{"id":307006,"date":"2019-03-24T13:35:12","date_gmt":"2019-03-24T20:35:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=307006"},"modified":"2019-03-24T13:35:14","modified_gmt":"2019-03-24T20:35:14","slug":"tai-tuivasa-roasts-rival-justin-willis-after-curtis-blaydes-loss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/tai-tuivasa-roasts-rival-justin-willis-after-curtis-blaydes-loss\/","title":{"rendered":"Tai Tuivasa roasts rival Justin Willis after Curtis Blaydes loss"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>On Saturday night, in the co-main event of UFC Nashville, rising heavyweight prospect Justin Willis gave up a lopsided decision loss to Curtis Blaydes. Since this loss, Willis has been quite open about the setback, keeping his fans updated on social media. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-instagram wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-instagram\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\nhttps:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BvX-tN7gMWI\/\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-instagram wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-instagram\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\nhttps:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BvZqxztgXy3\/\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Learn, Grow, Conquer. I will be back greater! Great fight [Curtis Blaydes],&#8221; Willis wrote on Instagram. &#8220;Thanks for showing your true colors, I understand you but anywho we shall undoubtedly see each other again soon, enjoy. Until then I will get back to work. The rest of the division is in trouble and to all my haters enjoy it while it last. God bless.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;This will be my last post until certain things are fixed with myself, and my team. I will remain humble as I am in victory and also in my very LAST defeat of my career,&#8221; he continued in a second post. &#8220;Throughout my life things work once but they will never work twice. I will make 0 excuses but I must be honest with myself and my fans, I froze up! It will NEVER happen again.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While Justin Willis seems to be taking this loss in stride, his chief rival Tai Tuivasa did not waste this opportunity to kick him while he&#8217;s down. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tuivasa let Willis have it on Twitter. See what he had to say below. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-twitter wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\nhttps:\/\/twitter.com\/bambamtuivasa\/status\/1109643190854803456\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-twitter wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\nhttps:\/\/twitter.com\/bambamtuivasa\/status\/1109645898328363013\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-twitter wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\nhttps:\/\/twitter.com\/bambamtuivasa\/status\/1109711604772302848\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Tai Tuivasa is currently set to collide at Blagoy Ivanov at UFC 238. No matter the outcome of this fight, he and Justin Willis would seem to be on a collision course. Who do you think would come out on top if these two heavyweight rivals shared the cage? 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