Junior Tafa
The shape of their game.
Percentile scores against UFC veterans — volume-aware, and honest about small samples. The rim is reserved for true specialists.
Radar — percentile vs UFC veterans
Career rates
Output, fight by fight.
Significant strikes landed per minute over the last 7 fights — green dots are wins, red are losses.
Every walk to the cage.
9 UFC bouts, newest first. Tap a fight for the full stat line — opponent records are shown as of fight night.
L Iwo Baraniewski 2-0 walk-in KO/TKO · R1 1:25 — UFC Fight Night: Muhammad vs. Bonfim · 2026-06-06
W Kevin Christian 0-1 walk-in KO/TKO · R1 2:42 — UFC Fight Night: Della Maddalena vs. Prates · 2026-05-02
L Billy Elekana 2-1 walk-in Submission · R2 3:18 — UFC 325: Volkanovski vs. Lopes 2 · 2026-01-31
L Tuco Tokkos 0-2 walk-in Submission · R2 4:25 — UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Teixeira · 2025-07-12
W Sean Sharaf 0-0 walk-in KO/TKO · R2 2:15 — UFC Fight Night: Royval vs. Taira · 2024-10-12
L Valter Walker 0-1 walk-in Submission · R1 4:56 — UFC 305: Du Plessis vs. Adesanya · 2024-08-17
L Marcos Rogerio de Lima 10-7 walk-in KO/TKO · R2 1:14 — UFC 298: Volkanovski vs. Topuria · 2024-02-17
W Parker Porter 4-3 walk-in KO/TKO · R1 1:24 — UFC Fight Night: Holloway vs. The Korean Zombie · 2023-08-26
L Mohammed Usman 1-0 walk-in Decision - Unanimous · R3 5:00 — UFC Fight Night: Pavlovich vs. Blaydes · 2023-04-22
Walk-in records count UFC bouts in this database. For the pre-UFC career, see the record breakdown below or the Tapology button up top.
How the record was built.
Full pro career, from the fighter's Wikipedia record table (Junior Tafa) — results only; UFC bouts carry full stats in the fight history above.
Wins by method
Losses by method
Fights by organization
Full career — 13 fights, every organization
| Opponent | Method | Event | Org | Rd | Time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| L | Iwo Baraniewski | TKO (leg kick and punches) | UFC Fight Night: Muhammad vs. Bonfim
2026-06-06 |
UFC | 1 | 1:25 |
| W | Kevin Christian | KO (punches and elbows) | UFC Fight Night: Della Maddalena vs. Prates
2026-05-02 |
UFC | 1 | 2:42 |
| L | Billy Elekana | Submission (rear-naked choke) | UFC 325
2026-02-01 |
UFC | 2 | 3:18 |
| L | Tuco Tokkos | Submission (arm-triangle choke) | UFC on ESPN: Lewis vs. Teixeira
2025-07-12 |
UFC | 2 | 4:25 |
| W | Sean Sharaf | TKO (punches) | UFC Fight Night: Royval vs. Taira
2024-10-12 |
UFC | 2 | 2:15 |
| L | Valter Walker | Submission (heel hook) | UFC 305
2024-08-18 |
UFC | 1 | 4:56 |
| L | Marcos Rogério de Lima | TKO (leg kick and punches) | UFC 298
2024-02-17 |
UFC | 2 | 1:14 |
| W | Parker Porter | KO (punch) | UFC Fight Night: Holloway vs. The Korean Zombie
2023-08-26 |
UFC | 1 | 1:24 |
| L | Mohammed Usman | Decision (unanimous) | UFC Fight Night: Pavlovich vs. Blaydes
2023-04-22 |
UFC | 3 | 5:00 |
| W | Tsuyoshi Sudario | TKO (punches) | Rizin 40
2022-12-31 |
Rizin | 1 | 1:38 |
| W | Nicolas Djurdjević | TKO (punches) | Brave CF 66
2022-11-26 |
Brave CF | 1 | 2:02 |
| W | Kelvin Fitial | KO (punches) | Hex Fight Series 23
2022-08-05 |
Hex Fight Series | 2 | 4:36 |
| W | Taisei Sekino | TKO (punches) | Beatdown Promotions 1
2022-07-09 |
Beatdown Promotions | 1 | 1:06 |
Career history from the fighter's Wikipedia record table (Junior Tafa) — results only, no strike stats; UFC bouts are marked and carry full stats in the fight history above.
Measured against the division.
Versus the Light Heavyweight average, over 97 qualified fighters (5+ UFC fights, 30+ minutes of cage time). Green = better than average, red = worse; the tick mark is the division mean. "Strikes absorbed" counts lower as better.