Ultimate Fighting Calendar
UFCUFC Fight Night: Font vs Garbrandt
Heavyweight3 rounds scheduled
Justin Tafa
Justin Tafa
“Bad Man”
7-5-0 (1 NC)
RESULT

Jared Vanderaa def. Justin Tafa (Unanimous Decision)

Unanimous Decision · Round 3 · 5:00
WIN
Jared Vanderaa
Jared Vanderaa
“The Mountain”
12-10-0
Saturday, May 22, 2021
Meta Apex, Las Vegas, United States

Jared Vanderaa defeated Justin Tafa by Unanimous Decision in round 3 (5:00) in the Heavyweight bout of UFC Fight Night: Font vs Garbrandt, held Saturday, May 22, 2021 at Meta Apex, Las Vegas.

Fight stats

Justin Tafa
Jared Vanderaa
0
Knockdowns
0
74 of 147
Significant strikes
121 of 248
50%
Sig. strike accuracy
49%
74 of 147
Total strikes
141 of 269
0 of 0
Takedowns
0 of 0
—
Takedown accuracy
—
0
Submission attempts
0
0
Reversals
0
0:11
Control time
0:24
Significant strikes by target
35 of 102
Head
64 of 181
32 of 38
Body
34 of 43
7 of 7
Leg
23 of 24
70 of 143
Distance
104 of 226
4 of 4
Clinch
17 of 22
0 of 0
Ground
0 of 0

By round

ROUND 1
0
KD
0
15 of 38
Sig. str.
31 of 64
15 of 38
Total str.
31 of 64
0 of 0
Takedowns
0 of 0
0
Sub. att
0
0:00
Ctrl
0:00
ROUND 2
0
KD
0
26 of 47
Sig. str.
47 of 90
26 of 47
Total str.
60 of 103
0 of 0
Takedowns
0 of 0
0
Sub. att
0
0:00
Ctrl
0:17
ROUND 3
0
KD
0
33 of 62
Sig. str.
43 of 94
33 of 62
Total str.
50 of 102
0 of 0
Takedowns
0 of 0
0
Sub. att
0
0:11
Ctrl
0:07

Judges' Scorecards

Michael Bell
#TafaVanderaa
1910
2910
3910
Total2730
Eric Colón
#TafaVanderaa
1910
2910
3109
Total2829
Tony Weeks
#TafaVanderaa
1910
2910
3910
Total2730

Media Scores

0
Tafa
–
12
Vanderaa
●30–27 Vanderaa×8●29–28 Vanderaa×4
All 12 media scorecards▾

Fan Scorecards

8%
Tafa
92%
Vanderaa
38 fan scorecards submitted
●30–27 Vanderaa65.8%●29–28 Vanderaa26.3%●29–28 Tafa7.9%
Fans' round-by-round verdict
R1
95%
Vanderaa
R2
76%
Vanderaa
R3
87%
Vanderaa

Scorecard data via mmadecisions.com

Referee
Mark Smith
Time format
3 Rnd (5-5-5)
Pre-fight comparison▾

Tale of the Tape

7-5-0 (1 NC)
Record
12-10-0
0
Win Streak
0
32
Age
34
6'0"
183 cm
Height
6'4"
193 cm
74"
188 cm
Reach
80"
203 cm
—
Stance
—
Heavyweight
Weight Class
Heavyweight
—
Nationality
—

Striking Profile

4.05
SLpM
4.96
54%
Str. Acc.
44%
5.11
SApM
5.67
—
Str. Def.
—

Grappling Profile

0.00
TD Avg.
0.18
0%
TD Acc.
50%
53%
TD Def.
20%
—
Sub. Avg.
—

Recent form (last 5 fights)

Justin Tafa · 3-2
  • L
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    UFC 312: Du Plessis vs Strickland 2Sat, Feb 8, 2025
    TKO · R1 · 0:35 · Heavyweight
  • L
    Karl Williams
    UFC Fight Night: Ribas vs NamajunasSat, Mar 23, 2024
    Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00 · Heavyweight
  • W
    Austen Lane
    UFC 293: Adesanya vs StricklandSat, Sep 9, 2023
    TKO · R1 · 1:22 · Heavyweight
  • W
    Parker Porter
    UFC 284: Makhachev vs VolkanovskiSat, Feb 11, 2023
    TKO · R1 · 1:06 · Heavyweight
  • W
    Harry Hunsucker
    UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs DaukausSat, Dec 18, 2021
    TKO · R1 · 1:53 · Heavyweight
Jared Vanderaa · 0-5
  • L
    Waldo Cortes Acosta
    UFC Fight Night: Kattar vs AllenSat, Oct 29, 2022
    Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00 · Heavyweight
  • L
    Chase Sherman
    UFC Fight Night: Dos Anjos vs FizievSat, Jul 9, 2022
    TKO · R3 · 3:10 · Heavyweight
  • L
    Aleksei Oleinik
    UFC 273: Volkanovski vs The Korean ZombieSat, Apr 9, 2022
    Submission · R1 · 3:39 · Heavyweight
  • L
    Andrei Arlovski
    UFC 271: Adesanya vs Whittaker 2Sat, Feb 12, 2022
    Split Decision · R3 · 5:00 · Heavyweight
  • L
    Alexandr Romanov
    UFC Fight Night: Dern vs RodriguezSat, Oct 9, 2021
    TKO · R2 · 4:43 · Heavyweight

Career Averages

Based on 9 fights · 7 fights
24.6
Avg sig. strikes
56.7
0.00
Avg takedowns
0.00
0:29
Avg control time
0:36
86
Career high strikes
121
0
Career high TDs
0

Strike Distribution

Justin Tafa
Strike target
Jared Vanderaa
58%
Head
52%
28%
Body
22%
14%
Leg
26%
Justin Tafa
Strike position
Jared Vanderaa
85%
Distance
87%
12%
Clinch
11%
4%
Ground
2%