{"id":454808,"date":"2026-02-03T02:23:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-03T02:23:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/454808\/"},"modified":"2026-02-03T02:23:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-03T02:23:08","slug":"tai-tuivasa-responds-to-retirement-calls-in-first-statement-following-sixth-straight-loss-at-ufc-325","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/454808\/","title":{"rendered":"Tai Tuivasa responds to retirement calls in first statement following sixth-straight loss at UFC 325"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>UFC heavyweight contender Tai Tuivasa broke his social media silence following his sixth consecutive defeat at UFC 325.<\/p>\n<p>UFC star Tai Tuivasa\u2019s struggles inside the Octagon continued last weekend at UFC 325 as he lost to Tallison Teixeira by unanimous decision.<\/p>\n<p>Tuivasa, 32, dropped his sixth-straight fight after surging up the heavyweight rankings earlier in his career. It extended the heavyweight division\u2019s longest losing streak and put Tuivasa\u2019s fighting future into question.<\/p>\n<p>After Tuivasa\u2019s latest defeat, many fans called for the knockout artist to hang up the gloves to prevent further damage to his long-term health. While Tuivasa didn\u2019t suffer an extensive amount of damage at UFC 325, he looked hesitant to throw combinations and struggled against Teixeira\u2019s wrestling.<\/p>\n<p>Tuivasa admitted that his decision to return to the Octagon at UFC 325 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bjpenn.com\/mma-news\/tai-tuivasa\/tai-tuivasa-explains-why-ufc-325-comeback-was-difficult-im-ready-to-get-back-on-a-winning-streak\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">was a difficult choice leading up to fight night<\/a>. After another big setback in the cage, Tuivasa answered his detractors.<\/p>\n<p>Tai Tuivasa reaches out to Khamzat Chimaev in first message post-UFC 325<\/p>\n<p>In a recent <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DURsfndEuVP\/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&amp;igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Instagram<\/a> post, Tuivasa addressed his fans for the first time since UFC 325.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat hurts the soul more than any punches,\u201d Tuivasa said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI tried I had a great camp, looking forward to getting back in camp with the boys. So much to work on. Always big love to my supporters, especially the Aussie fans\/Crowd always cheering me on. I\u2019m sorry for falling short again. F\u2014\u2013 s\u2014 feeling ayy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy poor boy has watched me get a hiding a few too many times now. But just like I always tell him as long as you give it all you have and keep trying that\u2019s all that matters. As long as I\u2019m doing this I will always keep trying had a great week together taking him and showing da fings didn\u2019t get the result son but that is how life goes sometimes,\u201d Tuivasa continued.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThanks to everyone that was involved and help me during this camp and also during the time I had off I love you all and what yous do for me never goes unnoticed. My beautiful partner thank you for looking after me and putting up with my s\u2014 I love you [Khamzat Chimaev] I\u2019m coming to wrestle brother teach me i am sick of this cuddle s\u2014.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Tuivasa\u2019s last win came by knockout against the UFC\u2019s all-time knockouts leader, Derrick Lewis, at UFC 271.<\/p>\n<p>Should Tai Tuivasa retire following his loss at UFC 325? Let us know in the comments!<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"UFC heavyweight contender Tai Tuivasa broke his social media silence following his sixth consecutive defeat at UFC 325.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":454809,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[570],"tags":[64,63,786,785,85,112899,234616,787,188424],"class_list":{"0":"post-454808","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","13":"tag-tai-tuivasa","14":"tag-tallison-teixeira","15":"tag-ufc","16":"tag-ufc-325"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/454808","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=454808"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/454808\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/454809"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=454808"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=454808"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=454808"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}