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'Shoey time': Aussie fan favourite sends fans wild with crazy UFC win

Tai Tuivasa (pictured left) punching his opponent and (pictured right) drinking a beer from a shoe.
Tai Tuivasa (pictured left) knocked out his opponent and celebrated with a 'shoey' (pictured right). (Images: Getty Images/Twitter)

Fan favourite Tai Tuivasa sent Las Vegas into a frenzy after knocking out his opponent and celebrating with his trademark 'shoey' at UFC 269.

The Australian battled through the first round against opponent Augusto Sakai with the heavyweights slugging it out.

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However, at the start of the second, Tuivasa landed a check left hook and wobbled Sakai.

The Aussie then finished up with a flurry of punches that left Sakai out cold on the ground.

And in trademark fashion, Tuivasa jumped atop the cage and drank a beer out of a shoe.

The UFC world went wild over Tuivasa's celebration, which is fast making him a fan favourite.

Tuivasa already had fans on their feet head of the fight when he walked out to 'Barbie Girl'.

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Tuivasa was fighting on the undercard of Dustin Poirier's title shot against champion Charles Oliveira.

Oliveira was confident ahead of the clash after recalling how he won the belt in the first place.

“It was a message to the division. I knocked a guy out (with my) left hand,” Olivera said, through a translator.

“But you saw what happened at the start of the fight, I turned it around ... I sent a message that I can do it all.

“Everyone knows I came from jiu-jitsu and you’ve seen the evolution and that’s standing up.”

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