Carlos Felipe vs Justin Tafa — UFC Fight Night: Holloway vs. Kattar Result, Stats & Scorecards

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UFC Fight Night: Holloway vs. Kattar
Carlos Felipe vs Justin Tafa

Heavyweight · 3 rounds · Card

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UFC Fight Night: Holloway vs. Kattar

Saturday, January 16, 2021 · Abu Dhabi · Abu Dhabi

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Result

Carlos Felipe def. Justin Tafa

Split Decision · Round 3 · 5:00 · 3 Rnd (5-5-5)

Referee · Herb DeanLukasz Bosacki · 28-29Anders Ohlsson · 29-28Paul Sutherland · 28-29Source · UFC Stats · round stats archived

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Round-by-Round Analysis

Fight progression reconstructed from verified round-level observations.

Split Decision · R3 · 5:00

Carlos FelipeRound 3Justin Tafa

33 / 52Sig. strikes26 / 48

63%Accuracy54%

33 / 52Total strikes49 / 71

0Knockdowns0

0 / 0Takedowns0 / 2

0Sub. attempts0

0:00Control1:53

6.6Pace / min5.2

0%Control share100%

Carlos Felipe

Targethead 64% · body 36% · leg 0%

Phasedistance 82% · clinch 18% · ground 0%

Justin Tafa

Targethead 77% · body 19% · leg 4%

Phasedistance 62% · clinch 38% · ground 0%

Statistical signals

Output edgeCarlos Felipe landed 33 significant strikes to 26.Control edgeJustin Tafa held 113s of control to 0s.

Descriptive only. These compare recorded output; they are not judge scores and do not say who won the round.

What changed from R2

Pace downJustin Tafa's significant-strike pace moved -24% from R2 to R3, 5.2 against 6.8 per minute.
Grappling pressureJustin Tafa attempted 2 more takedowns than in R2, 2 against 0.
Control swingJustin Tafa's control time moved +113s, 113s against 0s.

Observed fight vs historical Fight DNA

Compares this fight against each fighter's pre-fight Fight DNA baseline. Shown only where the historical sample supports it.

Carlos Felipe

Insufficient sample. This fighter's Fight DNA as of the event date did not have enough covered rounds to compare against, so no deviation is shown.

Justin Tafa

Insufficient sample. This fighter's Fight DNA as of the event date did not have enough covered rounds to compare against, so no deviation is shown.

Fight summary

77Carlos Felipe sig. strikes

86Justin Tafa sig. strikes

3rounds observed

+289%largest pace swing, R1 to R2 (Carlos Felipe)