HOUSTON – As far as Tai Tuivasa (14-3 MMA, 7-3 UFC) is concerned, there’s really no reason to overcomplicate what’s going to happen when he steps in the cage with Derrick Lewis (26-8 MMA, 17-6 UFC). The two sluggers meet in the co-main event of Saturday’s UFC 271 event at the Toyota Center, and “Bam Bam” believes breaking down how it’s likely to play out is about as simple as it comes. “I’m definitely not going to go out there and wrestle him,” Tuivasa said with a laugh at Wednesday’s media day event. “It would have been my smarter side there, but, you know, I’m a banger as well, and I think that’s going to be the fight. It’s going to be, you know, the smartest fighter wins, and then the person who lands the hardest punch wins.” While fighters will sometimes bluff a bit ahead of fights as a means of maskign their true gameplan, Tuivasa and Lewis really don’t need to take such an approach. Tuivasa has scored 13 of his 14 career wins via knockout, while Lewis boasts 21 of his 26 career victories in the same manner.
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