Junior Tafa vs Sean Sharaf — UFC Fight Night: Royval vs. Taira Result, Stats & Scorecards

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UFC Fight Night: Royval vs. Taira
Junior Tafa vs Sean Sharaf

Heavyweight · 3 rounds · Card

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UFC Fight Night: Royval vs. Taira

Saturday, October 12, 2024 · Las Vegas · Nevada

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Result

Junior Tafa def. Sean Sharaf

KO/TKO (Punches to Head At Distance) · Round 2 · 2:15 · 3 Rnd (5-5-5)

Referee · Mark SmithSource · UFC Stats · round stats archived

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Round-by-Round Analysis

Fight progression reconstructed from verified round-level observations.

KO/TKO · R2 · 2:15

Junior TafaRound 2Sean Sharaf

35 / 53Sig. strikes7 / 16

66%Accuracy44%

35 / 53Total strikes7 / 16

0Knockdowns0

0 / 0Takedowns0 / 3

0Sub. attempts0

0:02Control0:00

15.6Pace / min3.1

100%Control share0%

Junior Tafa

Targethead 94% · body 6% · leg 0%

Phasedistance 100% · clinch 0% · ground 0%

Sean Sharaf

Targethead 71% · body 14% · leg 14%

Phasedistance 100% · clinch 0% · ground 0%

Statistical signals

Output edgeJunior Tafa landed 35 significant strikes to 7.Striking edgeJunior Tafa struck at 66% accuracy to 44%.

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

What changed from R1

Pace upJunior Tafa's significant-strike pace moved +116% from R1 to R2, 15.6 against 7.2 per minute.
Accuracy shiftJunior Tafa's significant-strike accuracy moved +18 pts, 66% against 48%.
Target shiftJunior Tafa's head share of landed strikes moved +17 pts, to 94% head with 6% body and 0% leg.
Pace downSean Sharaf's significant-strike pace moved -66% from R1 to R2, 3.1 against 9.2 per minute.
Phase shiftSean Sharaf's ground share of landed strikes moved -17 pts, to 0% on the ground against 100% at distance.
Defensive driftSean Sharaf absorbed significant strikes +116% faster than in R1, 15.6 against 7.2 per minute.

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.

Junior 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.

Sean Sharaf

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

71Junior Tafa sig. strikes

53Sean Sharaf sig. strikes

2rounds observed

+116%largest pace swing, R1 to R2 (Junior Tafa)

Pace is significant strikes landed per minute of observed round time. A round with no recorded observation is left empty rather than drawn as zero.