Justin Tafa gave the Australian crowd something to cheer about when scored a first-round knockout on the main card of UFC 284. “Bad Man” entered the night having missed out on all of last year, while his opponent Parker Porter was wasn’t far remo…
Justin Tafa gave the Australian crowd something to cheer about when scored a first-round knockout on the main card of UFC 284. “Bad Man” entered the night having missed out on all of last year, while his opponent Parker Porter was wasn’t far removed from being on a three-fight winning streak. The American had previously…
UFC heavyweight Justin Tafa feels Alexander Volkanovski is the most underrated fighter in the history of fighting. Volkanovski will face Islam Makhachev in the UFC 284 headliner on Saturday in Perth, Australia. He’s challenging for the lightweigh…
UFC heavyweight Justin Tafa feels Alexander Volkanovski is the most underrated fighter in the history of fighting. Volkanovski will face Islam Makhachev in the UFC 284 headliner on Saturday in Perth, Australia. He’s challenging for the lightweight title and the chance to become a two-division champion. Volkanovski is also defending the UFC’s pound-for-pound No. 1…
UFC heavyweight, Justin Tafa made it six knockout wins from six professional triumphs tonight on the preliminary card of UFC Vegas 45 — stopping Harry Hunsucker with a thunderous opening round high-kick. The Auckland native, who incidentally, became the first heavyweight in the history of the organization to miss weight yesterday, came in at 267lbs, […]
UFC heavyweight, Justin Tafa made it six knockout wins from six professional triumphs tonight on the preliminary card of UFC Vegas 45 — stopping Harry Hunsucker with a thunderous opening round high-kick.
The Auckland native, who incidentally, became the first heavyweight in the history of the organization to miss weight yesterday, came in at 267lbs, two pounds beyond the division limit, drawing notable attention.
Dropping Hunsucker early in the first round, Tafa then shrugged the challenger off before launching a left high kick at the fence, and despite managing to block the kick with both forearms, Hunsucker was dropped, suffering a opening round knockout loss to the New Zealand native.
Australian heavyweight Justin Tafa will face off against Brazilian fighter Raphael Pessoa on July 25th at “Fight Island”. Taking to his Instagram Pessoa shared the bout confirming earlier reports that it would take place. The matchup joins one of four events during a two-week stint in July on Yas Island, Abu Dhabi. Pessoa will be […]
Australian heavyweight Justin Tafa will face off against Brazilian fighter Raphael Pessoa on July 25th at “Fight Island”.
Taking to his Instagram Pessoa shared the bout confirming earlier reports that it would take place. The matchup joins one of four events during a two-week stint in July on Yas Island, Abu Dhabi.
Pessoa will be entering this matchup with a 50/50 record in the UFC. Debuting against rising heavyweight contender Cyril Gane, Pessoa found his first loss inside Mixed Martial Arts being submitted in the first round in August of 2019.
The Brazilian would return to the octagon in October to face former LFA heavyweight champion Jeff Hughes in Singapore. Pessoa would find the victory in this matchup by way of unanimous decision.
Justin Tafa also entered the UFC with a rocky start. The formerly undefeated Mark Hunt protégé debuted against Yorgan De Castro in front of 60,000 people in Melbourne Australia at UFC 243 back in October of 2019. The bout was over quickly with Tafa being finished by KO early in the first round.
Tafa would bounce back from this loss in February securing a TKO victory over Juan Adams that would see Adams leave the organization.
Both fighters being 1 and 1 in the UFC means they will both be looking to make a statement in this matchup.
The bout joins an already stacked card to be headlined by fellow Australian, former middleweight champion Robert Whittaker. Facing off against former welterweight title contender Darren Till.
This line-up will include:
Robert Whittaker vs. Darren Till
Alexander Gustafson vs. Fabricio Werdum
Antonio Rogerio Nogueira vs. Mauricio Rua
Bethe Correia vs. Pannie Kianzad
Movsar Evloev vs. Mike Grundy
Raphael Pessoa vs. Justin Tafa
What do you think of this match-up between up and coming heavyweights on fight island?
Justin Tafa flattened Juan Adams at UFC 247. The two fighters met in a heavyweight bout at the UFC 247 pay-per-view event on Saturday night (February 8, 2020) from the Toyota Center in Houston, Texas on ESPN+. In the first round, Tafa rushed him …
Justin Tafa flattened Juan Adams at UFC 247. The two fighters met in a heavyweight bout at the UFC 247 pay-per-view event on Saturday night (February 8, 2020) from the Toyota Center in Houston, Texas on ESPN+. In the first round, Tafa rushed him and cracked him with a big shot before following up with […]
Juan Adams knows it is do-or-die for his UFC career and is taking major steps in order to keep his job. After Adams earned a contract on the Contender Series he went on to knock out Chris De La Rocha and appeared on the way to being a prospect to look …
Juan Adams knows it is do-or-die for his UFC career and is taking major steps in order to keep his job. After Adams earned a contract on the Contender Series he went on to knock out Chris De La Rocha and appeared on the way to being a prospect to look out for. Yet, he […]