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Justin Tafa
7-5tale of the tape = factsmetrics = our read

FightIQ’s profile

Built from Justin Tafa’s own numbers — style, standout rate and current form. Not reported prose.

6'0" southpaw finisher with a 4-4 record, age 31. Standout metric: finishes 100% of wins by KO. Form: last 5: LWWWL · 1-fight slide · 322 days off · Elo 1501.

Finisher
Assembled from the striking, grappling and form figures on this page, as of 2025-02-08. If a number isn’t in the data, it isn’t in this profile.

Tale of the tape facts

The facts, plainly — vitals and record from public UFC statistics; nickname, nationality, hometown and camp from the public fighter register. A field we can't source stays “pending”; it never shows a fake value.

NicknameBad Man
NationalityAustralia
HometownBrisbane, New South Wales
Fighting out ofNTG Fight & Fitness
Height6' 0"
Reach74.0"
StanceSouthpaw
Age32
Date of birthDec 13, 1993
Weight264 lbs.
Pro record7-5
Finish splitpending

FightIQ Metrics

Six 0–100 scores, each a percentile rank against every fighter on record. Tap any i for what a score measures.

FightIQ's read — derived from the tape
Our read — derived, not official stats.
Striking81
Defence26
Grappling / TDn/a
Cardio53
Chin28
Fight IQ47

Our record on Justin Tafa

The moat — every call we've made on this fighter, timestamped and graded in public. Nobody else can copy this.

FightIQ has picked Justin Tafa once, 1 correct (1-0 — 100% right). The confidence % is the number we stood behind at the time — losses shown, toss-ups included.

DateOpponentCardWe saidResult
2023-02-11Parker PorterUFC Fight Night: Culibao vs Baghdasaryan53.6%Correct

Strike zones

Strike zones

Justin Tafa

Where the strikes go — and where they land on him. Career UFC totals, straight off the tape.

HEAD58.3%ACC 48%BODY28.1%ACC 81%LEGS13.6%ACC 92%
FightIQ read Balanced attack 58% head / 28% body / 14% legs — no single target dominates.
Share by zonevs field average
HEAD
58.3% acc 48%−4.6 vs field
BODY
28.1% acc 81%+7.3 vs field
LEGS
13.6% acc 92%−2.7 vs field
Where the offence happens
DISTANCE 85%CLINCH 12%GROUND 4%

Significant strikes only, as recorded by UFCStats, across the fighter's whole UFC career. Shares are raw counts — nothing here is modelled or smoothed. Accuracy is landed ÷ attempted and comes from the per-round tape, which covers slightly fewer fights than the totals do.

10 UFC fights · 221 landed

Recent form

Pro record: 7-5. Timeline below is the bouts FightIQ has tracked (most recent first).

W · vs Parker PorterUFC Fight Night: Culibao vs Baghdasaryan2023-02-11
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