Junior Tafa Record, Stats & Next Fight

UFC fight history

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Event	Date
◆	Ce LiuUpcoming Light Heavyweight	—	—	—	—	UFC Fight Night: Nurmagomedov vs Song	Aug 29, 2026
L	Iwo Baraniewski Light Heavyweight	KO/TKO	Kick to Leg At Distance	R1	1:25	UFC Fight Night: Muhammad vs. Bonfim	Jun 6, 2026
W	Kevin Christian Light Heavyweight	KO/TKO	Elbows to Head From Half Guard	R1	2:42	UFC Fight Night: Della Maddalena vs. Prates	May 2, 2026
L	Billy Elekana Light Heavyweight	Submission	Rear Naked Choke	R2	3:18	UFC 325: Volkanovski vs. Lopes 2	Jan 31, 2026
L	Tuco Tokkos Light Heavyweight	Submission	Arm Triangle From Side Control	R2	4:25	UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Teixeira	Jul 12, 2025
W	Sean Sharaf Heavyweight	KO/TKO	Punches to Head At Distance	R2	2:15	UFC Fight Night: Royval vs. Taira	Oct 12, 2024
L	Valter Walker Heavyweight	Submission	Heel Hook On Ground	R1	4:56	UFC 305: Du Plessis vs. Adesanya	Aug 17, 2024
L	#15Marcos Rogerio de Lima Heavyweight	KO/TKO	Kick to Leg At Distance	R2	1:14	UFC 298: Volkanovski vs. Topuria	Feb 17, 2024
W	Parker Porter Heavyweight	KO/TKO	Punch to Head At Distance	R1	1:24	UFC Fight Night: Holloway vs. The Korean Zombie	Aug 26, 2023
L	Mohammed Usman Heavyweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Pavlovich vs. Blaydes	Apr 22, 2023

Outside the UFC

4-0across 4 bouts · 4 promotions · wins by 4 KORIZIN · Brave CF 66 · HFS · Beatdown Promotions 1

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Promotion	Date
W	Tsuyoshi Kamiyama9-4	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	1:38	RIZIN	Dec 31, 2022
W	Nicolas Djurdjevic6-8	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	2:02	Brave CF 66	Nov 26, 2022
W	Kelvin Fitial16-18-2	KO/TKO	Punches	R2	4:36	HFS	Aug 5, 2022
W	Taisei Sekino11-7	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	1:06	Beatdown Promotions 1	Jul 9, 2022

Non-UFC bouts (regional/other promotions) and Dana White’s Contender Series — shown for context only, excluded from Schedule Score, striking/grappling rates, and every UFC-scoped metric.

Method of victory & defeat

KO / TKO

7 wins, 1 loss

W7

L1

Submission

0 wins, 3 losses

W0

L3

Decision

0 wins, 1 loss

W0

L1

Finishes

UFC KOs

3

Above avg · 16%Light Heavyweight

Knockdowns / fight

0.22

Below avg · 0.26Light Heavyweight

UFC submissions

0

Below avg · 8%Light Heavyweight

Submission attempts / fight

0.00

Below avg · 0.26Light Heavyweight

KO history

Knockout power and chin durability (UFC; clean KOs only).

Junior Tafa

PowerChin

Knockout rate

33%

3 KO/TKO wins

Knockdowns dealt

2

1.25 per 100 head

Clean KO losses

2

cuts / injury TKOs excluded

Knockdowns absorbed

2

2.04 per 100 head

Chin gauges use a league scale: green = clean record, red = bottom ~10% of UFC fighters (4+ KO losses · 6+ knockdowns absorbed).

