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Sean Sharaf vs. Junior Tafa

UFC 1-2-0 vs. 3-6-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
1-2-0
UFC record
3-6-0
Heavyweight
Division (benchmark)
Heavyweight
33
AgeΔ 3 yrs
30
6'3"
HeightΔ 0"
6'3"
77"
ReachΔ 2"
75"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
1
Layoff (months)Δ 3.5 mo
4.5
WLL
Last 5 (newest first)
LWLLW

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Sean Sharaf absorbs 14.88 sig. strikes per minute, well above the 3.19 Heavyweight norm — hittable.
Sean Sharaf carries real power — 0.92 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.29 Heavyweight norm.
Junior Tafa rarely shoots — 0.00 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.90 Heavyweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Sean Sharaf

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

In the UFC: 1-0 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record -0.3 wins over .500

Junior Tafa

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 46
Tier 3 — regional circuit 30

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

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

1227.50/min · norm 3.28
Sig. strikes landed
2003.53/min · norm 3.28
24214.88/min · norm 3.19
Sig. strikes absorbed lower is better
1532.70/min · norm 3.19
44.0%norm 47.5%
Striking accuracy
52.1%norm 47.5%
42.7%norm 52.5%
Striking defense
52.5%norm 52.5%
10.92/15 · norm 0.29
Knockdowns
20.53/15 · norm 0.29

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

Sean Sharaf

Distance 88.8% (norm 79.2%) · Clinch 2.5% (norm 9.8%) · Ground 8.7% (norm 9.3%)

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)

Sean Sharaf

Head 87.0% (norm 79.2%) · Body 10.1% (norm 11.5%) · Legs 2.9% (norm 7.6%)

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 Sharaf L/AAccHeavyweight med Tafa L/AAccHeavyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 111 / 246 45.1% 40.1% 154 / 320 48.1% 40.1%
In the clinch 1 / 7 too few to rate 70.4% 26 / 38 68.4% 70.4%
On the ground 10 / 24 too few to rate 70.2% 20 / 26 76.9% 70.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 92 / 241 38.2% 39.0% 160 / 335 47.8% 39.0%
To the body 22 / 28 78.6% 77.0% 35 / 44 79.5% 77.0%
To the legs 8 / 8 too few to rate 87.8% 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 (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 Sharaf L/AOpp accHeavyweight med vs Tafa L/AOpp accHeavyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 238 / 415 57.3% 40.7% 116 / 244 47.5% 40.7%
In the clinch 4 / 7 too few to rate 70.6% 5 / 9 too few to rate 70.6%
On the ground 0 / 0 too few to rate 72.2% 32 / 69 46.4% 72.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 215 / 394 54.6% 39.3% 98 / 257 38.1% 39.3%
To the body 16 / 17 too few to rate 75.1% 16 / 23 too few to rate 75.1%
To the legs 11 / 11 too few to rate 84.4% 39 / 42 92.9% 84.4%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
111.1% acc · 0.92/15 · norm 0.90
Takedowns landed
0— acc · 0.00/15 · norm 0.90
0— def · norm 63.2%
Takedowns stopped
3272.7% def · norm 63.2%
0:484.9% of cage time · norm 17.2%
Control time
0:491.4% of cage time · norm 17.2%
0:050:04 per 15 · norm 2:28
Time under control lower is better
30:148:00 per 15 · norm 2:28
00.00/15 · 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.