Junior Tafa

Junior Tafa's profile at Sherdog

Rank State: Nevada

Age: 28

Last 5: L W L L W

Association: NTG Fight & Fitness

Pro Debut Date: 2022-07-09

Pro Record: 6-3-0

Current Ranking:

#109 Heavyweight

'Big League' Record: 3-3-0

Last 3 Years: 6-3-0

Win Finish %: 100%

Combat Age: 28

Quality Perf. %: 55.6%

Last Quality Perf.: 2024-10-12

540 Metric: .610

Rating Points: 47

Highest Quarterly Ranking: 7/01/2024

#86 Heavyweight

Last Fight Date: 10/12/2024 [UFC]
Last Opponent: [NR] Sean Sharaf

Last Loss Date: 8/17/2024
Last Loss: [#79 HW] Valter Walker
Opponent's Last 5: W W W L W

UFC Record: 2-3-0

UFC Debut: 2023-04-22

Last UFC Fight: 2024-10-12

Complete Professional MMA Fight History
Fighter rankings represent most recent generated quarterly rating prior to the fight

	Opponent	Outcome
W	Sean Sharaf #179 Light Heavyweight	TKO (Punches) Round 2
	UFC Fight Night 244 - Royval vs. Taira Saturday, October 12th 2024
L	Valter Walker #105 Heavyweight	Submission (Heel Hook) Round 1
	UFC 305 - Du Plessis vs. Adesanya Saturday, August 17th 2024
L	Marcos Rogerio de Lima #24 Heavyweight	TKO (Leg Kick and Punches) Round 2
	UFC 298 - Volkanovski vs. Topuria Saturday, February 17th 2024
W	Parker Porter #97 Heavyweight	KO (Punch) Round 1
	UFC Fight Night 225 - Holloway vs. Korean ... Saturday, August 26th 2023
L	Mohammed Usman #110 Heavyweight	Decision (Unanimous) Round 3
	UFC Fight Night 222 - Pavlovich vs. Blaydes Saturday, April 22nd 2023
W	Tsuyoshi Kamiyama #140 Heavyweight	TKO (Punches) Round 1
	Rizin FF - Rizin 40: Bellator MMA vs. Rizin Saturday, December 31st 2022
W	Nicolas Djurdjevic	TKO (Punches) Round 1
	Brave CF 66 - Brave Combat Federation 66 Saturday, November 26th 2022
W	Kelvin Fitial	KO (Punches) Round 2
	HFS - Hex Fight Series 23 Friday, August 5th 2022
W	Taisei Sekino	TKO (Punches) Round 1
	BP 1 - Beatdown Promotions 1 Saturday, July 9th 2022

	Opponent	Event	Outcome
W	Sean Sharaf #179 Light Heavyweight	UFC Fight Night 244 - Royval vs. Taira Saturday, October 12th 2024	TKO (Punches) Round 2
L	Valter Walker #105 Heavyweight	UFC 305 - Du Plessis vs. Adesanya Saturday, August 17th 2024	Submission (Heel Hook) Round 1
L	Marcos Rogerio de Lima #24 Heavyweight	UFC 298 - Volkanovski vs. Topuria Saturday, February 17th 2024	TKO (Leg Kick and Punches) Round 2
W	Parker Porter #97 Heavyweight	UFC Fight Night 225 - Holloway vs. Korean ... Saturday, August 26th 2023	KO (Punch) Round 1
L	Mohammed Usman #110 Heavyweight	UFC Fight Night 222 - Pavlovich vs. Blaydes Saturday, April 22nd 2023	Decision (Unanimous) Round 3
W	Tsuyoshi Kamiyama #140 Heavyweight	Rizin FF - Rizin 40: Bellator MMA vs. Rizin Saturday, December 31st 2022	TKO (Punches) Round 1
W	Nicolas Djurdjevic	Brave CF 66 - Brave Combat Federation 66 Saturday, November 26th 2022	TKO (Punches) Round 1
W	Kelvin Fitial	HFS - Hex Fight Series 23 Friday, August 5th 2022	KO (Punches) Round 2
W	Taisei Sekino	BP 1 - Beatdown Promotions 1 Saturday, July 9th 2022	TKO (Punches) Round 1