Decision behavior

Judging

1 scorecard on file

Junior Tafa

Unanimous1 decision · 100%

1L

Split

None

Majority

None

10-8 rounds

None scoredno 10-8 rounds in this fighter’s decisions

Most frequent judges

All judges →

Scorecard data ingested from MMA Decisions

Career striking

OverallB67th

53%200 / 384

Striking accuracy

51%

Striking defense

Sig. strikes / min+0.96 differential

Landed3.62

Absorbed2.66

62%str + td

Defensive rating

Striking edge

+4%accuracy vs opp. landing

worseevenbetter

Strike maps

Sig. strikes by target

Head80%67th160
Body18%55th35
Leg3%31st5

Color = division rank · green elite → red low · % = share of strikes

Sig. strikes by position

77%Standing

Standing77%154
Clinch13%26
Ground10%20

Striking zones

Per-15-minute breakdown — where this fighter lands, and where they get hit.

UFC only

Junior Tafa

Landed per 15

Head

A

76th

42.4

76th

Body

C

54th

9.3

54th

Leg

F

13th

1.3

13th

Ranks are division percentiles — e.g. 90th = top 10% of the weight class. Higher is always better: on “absorbed” rows the rank is inverted, so a high rank means they get hit less.

Absorbed per 15

Head

B

69th

25.9

69th

Body

A+

89th

4.2

89th

Leg

D

33rd

10.3

33rd

Ranks are division percentiles — e.g. 90th = top 10% of the weight class. Higher is always better: on “absorbed” rows the rank is inverted, so a high rank means they get hit less.

Career totals — landed / attempted

Landed (career total)

Zone	Per 15	Landed	Attempted	Accuracy
Head	42.4	160	335	48%
Body	9.3	35	44	80%
Leg	1.3	5	5	100%

Absorbed (career total)

Zone	Per 15	Landed	Attempted	Accuracy
Head	25.9	98	257	38%
Body	4.2	16	23	70%
Leg	10.3	39	42	93%

UFCStats career rates, per 15 minutes. Percentiles vs the division; absorbed is inverted so higher is better.

Grappling

Per-15-minute breakdown of takedowns, submissions, and ground control.

UFC only

Junior Tafa

—

Takedown accuracy

73%

Takedown defense

Control / 15 min-7.8 min net

On top0.2

On bottom8.0

Offense

Takedowns

C

42nd

0.0

42nd

TD accuracy

—

Sub attempts

C

57th

0.0

57th

Control

D

32nd

0.2 min

32nd

Defense

TD defense

B

65th

73%

65th

Controlled

8.0 min

Career totals — landed / attempted, control time

Offense

Takedowns	0 / 0
Submission attempts	0
Control time	0:49

Defense

TDs defended	32 / 44
Control absorbed	30:14

Rates above are per 15 minutes of UFC fight time (57min total). Value colors reflect the per-15 rate’s percentile against the current weight class baseline; raw totals without a division reference stay neutral.

Pace & fade

Round-by-round work rate, and whether they fade.

UFC only

Junior Tafa

9 UFC bouts (per‑round) · 57 min

—

< 2 bouts to R3

Tafa hasn't reached the third round in enough UFC bouts to read a reliable pace pattern — most of their fights end early. The round-by-round pace below is shown for what rounds there are.

TafaOutput / min

Faded points are drawn from a single bout that reached that round, so they’re less reliable than the solid points averaged over many fights.

Rounds backed by fewer than 2 bouts are drawn smaller and dimmed with an n= count — a deep round seen in one or two fights is a thin sample, not a settled rate. Per-round bout counts are in the breakdown below.

Full per-round breakdown

What drives the pace · per round

The composite output line above blends these three inputs — splitting them out shows whether the work rate is built on striking volume, takedown pressure, or top control, and which input fades.

Sig. strikes landed

Tafalanded / min

Takedown attempts

Tafaattempts / min

Control time

Tafa% of round

Round	Output / min	Sig landed / min	Sig absorbed / min	Control	Bouts
R1	3.6	3.6	3.2	2%	9
R2	4.1	4.1	2.3	2%	5
R3	1.6	1.6	0.4	0%	1

Output / minis the headline work rate — significant strikes landed, plus 3 per takedown attempt, plus one per 15 seconds of control — so a takedown-and-grind round isn’t scored as idle the way bare striking volume would. The remaining columns are its components. Per-round rates use UFCStats per-round data (available for ~95% of bouts since 2008). Each round’s rates are averaged only over bouts that reached that round, so the bout count shrinks as rounds deepen. The final round of a finished fight is pro-rated by its actual length.

