{"id":293547,"date":"2018-12-02T10:29:43","date_gmt":"2018-12-02T18:29:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=293547"},"modified":"2018-12-02T10:29:43","modified_gmt":"2018-12-02T18:29:43","slug":"justin-willis-responds-to-tai-tuivasas-callout","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/justin-willis-responds-to-tai-tuivasas-callout\/","title":{"rendered":"Justin Willis responds to Tai Tuivasa&#8217;s callout"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On Friday, at the weigh-ins for UFC Adelaide, Justin Willis and his opponent Mark Hunt had <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/ufc-adelaide-weigh-in-results-headliners-on-point-mark-hunt-and-justin-willis-involved-in-backstage-confrontation\/\">a pretty tense staredown<\/a>, capped off by a bit of trash talk. This did not go over well with Hunt&#8217;s training partner and friend Tai Tuivasa, who battled Junior Dos Santos in the UFC Adelaide main event.<\/p>\n<p>Shortly after he came up short to Dos Santos in the main event, Tai Tuivasa called for a fight with Willis.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Justin Willis Explains Backstage Incident With Mark Hunt, Tai Tuivasa Post-Fight | UFC ADELAIDE\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/5nzGXO7s24E?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p id=\"D8y9jh\">\u201cJustin Willis, you little bitch,\u201d he said moments after experiencing his first career loss. \u201cI\u2019m coming for you, boy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Willis, however, doesn&#8217;t seem too worried about this callout.<\/p>\n<p id=\"e9GaHc\">\u201cHe\u2019s concussed,\u201d Willis told the media post-fight (video via Submission Radio, transcript via<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmafighting.com\/2018\/12\/2\/18121988\/justin-willis-brushes-off-tai-tuivasas-callout-at-ufc-adelaide-hes-concussed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> MMA Fighting<\/a>). \u201cI mean, the guy just lost in his home country \u2014 how embarrassing. It\u2019s one of those things where you\u2019re the main event, you come in here and get knocked out and you call out a guy who beat up your daddy. You\u2019re gonna have to win a fight or two and then we can talk. I\u2019m off to greener and brighter pastures. Top five. I\u2019m after a belt. And he\u2019s not that guy right now.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Justin Willis clarified that he might be willing to oblige Tuivasa&#8217;s callout if the Australian had won his main event battle with dos Santos.<\/p>\n<p id=\"7p6dAq\">\u201cIf he won,\u201d he said. \u201cBut it\u2019s mine now. Dos Santos is now. It got taken, literally. It got taken.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;So he can\u2019t be calling out a guy who won. It doesn\u2019t make sense. That\u2019s ignorant, that\u2019s foolish.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Willis also added that he feels no regret about his tense weigh-in encounter with Mark Hunt.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This is the fight game, not the light game,&#8221; he said. &#8220;I\u2019m not in there to make friends. I\u2019m here to dominate these guys, by any means necessary. I\u2019m here to win. I don\u2019t care if it\u2019s a decision, I don\u2019t care if it\u2019s a knockout, split decision. I don\u2019t give a flying you know what.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Do you want to see Justin Willis and Tai Tuivasa fight?<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><i>This article first appeared on\u00a0<\/i><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/\"><span class=\"s1\"><i>BJPENN.COM<\/i><\/span><\/a><i>\u00a0on 12\/2\/2018. <\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Friday, at the weigh-ins for UFC Adelaide, Justin Willis and his opponent Mark Hunt had a pretty tense staredown, capped off by a bit of trash talk. 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