Castro vs Tafa

Who won Castro vs Tafa?

Yorgan De Castro beat Justin Tafa by knockout in the 1st round during the main card of UFC 243, on Saturday 5th October 2019 at Marvel Stadium in Melbourne.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Heavyweight division, which meant the weight limit was 265 pounds (18.9 stone or 120.2 KG).

Castro vs Tafa stats

Yorgan De Castro stepped into the octagon with an undefeated record of 5 wins, zero losses and 0 draws, 4 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.

Justin Tafa made his way to the cage with an unblemished record of 3 wins, 0 losses, and 0 draws, 3 of those wins coming by knock out.

Yorgan De Castro's UFC record stood at 1-3-0, while Justin Tafa's came in at 4-3-0.

The stats suggested Tafa had an advantage in power over Castro, with a 100% knock out percentage over Castro's 80%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested that Castro and Tafa would have been pretty equal, both with a 0% submission rate.

Yorgan De Castro was the older man by 6 years, at 37 years old.

Castro was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 2 more fights, and made his debut in 2017, 5 months later than Tafa, whose first professional fight was in 2017. He had fought 11 more professional rounds, 28 to Tafa's 17.

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