Junior Tafa

Age 28
Gender Male
Height 6' 3"
Weight Class Heavyweight
Out of Queensland

Junior Tafa is a MMA fighter with a professional fight record of 8 wins, 7 losses and 0 draws

Professional Career Statistics

Pro Record 8-7-0 (Win-Loss-Draw)
Career Length 6 years, 7 months, 25 days
Rounds Fought 7.9
Avg. Fights/Year 2.3
Longest Layoff 3 years, 1 month, 21 days
Quickest Turnaround 3 weeks, 6 days

Official Professional Fight Record

Date Opponent Weightclass Method Round Time
10/12/2024 W
(5-3-0)
Sean Sharaf
(4-0-0)
HW
(241.0 vs. 252.0)
TKO/RSC
UFC FN ON ESPN 171: ROYVAL vs TAIRA
2 02:15
08/17/2024 L
(5-2-0)
Valter Walker
(9-1-0)
HW
(244.0 vs. 252.0)
Submission (Verbal Submission)
UFC 305: DU PLESSIS VS ADESANYA
1 04:56
02/17/2024 L
(5-1-0)
Marcos Rogerio de Lima
(21-9-1)
HW
(249.0 vs. 261.5)
TKO/RSC
UFC 298: VOLKANOVSKI vs TOPURIA
2 01:14
08/26/2023 W
(4-1-0)
Parker Porter
(13-8-0)
HW
(255.0 vs. 256.0)
KO
UFC FN 139 ON ESPN: HOLLOWAY vs THE KOREAN ZOMBIE
1 01:24
04/22/2023 L
(4-0-0)
Mohammed Usman
(7-2-0)
HW
(252.0 vs. 239.5)
Decision (Unanimous Decision)
UFC FN 127 ON ESPN: PAVLOVICH vs BLADES
3 05:00
NSF 12/31/2022 W
(3-0-0)
Tsuyoshi Sudario
(6-1-0)
HW TKO/RSC (Referee Stoppage from Punches)
Rizin Fighting Federation 40 - Rizin vs. Bellator
1 01:38
NSF 11/26/2022 W
(2-0-0)
Nicolas Djurdievic
(2-3-0)
HW TKO/RSC (Referee Stoppage from Punches)
Brave Combat Federation 66
1 02:02
NSF 08/05/2022 W
(1-0-0)
Kelvin Fitial
(13-10-2)
HW KO
Hex Fight Series 23
3 05:00
NSF 07/09/2022 W
(0-0-0)
Taisei Sekino
(3-4-0)
LHW KO (Punches)
Beatdown Promotions 1
1 01:06
NSF 05/17/2019 L
(2-3-0)
Chihad Kepenek
(0-0-0)
HW Decision (Unanimous)
Glory 65
3 03:00
NSF 12/08/2018 L
(2-2-0)
Jamal Ben Saddik
(1-2-0)
HW TKO/RSC (Knockdowns)
Glory 62
1 02:55
NSF 09/14/2018 W
(1-2-0)
Haze Wilson
(0-0-0)
HW KO
Glory 58
1 01:35
NSF 07/20/2018 W
(0-2-0)
Anthony McDonald
(1-0-0)
HW TKO/RSC (Knockdowns)
Glory 55
1 02:20
NSF 02/16/2018 L
(0-0-0)
Benjamin Adegbuyi
(0-0-0)
HW TKO/RSC (Strikes)
Glory 50
2 00:34
NSF 02/16/2018 L
(0-0-0)
Guto Inocente Filho
(0-0-0)
HW Decision (Unanimous)
Glory 50
3 03:00
* Bouts marked with an 'Official' logo denote results which have been verified by an ABC-recognized athletic commission
* Bouts marked with an (*) are considered exhibition bouts and do not count towards the fighter's record
* Weights marked with an (*) denote those over the limit for the weight class