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Tai Tuivasa is known to UFC die-hards as the hard-drinking, hard-hitting cult hero who owns a brewery and sinks beer out of his shoes after a win - and now he's branched out into producing another recreational drug.
The heavyweight knockout artist owns Sydney's Drink West beer business with NRL superstar Nathan Cleary and octagon star turned pro boxer Tyson Pedro and is trying to grab a slice of America's lucrative legal marijuana trade.
Nicknamed 'Bam Bam' due to his all-or-nothing fighting style, he revealed his new business venture, Bambambudz, in an Instagram post late on Thursday.
Tai Tuivasa posed with huge bags of marijuana as he launched his new cannabis business on Instagram on Thursday
Nicknamed 'Bam Bam' due to his all-or-nothing fighting style, Tuivasa (centre) owns a western Sydney brewery with footy superstar Nathan Cleary (front, second from right) - with the pair teaming up with music star Shannon Noll (holding microphone) to advertise their beer
The 120kg fighter posed for photos while holding three huge bags of marijuana and giving a double V for victory sign in front of a greenhouse full of cannabis plants in the post, which also featured a look at workers getting the product ready for distribution.
He added the caption 'COMING TO A CITY NEAR YOU us' - with the venture selling the weed in US states that have legalised its consumption, such as Colorado, California, Illinois and New York.
The American legal marijuana market was valued at $US15billion in 2022 and is projected to grow strongly.
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