th consecutive archetypal circular stoppage win, accounting for Tuivasa successful little than a infinitesimal successful a brutal show of power.

Pavlovich improved his grounds to 18-1 with the one-sided victory.

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"In this athletics you're either giving the hiding oregon getting one," Tuivasa wrote connected Instagram.

"Annnnnnnd I got 1 past night.

"I'll beryllium backmost to combat another day. Need immoderate bully household clip for maine and you each volition spot maine again."

In a abstracted post, Tuivasa said helium was connected the backmost ft astir immediately.

"@Sergio_Pavlovich got maine first, rocked maine hard, couldn't recover," helium wrote.

"Wow what a assemblage ... I didn't get to enactment connected a amusement and a shoey tonight, my bad. I volition beryllium back."

Commentator Daniel Cormier said the triumph highlighted the gulf betwixt the 2 fighters.

"That's what I mean, helium (Pavlovich) has truthful overmuch content successful his powerfulness that he's consenting to conscionable propulsion caution to the wind," Cormier said.

"It is astonishing to ticker him and his approach. Look astatine the look of Tuivasa. A jab took him down and past Pavlovich swarms. Tuivasa tries to plaything large and misses and Sergei makes him pay. Another Sergei Pavlovich washout. Unbelievable."

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