Mohammed Usman vs Junior Tafa — UFC Fight Night: Pavlovich vs. Blaydes Result, Stats & Scorecards

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Mohammed Usman vs Junior Tafa

Heavyweight · 3 rounds · Card

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UFC Fight Night: Pavlovich vs. Blaydes

Saturday, April 22, 2023 · Las Vegas · Nevada

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Result

Mohammed Usman def. Junior Tafa

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

Referee · Mark SmithJunichiro Kamijo · 28-29Jacob Montalvo · 28-29Rick Winter · 28-29Source · UFC Stats · round stats archived

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Round-by-Round Analysis

Fight progression reconstructed from verified round-level observations.

Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00

Mohammed UsmanRound 3Junior Tafa

2 / 5Sig. strikes8 / 19

40%Accuracy42%

25 / 38Total strikes13 / 25

0Knockdowns0

1 / 3Takedowns0 / 0

0Sub. attempts0

4:28Control0:00

0.4Pace / min1.6

100%Control share0%

Mohammed Usman

Targethead 100% · body 0% · leg 0%

Phasedistance 50% · clinch 0% · ground 50%

Junior Tafa

Targethead 88% · body 13% · leg 0%

Phasedistance 25% · clinch 75% · ground 0%

Statistical signals

Output edgeJunior Tafa landed 8 significant strikes to 2.Control edgeMohammed Usman held 268s 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 downMohammed Usman's significant-strike pace moved -50% from R2 to R3, 0.4 against 0.8 per minute.
Target shiftMohammed Usman's head share of landed strikes moved +25 pts, to 100% head with 0% body and 0% leg.
Defensive driftMohammed Usman absorbed significant strikes +33% faster than in R2, 1.6 against 1.2 per minute.
Pace upJunior Tafa's significant-strike pace moved +33% from R2 to R3, 1.6 against 1.2 per minute.
Target shiftJunior Tafa's head share of landed strikes moved +21 pts, to 88% head with 13% body and 0% leg.

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.

Mohammed Usman

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.

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.

Fight summary

7Mohammed Usman sig. strikes

22Junior Tafa sig. strikes

3rounds observed

+300%largest pace swing, R1 to R2 (Mohammed Usman)