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Tatsuro Taira
18-2tale of the tape = factsmetrics = our read

FightIQ’s profile

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

5'7" orthodox wrestle-grinder with a 7-1 record, age 25. Standout metric: hits 49% of takedown attempts; averages 362s of control time per fight. Form: last 5: WWWLW · 1-fight win streak · 126 days off · Elo 1566.

Wrestle-grinderPower puncher
Assembled from the striking, grappling and form figures on this page, as of 2025-12-06. 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.

Nicknamepending
NationalityJapan
HometownNaha, Okinawa
Fighting out ofThe Blackbelt Japan
Height5' 7"
Reach70.0"
StanceOrthodox
Age26
Date of birthJan 27, 2000
Weight125 lbs.
Pro record18-2
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.
Striking68
Defence41
Grappling / TD72
Cardio77
Chin46
Fight IQ61

Our record on Tatsuro Taira

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

FightIQ has picked Tatsuro Taira 8×, 6 correct (6-2 — 75% right). The confidence % is the number we stood behind at the time — losses shown, toss-ups included.

DateOpponentCardWe saidResult
2026-05-09Joshua VanUFC 328: Chimaev vs Strickland59.1%Missed
2025-12-06Brandon MorenoUFC Fight Night: Barboza vs Turner52.3%Correct
2025-08-02HyunSung ParkUFC Fight Night: Nakamura vs Fletcher60.6%Correct
2024-10-12Brandon RoyvalUFC Fight Night: Tafa vs Sharaf64.6%Missed
2024-06-15Alex PerezUFC Fight Night: Quinlan vs Fugitt74.3%Correct
2023-12-09Carlos HernandezUFC Fight Night: Kenan vs Jousset79.9%Correct
2023-07-08Edgar ChairezUFC Fight Night: Nickal vs Woodburn57.2%Correct
2023-02-04Jesus AguilarUFC Fight Night: Park vs Tiuliulin75.6%Correct

Strike zones

Strike zones

Tatsuro Taira

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

HEAD78.1%ACC 50%BODY7.7%ACC 68%LEGS14.2%ACC 89%
FightIQ read Ground striker 42% of what he lands is struck on the mat, not at range.
Share by zonevs field average
HEAD
78.1% acc 50%+15.2 vs field
BODY
7.7% acc 68%−13.1 vs field
LEGS
14.2% acc 89%−2.1 vs field
Where the offence happens
DISTANCE 54%CLINCH 4%GROUND 42%

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 · 337 landed

Recent form

Pro record: 18-2. Timeline below is the bouts FightIQ has tracked (most recent first).

L · vs Joshua VanUFC 328: Chimaev vs Strickland2026-05-09
W · vs Brandon MorenoUFC Fight Night: Barboza vs Turner2025-12-06
W · vs HyunSung ParkUFC Fight Night: Nakamura vs Fletcher2025-08-02
L · vs Brandon RoyvalUFC Fight Night: Tafa vs Sharaf2024-10-12
W · vs Alex PerezUFC Fight Night: Quinlan vs Fugitt2024-06-15
W · vs Carlos HernandezUFC Fight Night: Kenan vs Jousset2023-12-09
W · vs Edgar ChairezUFC Fight Night: Nickal vs Woodburn2023-07-08
W · vs Jesus AguilarUFC Fight Night: Park vs Tiuliulin2023-02-04
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