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Friday, Jan 07, 2022

Derrick Lewis versus Tai Tuivasa in the works for UFC 271

Derrick Lewis(Image via UFC/YouTube)

By FCF Staff

According to MMAJunkie’s Mike Bohn and Farah Hannoun, Derrick Lewis versus Tai Tuivasa is in the works for UFC 271, which is scheduled for February 12th. Bout would be contested at heavyweight. Location will be at the Toyota Center in Houston, Texas.

Derrick Lewis, who is from Houston, is coming into this bout from a first round knockout victory against Chris Daukaus back in December, while Tai Tuivasa is coming into this bout on a four fight win streak finishing all of his opponents via KO/TKO.

UFC 271 will be headlined by Israel Adesanya and Robert Whittaker 2 for the middleweight title.

posted by Geovanny @ 1:11 pm
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