Schedule Score

Opponent quality, ranked across the UFC. Recent fights weighted heavier.

UFC only

Junior Tafa

9 resolved UFC bouts · 1 ranked at the time

Schedule Score

29/ 100

0255075100

Schedule strength

F

18th

20%

18th

Win quality

D

38th

36%

38th

Opponent quality distribution

Every UFC bout, grouped by who the opponent was at the time.

2

4

3

Top-15Ranked #6–#15 at the time
Building3+ UFC fights, ≥.40 win rate
UnprovenFewer than 3 fights, or sub-.40 win rate

Tier	Bouts	Record	Win rate
Top-15	2	0-2	0%
Building	4	1-3	25%
Unproven	3	2-1	67%

Highest-quality opponents

Toughest opponents on the scheduleScore, scored at the time of the fight.

All bouts — opponent quality bout-by-bout

Res	Opponent	Tier	Score	Date
L	Iwo Baraniewski	Building	15	Jun 6, 2026
W	Kevin Christian	Unproven	8	May 2, 2026
L	Billy Elekana	Building	18	Jan 31, 2026
L	Tuco Tokkos	Unproven	8	Jul 12, 2025
W	Sean Sharaf	Unproven	8	Oct 12, 2024
L	Valter Walker	Top-15	44	Aug 17, 2024
L	Marcos Rogerio de Lima#15	Top-15	63	Feb 17, 2024
W	Parker Porter	Building	18	Aug 26, 2023
L	Mohammed Usman	Building	15	Apr 22, 2023

Per-bout quality scoring: champion = 100; same-division ranks 1–5 = 90 → 78 linear; ranks 6–15 = 75 → 60 linear; cross-division champion = 78; cross-division ranked = 45; title-fight challenger (no rank signal) = 50, bumped to 65 when opp had an elite career UFC record at the time. Unranked opponents are scored on UFC record-at-time (long-tenured vet 60, contender-level 45, established 30, building 18, unproven 8). P4P top-10 at time adds +5; top-3 adds +8 (capped at 100). The Schedule Score combines schedule strength (65%) and quality wins (35%), then is held toward a rookie baseline for fighters with limited UFC experience so a thin résumé reads honestly low.

Career cohorts

9 resolved UFC bouts

Performance broken down by situation — camp length, response to the previous result, title-fight presence, and rematches. Computed across every completed UFC bout.

Camp length

Days between fights

Short turnaround

< 100 days

2-1

3 bouts

Typical camp

100–180 days

1-1

2 bouts

Long layoff

> 180 days

0-3

3 bouts

UFC debut

first UFC bout

0-1

1 bout

Post-result bounce

Performance based on the previous UFC result

After a loss

next bout after a defeat

3-2

5 bouts

After a win

next bout after a win

0-3

3 bouts

First UFC bout

no precedent

0-1

1 bout

Title fights

Performance with a belt on the line

All title fights

as challenger or champion

—

As champion

defending the belt

—

As challenger

fighting for the belt

—

Rematches

Performance when meeting an opponent again

All rematches

any second meeting

—

Revenge bouts

lost the first meeting

—

Encore bouts

won the first meeting

—

Activity & layoff

Last fight, activity, and divisional context.

Time since last UFC bout

5 weeks

Active

0–6 mo

Normal

6–12 mo

Layoff

12–18 mo

Extended

18+ mo

Junior Tafa

Active

5 weekssince last bout

vs Iwo Baraniewski · Jun 6, 2026

DraftKings fantasy scoring

DFSAs favorite 3-2As underdog 0-3

40.3

DK avg

15.6

Median

98.9

Ceiling

3.0

Floor

33%

Boom

56%

Bust

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