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Harry Hunsucker vs.
Justin Tafa

Two full careers, measured against each man's own division and against each other — the tape, the read, and every number behind them.

0-3-0 Harry Hunsucker · UFC
4-5-0 (1 NC) Justin Tafa · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

Frame, age, layoff and recent form — green marks the edge on each line.

0-3-0
UFC record
4-5-0 (1 NC)
Heavyweight
Division (benchmark)
Heavyweight
37.6
AgeΔ 5 yrs
32.6
6'2"
HeightΔ 2"
6'0"
75"
ReachΔ 1"
74"
Orthodox
Stance
Southpaw
47.5
Layoff (months)Δ 29.6 mo
17.9
LLL
Last 5 (newest first)
LLWNCW
The read

What the numbers say.

Scouting notes, auto-generated — only stats deviating more than 25% from the division median make this list. No narratives, just deviations.

Harry Hunsucker is a submission threat — 3.96 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.16 Heavyweight norm.
Justin Tafa carries real power — 1.10 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.28 Heavyweight norm.
Harry Hunsucker absorbs 6.61 sig. strikes per minute, well above the 3.19 Heavyweight norm — hittable.
Level of competition

Who did they actually beat?

Full-career records re-graded by the tier of opposition — the same grading the Contender Series pick model uses. Records built on tier-4 competition are worth less than records built on killers.

Harry Hunsucker

Full career not yet synced for Harry Hunsucker — tier grading appears once their record documentation lands (refreshes weekly).

In the UFC: 0-2 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.0 wins over .500

Justin Tafa

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 45
Tier 3 — regional circuit 30

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.86 · 4 tier-1/2 wins · 7 finish wins over 13 documented bouts

In the UFC: 1-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.0 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

Career totals; norms are the medians of each man's own division.

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

92.38/min · norm 3.36
Sig. strikes landed
2214.05/min · norm 3.36
256.61/min · norm 3.19
Sig. strikes absorbed
2795.11/min · norm 3.19
47.4%norm 47.8%
Striking accuracy
54.4%norm 47.8%
35.9%norm 52.5%
Striking defense
47.1%norm 52.5%
00.00/15 · norm 0.28
Knockdowns
41.10/15 · norm 0.28

Where the fight happens (share of sig. strike attempts)

Harry Hunsucker

Distance 100.0% (norm 79.5%) · Clinch 0.0% (norm 9.8%) · Ground 0.0% (norm 9.3%)

Justin Tafa

Distance 89.2% (norm 79.5%) · Clinch 8.1% (norm 9.8%) · Ground 2.7% (norm 9.3%)

What they throw (share of sig. strike attempts by target)

Harry Hunsucker

Head 63.2% (norm 79.2%) · Body 5.3% (norm 11.5%) · Legs 31.6% (norm 7.6%)

Justin Tafa

Head 73.6% (norm 79.2%) · Body 18.5% (norm 11.5%) · Legs 7.9% (norm 7.6%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

Green ≥ division median, red below. UFCStats tracks position and target as separate splits.

Zone Hunsucker L/AAccHeavyweight med Tafa L/AAccHeavyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 9 / 19 too few to rate 40.1% 187 / 362 51.7% 40.1%
In the clinch 0 / 0 too few to rate 70.6% 26 / 33 78.8% 70.6%
On the ground 0 / 0 too few to rate 70.2% 8 / 11 too few to rate 70.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 3 / 12 too few to rate 38.9% 129 / 299 43.1% 38.9%
To the body 1 / 1 too few to rate 76.8% 62 / 75 82.7% 76.8%
To the legs 5 / 6 too few to rate 87.8% 30 / 32 93.8% 87.8%

Zones with fewer than 25 attempts are marked "too few to rate". Each fighter is measured against the median of leaderboard-eligible fighters in his own division (Heavyweight: 93 fighters · Heavyweight: 93 fighters).

What lands on them Opponents' accuracy against each man

Green ≤ division median — harder to hit than the typical man in his division.

Zone vs Hunsucker L/AOpp accHeavyweight med vs Tafa L/AOpp accHeavyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 17 / 25 68.0% 40.7% 221 / 447 49.4% 40.7%
In the clinch 0 / 0 too few to rate 70.6% 36 / 48 75.0% 70.6%
On the ground 8 / 14 too few to rate 72.0% 22 / 32 68.8% 72.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 19 / 33 57.6% 38.8% 157 / 381 41.2% 38.8%
To the body 2 / 2 too few to rate 75.1% 80 / 101 79.2% 75.1%
To the legs 4 / 4 too few to rate 84.4% 42 / 45 93.3% 84.4%
Grappling

The ground war.

Takedowns, control and submissions — career totals with each man's per-minute rates against his division norm.

00.0% acc · 0.00/15 · norm 0.95
Takedowns landed
00.0% acc · 0.00/15 · norm 0.95
0— def · norm 64.3%
Takedowns stopped
853.3% def · norm 64.3%
0:000.0% of cage time · norm 17.2%
Control time
4:258.1% of cage time · norm 17.2%
1:165:01 per 15 · norm 2:28
Time under control
11:593:17 per 15 · norm 2:28
13.96/15 · norm 0.16
Submission attempts
00.00/15 · norm 0.16

Bars compare the two men's rates (per-minute / per-15 figures), not raw totals — Tafa has more cage time on record.

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