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Light Heavyweight #36balanced

Junior Tafa

Record
3-6
Rating
1619 ± 159
Since last event
–
Next fight · 12 Dec
vs Quentin Pasley 52%
Age
30
Current streak
1 losses
Wins by
3 KO · 0 sub · 0 dec
Next fight
vs Quentin Pasley
UFC 335: Oliveira vs. Lopes · 2026-12-12

Key facts

Record
3-6
Division
Light Heavyweight
Our rank
#36
Rating
1619 ± 159
Style label
balanced
Country
New Zealand
Height
75"
Reach
75"
Stance
Orthodox
Date of birth
1996-09-21

Rating history

Style profile

Percentile within the division · the dashed ring is average · outward is always better
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The numbers behind it

Rates are per 15 minutes of fight time, adjusted for the quality of what the opponent usually allows. Defence and accuracy figures are percentages. A wider ± means fewer rounds of evidence, and on the chart it is the whisker along that axis.
MetricJunior TafaDivision
Strikes landed
/15 min		45.6 ± 9.2
6th percentile		48.0
Strike avoidance
absorbed /15 min		54.1 ± 11.0
79th percentile		57.0
Takedown attempts
/15 min		3.53 ± 3.53
19th percentile		4.50
Takedown defence
%		59 ± 13
53rd percentile		56
Control time
s /15 min		182 ± 50
12th percentile		196
Striking defence
%		50 ± 1
50th percentile		50
Knockdowns
/15 min		0.70 ± 0.27
59th percentile		0.63
Submission attempts
/15 min		0.60 ± 0.60
26th percentile		0.77

UFC fight history

L Iwo Baraniewski
UFC Fight Night: Muhammad vs. Bonfim · 2026-06-06
 KO/TKO R1
W Kevin Christian
UFC Fight Night: Della Maddalena vs. Prates · 2026-05-02
 KO/TKO R1
L Billy Elekana
UFC 325: Volkanovski vs. Lopes 2 · 2026-01-31
 Submission R2
L Tuco Tokkos
UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Teixeira · 2025-07-12
 Submission R2
W Sean Sharaf
UFC Fight Night: Royval vs. Taira · 2024-10-12
 KO/TKO R2
L Valter Walker
UFC 305: Du Plessis vs. Adesanya · 2024-08-17
 Submission R1
L Marcos Rogerio de Lima
UFC 298: Volkanovski vs. Topuria · 2024-02-17
 KO/TKO R2
W Parker Porter
UFC Fight Night: Holloway vs. The Korean Zombie · 2023-08-26
 KO/TKO R1
L Mohammed Usman
UFC Fight Night: Pavlovich vs. Blaydes · 2023-04-22
 Decision - Unanimous R3