{"id":450892,"date":"2026-02-01T04:12:09","date_gmt":"2026-02-01T04:12:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/450892\/"},"modified":"2026-02-01T04:12:09","modified_gmt":"2026-02-01T04:12:09","slug":"tallison-teixeira-prevails-in-gritty-war-against-tai-tuivasa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/450892\/","title":{"rendered":"Tallison Teixeira Prevails In Gritty War Against Tai Tuivasa"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Tallison Teixeira survived a late flurry from Tai Tuivasa to score his second career win inside the Octagon at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tapology.com\/fightcenter\/events\/136549-ufc-325-volkanovski-vs-lopes-2\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">UFC 325<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>Tuivasa came out and immediately put pressure on Teixeira. That proved to be a mistake as the Brazilian quickly secured a takedown near the fence. Tuivasa worked his way back up, but was quickly put back on the mat \u2014 this time with Teixeira landing in full mount and fishing for an arm-triangle choke. <\/p>\n<p>Again, Tuivasa fought his way upright and pressed Teixeira\u2019s back against the fence, riding out the remainder of the round. <\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"612\" height=\"408\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-643726 perfmatters-lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/gettyimages-2259317986-612x612-1.jpg\"  data-\/><\/p>\n<p>Tuivasa found some success in the second, cracking Teixeira with a booming right hand. That prompted Teixeira to shoot for a takedown. Initially, Tuivasa defended the attempt, but it didn\u2019t take long for Teixeira to adjust and put his opponent\u2019s back flat on the mat. <\/p>\n<p>Teixeira kept Tuivasa down through the bell, likely going up 2-0 on the scorecards. <\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"612\" height=\"408\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-643727 perfmatters-lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/gettyimages-2259318217-612x612-1.jpg\"  data-\/><\/p>\n<p>Teixeira was completely exhausted coming out for the third round. That allowed Tuivasa to push the pace and catch his opponent with a combination. But just when it appeared that the tide was turning, Tuivasa\u2019s gas tank started to run empty, leaving both fighters sucking wind in the final minutes of the fight.<\/p>\n<p>Teixeira shot for a desperation takedown after eating a nasty elbow. Tuivasa defended, but was unable to take advantage of the position, sending us to the scorecards where \u2018Bam Bam\u2019 would come up just short of an epic comeback. <\/p>\n<p>Official Result: Tallison Teixeira def. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lowkickmma.com\/tallison-teixeira-opens-as-heavy-favorite-over-tai-tuivasa\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"643292\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Tai Tuivasa<\/a> via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28). <\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"612\" height=\"408\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-643733 perfmatters-lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/gettyimages-2259318658-612x612-1.jpg\"  data-\/><\/p>\n<p>Check Out Highlights From Tai Tuivasa vs. Tallison Teixeira at UFC 325:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Tallison Teixeira survived a late flurry from Tai Tuivasa to score his second career win inside the Octagon&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":450893,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[570],"tags":[64,63,786,785,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-450892","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mma","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-fighting","11":"tag-mma","12":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/450892","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=450892"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/450892\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/450893"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=450892"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=450892"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=450892"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}