UFC Adelaide headliners Junior dos Santos and Tai Tuivasa received a “welcome ceremony” from a local Aboriginal clan in the days leading up to the Fight Night event in Australia. But a photo op resulted in an odd hug between the heavyweight combatants.
Dos Santos says he felt “a good energy” after the ceremony earlier this week, something he “never felt before in his life.” It was dos Santos’ first time being face to face with his upcoming opponent, and it went different than he expected.
”I expected a tense atmosphere because we were going to fight, we had that exchange online, but the first contact we had was really cool,” dos Santos told MMA Fighting.