Lima vs Tafa

Who won Lima vs Tafa?

Marcos Rogerio de Lima beat Junior Tafa by knockout in the 2nd round during the prelims of UFC 298, on Saturday 17th February 2024 at Honda Center in Anaheim.

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).

Lima vs Tafa stats

Marcos Rogerio de Lima stepped into the octagon with a record of 21 wins, 9 losses and 1 draw, 14 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 3 by submission.

Junior Tafa made his way to the cage with an unblemished record of 0 wins, 0 losses, and 0 draws.

Junior Tafa marked his 4th fight for them, having made his own debut for the promotion in 2023.

Marcos Rogerio de Lima's UFC record stood at 11-7-0, while Junior Tafa's came in at 1-3-0.

The stats suggested Lima had a massive power advantage over Tafa, boasting a 67% knock out percentage over Tafa's 0%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Lima had an advantage over Tafa, with a 14% submission rate over Tafa's 0%.

Marcos Rogerio de Lima was the older man by 11 years, at 39 years old.

Tafa had a height advantage of 2 inches over Lima.

Lima was arguably the more experienced fighter, having had 31 more fights, and made his debut in 2009, 15 years and 11 months later than Tafa, whose first professional fight was in . He had fought 40 more professional rounds, 52 to Tafa's 12.

Lima vs Tafa form

Lima had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going to the judges twice.

In his last fight before this contest, he had lost to Derrick Lewis at UFC 291 on 29th July 2023 by knockout in the 1st round at Vivint Arena, Salt Lake City, United States.

Previous to that, he had won against Waldo Cortes-Acosta at UFC Fight Night – Song vs. Simon on 29th April 2023 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at UFC Apex, Las Vegas.

Going into that contest, he had beaten Andrei Arlovski at UFC Fight Night: Kattar vs. Allen on 29th October 2022 by submission in the 1st round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Before that, he had been beaten by Blagoy Ivanov at UFC 274 on 7th May 2022 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Jeunesse Arena, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

He had defeated Ben Rothwell at UFC Vegas 42 on 13th November 2021 by knockout in the 1st round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas, United States.

Activity check

Lima's last 5 fights had come over a period of 3 years, 3 months and 27 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 8 months. In those fights, he fought a total of 9 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 1.8 rounds on average.

Tafa's last 2 fights had come over a period of 2 years, 2 months and 9 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 1 month and 5 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 4 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2 rounds on average.

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