Justin Tafa
"Bad Man"
7-5 (7 KO · 0 SUB · 0 DEC)
Heavyweight · 32 yrs · 6'0" · 74" reach · Southpaw · 🇦🇺 AUS
knockout power
Last 5 fights, newest first
- LKO R1
- LDEC R3
- WKO R1
- WKO R1
- WKO R1
Justin Tafa (7-5) is a UFC heavyweight fighter from AUS with 7 wins by KO/TKO, 0 by submission and 0 by decision; 11 tracked fights are listed below.
Fight DNAHis striking and grappling rates; the tick on each bar is his division's average. Tap a row for the sample.
rates from box-scored fights
Tafa12 fights · 55 minHeavyweight average
Striking
Grappling
Bars start at zero; a full bar is the top 5% of the division. Tap a row for what it measures and the sample behind it.
Tale of the tapeHeight and reach drawn to scale (reach is the arm span), beside his division's average build.
Tafa
6'0" tall · 74" reach
Southpaw · 32 yrs
Heavyweight avg
6'3" tall · 77" reach
division average
Pace & finishing
5.5
avg fight minutes
27%
go the distance
5
round-1 finish wins
6
finish wins (tracked)
strike targets: head 58% · body 28% · leg 14%
Fight history 11 tracked
| Date | Opponent | Result | Sig. str. | Absorbed | TD | KD | Sub att. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-02-09 | Tallison TeixeiraUFC 312: Du Plessis vs. Strickland 2 | LKO/TKO · R1 | 0/1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024-03-24 | UFC Fight Night: Ribas vs. Namajunas | LDecision - Unanimous · R3 | 21/43 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023-09-10 | Austen LaneUFC 293: Adesanya vs. Strickland | WKO/TKO · R1 | 11/14 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2023-02-12 | UFC 284: Makhachev vs. Volkanovski | WKO/TKO · R1 | 8/16 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2021-12-18 | UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Daukaus | WKO/TKO · R1 | 5/10 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2021-05-22 | UFC Fight Night: Font vs. Garbrandt | LDecision - Unanimous · R3 | 74/147 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021-01-16 | UFC Fight Night: Holloway vs. Kattar | LDecision - Split · R3 | 86/148 | — | 0/2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020-02-09 | UFC 247: Jones vs. Reyes | WKO/TKO · R1 | 10/15 | — | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2019-10-06 | UFC 243: Whittaker vs. Adesanya | LKO/TKO · R1 | 6/9 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019-05-24 | XFC 41 | WKO/TKO · R2 | no stats | ||||
| 2018-07-28 | XFC 36: Joiner vs. Tafa | WKO/TKO · R1 | no stats | ||||
Stats from official box scores over tracked UFC fights; career record covers all promotions. Model receipts show what Probetrics predicted before each fight — graded, not curated. For information only, not betting advice. 21+ only. Gambling problem? Call or text 1-800-GAMBLER.