Iwo Baraniewski vs. Junior Tafa
Tale of the tape
The read
Level of competition
Iwo Baraniewski
| Competition tier | W | L |
|---|---|---|
| Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin | 4 | 0 |
| Tier 3 — regional circuit | 5 | 0 |
Tier-weighted record quality: 2.15 · 4 tier-1/2 wins · 9 finish wins over 9 documented bouts
In the UFC: 0-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.0 wins over .500
Junior Tafa
| Competition tier | W | L |
|---|---|---|
| Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin | 4 | 6 |
| Tier 3 — regional circuit | 3 | 0 |
Tier-weighted record quality: 0.66 · 4 tier-1/2 wins · 7 finish wins over 13 documented bouts
In the UFC: 1-4 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.4 wins over .500
Striking
Significant strikes — landed & absorbed
Where the fight happens (share of sig. strike attempts)
Iwo Baraniewski
Distance 64.9% (norm 80.5%) · Clinch 16.5% (norm 8.8%) · Ground 18.6% (norm 10.6%)
Junior Tafa
Distance 83.3% (norm 79.2%) · Clinch 9.9% (norm 9.8%) · Ground 6.8% (norm 9.3%)
What they throw (share of sig. strike attempts by target)
Iwo Baraniewski
Head 85.6% (norm 78.5%) · Body 10.6% (norm 11.8%) · Legs 3.7% (norm 9.7%)
Junior Tafa
Head 87.2% (norm 79.2%) · Body 11.5% (norm 11.5%) · Legs 1.3% (norm 7.6%)
Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone
Green ≥ division median, red below. UFCStats tracks position and target as separate splits.
| Zone | Baraniewski L/A | Acc | Light Heavyweight med | Tafa L/A | Acc | Heavyweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 62 / 122 | 50.8% | 41.5% | 154 / 320 | 48.1% | 40.1% |
| In the clinch | 22 / 31 | 71.0% | 70.8% | 26 / 38 | 68.4% | 70.4% |
| On the ground | 21 / 35 | 60.0% | 72.9% | 20 / 26 | 76.9% | 70.2% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 81 / 161 | 50.3% | 39.2% | 160 / 335 | 47.8% | 39.0% |
| To the body | 17 / 20 | too few to rate | 72.0% | 35 / 44 | 79.5% | 77.0% |
| To the legs | 7 / 7 | too few to rate | 82.1% | 5 / 5 | too few to rate | 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 (Light Heavyweight: 94 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 Baraniewski L/A | Opp acc | Light Heavyweight med | vs Tafa L/A | Opp acc | Heavyweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 61 / 179 | 34.1% | 40.6% | 116 / 244 | 47.5% | 40.7% |
| In the clinch | 31 / 48 | 64.6% | 68.8% | 5 / 9 | too few to rate | 70.6% |
| On the ground | 0 / 0 | too few to rate | 70.4% | 32 / 69 | 46.4% | 72.2% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 85 / 211 | 40.3% | 37.7% | 98 / 257 | 38.1% | 39.3% |
| To the body | 4 / 11 | too few to rate | 72.9% | 16 / 23 | too few to rate | 75.1% |
| To the legs | 3 / 5 | too few to rate | 83.1% | 39 / 42 | 92.9% | 84.4% |
Grappling
Bars compare the two men's rates (per-minute / per-15 figures), not raw totals — Tafa has more cage time on record.