Junior Tafa
AustraliaJunior Tafa, “The Juggernaut”, is a Heavyweight from Australia with an official record of 7-6. All 7 wins came by knockout. The most recent bout on file is a first-round knockout loss to Iwo Baraniewski at UFC Fight Night: Muhammad vs. Bonfim on 6 June 2026.
| Date | Opponent | Result | Method | Round | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 6, 2026 | Iwo Baraniewski | LOSS | KOKick | R1 · 1:25 | UFC Fight Night: Muhammad vs. Bonfim |
| May 2, 2026 | Kevin Christian | WIN | KOElbows | R1 · 2:42 | UFC Fight Night: Della Maddalena vs. Prates |
| Jan 31, 2026 | Billy Elekana | LOSS | SUBRear Naked Choke | R2 · 3:18 | UFC 325: Volkanovski vs. Lopes 2 |
| Jul 12, 2025 | Tuco Tokkos | LOSS | SUBArm Triangle | R2 · 4:25 | UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Teixeira |
| Oct 12, 2024 | Sean Sharaf | WIN | KOPunches | R2 · 2:15 | UFC Fight Night: Royval vs. Taira |
| Aug 17, 2024 | Valter Walker | LOSS | SUBHeel Hook | R1 · 4:56 | UFC 305: Du Plessis vs. Adesanya |
| Feb 17, 2024 | Marcos Rogerio de Lima | LOSS | KOKick | R2 · 1:14 | UFC 298: Volkanovski vs. Topuria |
| Aug 26, 2023 | Parker Porter | WIN | KOPunch | R1 · 1:24 | UFC Fight Night: Holloway vs. The Korean Zombie |
| Apr 22, 2023 | Mohammed Usman | LOSS | DECDecision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Pavlovich vs. Blaydes |
| Dec 31, 2022 | Tsuyoshi Sudario | WIN | KOKO/TKO | R1 | Bellator MMA vs. Rizin |
| Nov 26, 2022 | Nicolas Djurdjevic | WIN | KOKO/TKO | R1 · 2:02 | Brave CF 66 |
| Aug 5, 2022 | Kelvin Fitial | WIN | KOKO/TKO | R2 · 4:36 | Hex Fight Series 23 |
| Jul 9, 2022 | Taisei Sekino | WIN | KOKO/TKO | R1 · 1:06 | BP 1: Beatdown Promotions 1 |
Wins, losses and draws are Junior Tafa’s official record. Everything else is counted from the 13 bouts we hold a full result for — method, round and time. Per-fight striking and grappling statistics are not published in our data source, so they are not shown.
Junior Tafa’s record, in numbers
Junior Tafa’s record is 7-6, and MMA Hub holds a full result for all 13 bouts in it. Every figure below is counted from them.
All 7 wins came by knockout — 7 of 7 inside the distance, a finish rate of 100%. Across all 13 bouts with a recorded finishing round, the average bout lasted 5 minutes 20 seconds.
Junior Tafa has been stopped 5 times in the 13 bouts on file — 2 by knockout and 3 by submission — which is 38% of them.
Of the 13 bouts MMA Hub holds a result for, 1 was the main event of the card. Six of them have come since July 2024.
Set against the 498 Heavyweight fighters MMA Hub holds eight or more bouts for, Junior Tafa has a finish rate above 83% of them, a record of avoiding stoppage above 11% of them and a two-year bout count above 97% of them. The comparison is made inside the division rather than across the whole roster, because how often a division finishes depends heavily on what it weighs.
Junior Tafa is listed at 6ft 3in with a reach of 75in, fights orthodox and is 29, born 20 September 1996.
These figures are recomputed from Junior Tafa’s bout history each time results are synced, so they follow the record rather than a fixed snapshot.