Four fights into his UFC tenure, not a single one of Tai Tuivasa’s walkout songs have been what you might consider normal for a hard-hitting Australian heavyweight.
Here’s the rundown, all of them “bangers” according to Tuivasa:
- “A Thousand Miles” by Vanessa Carlton
- “The Horses” by Daryl Braithwaite
- “My Heart Will Go On” by Celine Dion
- “What About Me” by Shannon Noll
On an edition of “Octagon Karaoke” for Australia’s MAIN EVENT, Tuivasa explained the reason behind walking out to each of those songs, which you can watch here (via Twitter):
The choice of Vanessa Carlton for his UFC debut certainly was a bold move by Tuivasa. Cageside announcer Dan Hardy even called it an unusual choice on the UFC Fight Night 121 broadcast, but it made complete sense to “Bam Bam.”
“It’s my jam. I jam out to this music when I’m at home, so why not walk out to it in front of the world?” Tuivasa said. “Got the knockout win by flying knee, sent him a thousand miles into the …”
And then, of course, there’s the song from “Titanic.”
“I don’t care how hard anyone says they are,” Tuivasa said. “You f*cking know Celine Dion ‘My Heart Will Go On.'”
He’s right. He had an arena full of UFC fans singing along.
I can’t wait to see what Tuivasa has in store for his fight with Blagoy Ivanov on Saturday at UFC 238.
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