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The Clinch

New Zealand “Bad Man” 2019-2025 · 16 rounds on file

Justin Tafa

4-5-1 W-L-D in this database

No photograph on file
Strike accuracy 221/406
Takedown accuracy 0/2
Sig. strikes / round 13.8
Control / round 0:17
Inside the distance 100% 4 of 4 wins
Height
6′0″182.9 cm
Reach
74″188 cm
Leg reach
--
Stance
Southpaw
Age
3213 DEC 1993
Listed weight
264 lb119.8 kg
Distance Striker Automatically assigned from data across 10 fights - 0.4 takedown attempts and 6% control time per 15 minutes.

Who they have fought

Every completed bout, grouped by the opponent's style.

Hybrid 4 2-1-1 vs 1506 avg
Well-Rounded 4 2-1-1
Striking 4 1-3-0 vs 1495 avg
Distance Striker 4 1-3-0
Grappling 2 1-1-0 vs 1543 avg
Positional Controller 2 1-1-0

Opponent styles are assigned from their own fight data, not from a training background. They describe how those opponents have fought. Bars scale against 4 bouts, the largest group.

The career, in order

One bar per bout, oldest on the left. Height is the significant strikes landed in that fight.

05 OCT 2019 - lost to Yorgan De Castro · Technical Knockout 08 FEB 2020 - beat Juan Adams · Technical Knockout 16 JAN 2021 - lost to Carlos Felipe · Decision (Split) 22 MAY 2021 - lost to Jared Vanderaa · Decision (Unanimous) 18 DEC 2021 - beat Harry Hunsucker · Technical Knockout 11 FEB 2023 - beat Parker Porter · Technical Knockout 24 JUN 2023 - drew with Austen Lane · No Contest 09 SEP 2023 - beat Austen Lane · Technical Knockout 23 MAR 2024 - lost to Karl Williams · Decision (Unanimous) 08 FEB 2025 - lost to Tallison Teixeira · Technical Knockout

Won Lost Draw / no contest

What they do with a round

Summed over 16 rounds across 10 of 10 bouts - the ones the corpus has per-round observations for.

Per round

Sig. strikes landed 13.8
Sig. strikes absorbed 17.4
Takedowns landed 0.0
Knockdowns 0.3
Sub. attempts 0.0
Control time 0:17 of each 5:00 round

Accuracy

Sig. strikes 54% 221/406
Takedowns 0% 0/2
Opponents’ accuracy 53% 279/527

Where the strikes land

Head 58% 129
Body 28% 62
Leg 14% 30

And from where

At distance 85% 187
In the clinch 12% 26
On the ground 4% 8

How the bouts ended

KO / TKO 4 won Technical Knockout · 4-2
Decision 0 won Decision (Unanimous) · 0-2 Decision (Split) · 0-1
Other 0 won No Contest · 0-0

Every bout

Most recent first. Struck and absorbed are significant strikes.

Date Opponent Result Method End Struck Absorbed Event
08 FEB 2025 Tallison Teixeira Lost Technical Knockout R1 0:35 0 8 UFC 312: Du Plessis vs. Strickland 2
23 MAR 2024 Karl Williams Lost Decision (Unanimous) R3 5:00 21 40 UFC Fight Night: Ribas vs. Namajunas
09 SEP 2023 Austen Lane Won Technical Knockout R1 1:22 11 7 UFC 293: Adesanya vs. Strickland
24 JUN 2023 Austen Lane No decision No Contest R1 0:29 0 3 UFC Fight Night: Emmett vs. Topuria
11 FEB 2023 Parker Porter Won Technical Knockout R1 1:06 8 7 UFC 284: Makhachev vs. Volkanovski
18 DEC 2021 Harry Hunsucker Won Technical Knockout R1 1:53 5 5 UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Daukaus
22 MAY 2021 Jared Vanderaa Lost Decision (Unanimous) R3 5:00 74 121 UFC Fight Night: Font vs. Garbrandt
16 JAN 2021 Carlos Felipe Lost Decision (Split) R3 5:00 86 77 UFC Fight Night: Holloway vs. Kattar
08 FEB 2020 Juan Adams Won Technical Knockout R1 1:59 10 7 UFC 247: Jones vs. Reyes
05 OCT 2019 Yorgan De Castro Lost Technical Knockout R1 2:10 6 4 UFC 243: Whittaker vs. Adesanya