Few athletes are going to speak about their performances as candidly as Tai Tuivasa, the West Sydney heavyweight and beloved fan favorite who returns to action this weekend at UFC 305 against Jairzinho Rozenstruik.
“Bam Bam” touches down in Perth on a four-fight slide, with each of those losses coming inside the distance, and while he hasn’t exactly been getting beaten by scrubs, the forthright and affable competitor is quick to acknowledge that his mental focus hasn’t been where it needs to be over these last couple outings.
“This game, the fight business requires a lot of — you need to be mentally strong as well as physically strong,” begins Tuivasa, who has touched on distractions outside the cage as a stumbling point during this stretch.