Tafa vs Vanderaa

Who won Tafa vs Vanderaa?

Jared Vanderaa beat Justin Tafa by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest during the main card of UFC Vegas 27, on Saturday 22nd May 2021 in the United States.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Jared Vanderaa.

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).

Tafa vs Vanderaa stats

Justin Tafa stepped into the octagon with a record of 4 wins, 2 losses and 0 draws, 4 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.

Jared Vanderaa made his way to the cage with a record of 11 wins, 5 losses and 0 draws, 7 of those wins coming by knock out and 3 by submission.

Justin Tafa's UFC record stood at 4-3-0, while Jared Vanderaa's came in at 1-6-0.

The stats suggested Tafa had a massive power advantage over Vanderaa, boasting a 100% knock out percentage over Vanderaa's 64%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Vanderaa had a large advantage over Tafa, boasting a 27% submission rate over Tafa's 0%.

Justin Tafa was the younger man by 1 year, at 31 years old.

Vanderaa had a height advantage of 4 inches over Tafa. That also extended to a 6-inch reach advantage.

Tafa was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 10 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2017, 1 year and 11 months later than Vanderaa, whose first professional fight was in 2015. He had fought 35 less professional rounds, 17 to Vanderaa's 52.

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Tafa's last 2 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 4 months and 4 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 2 years, 8 months and 3 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 2 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 1 rounds on average.

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