Inside crazy first Aussie UFC history maker can’t even remember
The moments he can remember from his UFC debut in Sydney in 2010 will stay with James Te Huna forever.
But Te Huna isn’t like most other fighters. He once popped his own dislocated shoulder back into place mid-fight. Then won.“My arm was snapped, displaced, but I ended up putting him on his back and used the same arm to finish the fight,” he says. “It was properly, properly broken, I had surgery the next morning to put it all back in place.
Te Huna lands a take-down despite having a badly broken left arm. Picture: Mark Nolan/Zuffa/Getty ImagesOne of Te Huna’s coaches, John Pedro, would’ve been watching proudly that day, hoping his own son would eventually make the same walk to the Octagon at least once.Te Huna always knew Tyson would make it.
“Well, Tai … he was on the other end of the spectrum,” he laughs. “When he was young, he wasn’t on a solid career path, he was just doing whatever he wanted to be honest.It took a lot of people to convince Tuivasa he could make a career out of knocking people out.Source: Getty Images“My brother ended up getting Tai his first fight, and he did quite well,” Te Huna says. “My brother realised this kid’s got talent, so if we can just grab that, nurture it and grow it, he can get somewhere.
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