Junior Tafa
“The Juggernaut”
Light Heavyweight
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7WINS
6LOSSES
0DRAWS
7KO/TKO
0SUB
0DEC
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Tale of the tape
- Age
- 29 · born Sep 21, 1996 UFC.com
- Height
- 6′3″ 190 cm UFC.com
- Reach
- 75″ 190 cm UFC.com
- Leg reach
- 43″ 109 cm UFC.com
- Stance
- Orthodox UFCStats
- Weight class
- Light Heavyweight UFC.com
- Fighting style
- Kickboxer UFC.com
- Team / gym
- NTG Fight & Fitness UFC.com
- Born
- Brisbane, Australia UFC.com
- Fights out of / flag
- Australia UFC.com
- UFC debut
- Feb. 11, 2023 UFC.com
- 1st-round finishes
- 5 UFC.com
UFC.com: UFC.com athlete profile (official) · checked 2026-10-22 · UFCStats: UFCStats.com fighter page (data via the public ufcstats.com mirror, snapshot 2026-10-18)
UFC career stats
52%Striking accuracy200 of 384 landed
–%Takedown accuracy– of – landed
3.53Sig. strikes landedper min
2.7Sig. strikes absorbedper min
52%Striking defense
0Takedownsper 15 min
73%Takedown defense
0Submission attemptsper 15 min
0.53Knockdownsper 15 min
06:18Average fight time
Source: UFC.com athlete profile (official) (UFC stats are for UFC bouts only) · checked 2026-10-22
UFC fight history 9 bouts
| Res | Opponent | Method | Rd | Date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| L | Iwo Baraniewski | KO/TKO | 1 | Jun 6, 2026 | ↗ |
| W | Kevin Christian | KO/TKO | 1 | May 2, 2026 | ↗ |
| L | Billy Elekana | Submission | 2 | Jan 31, 2026 | ↗ |
| L | Tuco Tokkos | Submission | 2 | Jul 12, 2025 | ↗ |
| W | Sean Sharaf | KO/TKO | 2 | Oct 12, 2024 | ↗ |
| L | Valter Walker | Submission | 1 | Aug 17, 2024 | ↗ |
| L | Marcos Rogerio de Lima | KO/TKO | 2 | Feb 17, 2024 | ↗ |
| W | Parker Porter | KO/TKO | 1 | Aug 26, 2023 | ↗ |
| L | Mohammed Usman | Decision - Unanimous | 3 | Apr 22, 2023 | ↗ |
UFC bouts only. Source: UFCStats.com bout pages (via the public mirror, snapshot 2026-10-18) · checked 2026-10-22. Bouts outside the UFC aren’t listed because we only republish history we can trace to an official source.