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The Clinch

UFC 325: Volkanovski vs. Lopes 2

31 JAN 2026 / Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Bout 6 of 13 / Light Heavyweight / 3 rounds scheduled

Billy Elekana vs Junior Tafa

No photograph on file Billy Elekana “Son of Susie”

2-1-0 entering this bout

Age 30 · 6′3″190.5 cm

Won

No photograph on file Junior Tafa “The Juggernaut”

2-4-0 entering this bout

Age 29 · 6′3″190.5 cm

Lost

Significant strikes landed / thrown
9/24
R1
26/46
15/27
R2
12/24

Submission Rear Naked Choke Round 2 · 3:18 Referee Herb Dean

Opening line
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Closing line
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Implied favourite
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Status
No odds have been ingested. Nothing here is estimated.
Billy Elekana Enters 1-1-0 against STRIKING
Junior Tafa Enters 0-1-0 against HYBRID

Records count only bouts before this one. Opponent styles are career-aggregate and may draw on later fights.

Colour marks which fighter is which. Corner assignment is not in the corpus.

Round by round

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Billy Elekana    Junior Tafa

Bout totals

24
Sig. strikes
38
27
Total strikes
38
20
To the head
21
3
To the body
14
1
To the legs
3
22
At distance
37
1
In the clinch
0
1
On the ground
1
1
Takedowns
0
0
Knockdowns
1
1
Sub. attempts
0
1:40
Control time
0:07

The full sheet

Every measure the corpus holds for this bout, per round, per corner.

Per-round statistics for both corners
Round Corner Sig. Total Head Body Leg Dist. Clinch Ground TD KD Ctrl
R1 Billy Elekana 9/24 10/25 6/20 2/3 1/1 8/23 1/1 0/0 0/3 0 0:37
Junior Tafa 26/46 26/46 13/32 10/11 3/3 25/42 0/3 1/1 0/0 1 0:07
R2 Billy Elekana 15/27 17/29 14/25 1/2 0/0 14/26 0/0 1/1 1/2 0 1:03
Junior Tafa 12/24 12/24 8/17 4/7 0/0 12/24 0/0 0/0 0/0 0 0:00

Who said so

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Field Value Source Rank Status
Is title fight No UFCStats relational (Kaggle) 12 Canonical
Is title fight No UFCStats via Kaggle 15 Agrees
Referee Herb Dean UFCStats relational (Kaggle) 12 Canonical
Referee Herb Dean UFCStats via Kaggle 15 Agrees
Result detail Rear Naked Choke UFCStats relational (Kaggle) 12 Canonical
Result detail Rear Naked Choke UFCStats via Kaggle 15 Agrees
Result end round 2 UFCStats relational (Kaggle) 12 Canonical
Result end round 2 UFCStats via Kaggle 15 Agrees
Result end time seconds 3:18 UFCStats relational (Kaggle) 12 Canonical
Result end time seconds 3:18 UFCStats via Kaggle 15 Agrees
Result method Submission UFCStats relational (Kaggle) 12 Canonical
Result method Submission UFCStats via Kaggle 15 Agrees
Scheduled rounds 3 UFCStats relational (Kaggle) 12 Canonical
Scheduled rounds 3 UFCStats via Kaggle 15 Agrees
Weight class Light Heavyweight UFCStats relational (Kaggle) 12 Canonical
Weight class Light Heavyweight UFCStats via Kaggle 15 Agrees