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Justin Tafa
“Bad Man”
NZHeavyweightActiveage 32
7 — 5
58% win rate
L2 streak
Peak Vertex
2023-09-0929-29 vs current
AfterWvs Austen Lane · KO
EndedLvs Karl Williams · U-Dec · 2024-03-23 · score → 14
Career timeline
Each dot is a fight — green wins, red losses, larger dots are title fights. Hover for details, click to open the bout.
4 wins5 losses1 drawslast 5: L L W D Wdrag to scroll · 1993–2026
Key stats
Six attributes derived from striking, grappling, and finishing rates.
Striking heatmap
Significant strikes by target zone, aggregated across all UFC rounds.
Strikes landed
- Head12958%
- Body6228%
- Legs3014%
Strikes absorbed
Round-by-round averages
Average values per round across the selected fights — toggle metrics below.
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Metrics
| Metric | R1(10) | R2(3) | R3(3) | R4 | R5 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sig Str landed | 17.6 | 23.0 | 21.7 | — | — |
| Sig Str absorbed | 24.9 | 34.0 | 28.0 | — | — |
| Takedowns landed | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | — | — |
| Takedowns absorbed | 0.40 | 0.33 | 0.67 | — | — |
| Control time | 0:36 | 0:00 | 0:41 | — | — |
Fight history
Career UFC bouts in reverse chronological order.
- UFC 312: Du Plessis vs. Strickland 22025-02-08L·KO·R1 · 0:35
- UFC Fight Night: Ribas vs. Namajunas2024-03-23L·U-Dec·R3 · 5:00
- UFC 293: Adesanya vs. Strickland2023-09-09W·KO·R1 · 1:22
- UFC Fight Night: Emmett vs. Topuria2023-06-24D·TKO·R1 · 0:29
- UFC 284: Makhachev vs. Volkanovski2023-02-11W·KO·R1 · 1:06
- UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Daukaus2021-12-18W·KO·R1 · 1:53
- UFC Fight Night: Font vs. Garbrandt2021-05-22L·U-Dec·R3 · 5:00
- UFC Fight Night: Holloway vs. Kattar2021-01-16L·S-Dec·R3 · 5:00
- UFC 247: Jones vs. Reyes2020-02-08W·KO·R1 · 1:59
- UFC 243: Whittaker vs. Adesanya2019-10-05L·KO·R1 · 2:10
Similar fighters
Closest stylistic matches by inverse-Euclidean similarity over striking and grappling rates.
