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Justin Tafa
Justin Tafa
4-3 · AUS
VS
Harry Hunsucker
Harry Hunsucker
7-4 · USA
December 18, 2021 · Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Heavyweight · 3 rounds
267.0lbMissed +1.0
Weigh-in
238.5lb
Justin Tafa def. Harry Hunsucker by KO/TKO (Kick), R1 1:53
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1 · 1:53
Tafa5/100/011:02
Hunsucker5/90/100:00
Total
Tafa5/100/011:02
Hunsucker5/90/100:00

Pre-fight

The model's read going in

The walk-forward model's call at the time of the bout — persisted out-of-sample, with no hindsight about the result.

Prediction
TafaWin probabilityHunsucker
75.5%24.5%
KO / TKO
48%
Submission
21%
Decision
31%
Expected fight time: 8.4 min
Retrospective pick: the walk-forward model's call at the time of the fight — persisted out-of-sample, with no hindsight about the result.
What drives the pick

Each bar is a feature's push on the model from the center axis. Red pushes toward Tafa, blue toward Hunsucker. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Tafa75%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO38%51%54%
Submission13%17%4%
Decision24%32%11%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes53 (2272)act 5
Takedowns0.2 (0.01.2)act 0
Hunsucker25%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO10%38%13%
Submission8%34%8%
Decision7%28%9%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes36 (1549)act 5
Takedowns0.3 (0.01.4)act 0
Combined totals~90 sig strikes~0.5 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R138%
R221%
R310%
Distance31%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.0%
Tafa
61.7%-165
Hunsucker
+16537.3%
Most takedownstie 59.1%
Tafa
20.7%-102
Hunsucker
+10220.2%
Significant strikes — over/under
Tafa
Expected: 53.4
53.5
Over 53.5
39.6%
+152
Under 53.5
60.4%
-152
067134
Hunsucker
Expected: 36.5
36.5
Over 36.5
39.7%
+152
Under 36.5
60.3%
-152
04692
Takedowns — over/under
Tafa
Expected: 0.2
0
Over 0
24.9%
Exactly 0
75.1%
push
Under 0
0.0%
035
Hunsucker
Expected: 0.3
0.5
Over 0.5
23.9%
+318
Under 0.5
76.1%
-318
035

Odds are model-implied (no real prop market is priced for these). The “most” prices are draw-no-bet — a tie (for takedowns, usually 0–0) is a push, so each side is priced off its chance of winning given a result, while the % shown is the raw chance of landing strictly more. Drag a line in half-point steps: a half line (e.g. 2.5) is a clean over/under, while a whole number adds a third outcome — landing exactly on it, a push — so over, exact and under sum to 100%. On a whole number the over/under odds are draw-no-bet (priced off the decisive mass, since the push refunds), so the two sides stay mirror images rather than implying an arbitrage.

Expected fight time 8.4 min. Predicted-output ranges are percentiles of the model’s simulated fights: sig strikes the middle 50% (25th–75th); takedowns the wider 10th–90th, since they’re 0 in most fights so a narrow band would collapse to 0. Win-by-method = win probability × that fighter’s own method split: the model forecasts how the fight ends, and that forecast is divided between the corners by each fighter’s finishing record — UFC wins in full, earlier-career wins at half weight, as of fight night — reconciled so the fighters’ totals still equal their win probabilities and the methods still total the fight-level forecast above. “Equity” is each of those over that fighter’s win % — how they win given that they win — so a column adds to 100%, and it differs by corner. A fighter with no classifiable wins at any level leans on the fight-level split. “How it ends” is the model’s round-of-finish split. “Mkt” is the de-vigged market prop (consensus across books), shown for context, not as a betting signal; rounds & totals slots fill as that data lands. Percentages are apportioned by largest remainder, so each set adds to its total exactly and an individual figure can sit a point off its own rounding.

Model vs market
Final
ModelMarketGapLine
To win
Tafa75.4%73.4%+2.1-336
Hunsucker24.6%26.6%−2.0+258
By method
Tafa by KO/TKO35.9%54.3%−18.4-190
Tafa by submission16.2%3.9%+12.3+2031
Tafa by decision23.4%11.3%+12.1+633
Hunsucker by KO/TKO11.7%13.1%−1.4+533
Hunsucker by submission5.3%8.2%−2.9+915
Hunsucker by decision7.6%9.2%−1.6+800
Total rounds (over)
Over 1.5 rds62.1%38.5%+23.6+143
Over 2.5 rds41.4%25.0%+16.4+275
Goes the distance
Fight goes to decision31.0%20.3%+10.7+361

Market % is the de-vigged (no-vig) consensus across the books that price both fighters; the line is the average across books with the min–max range in parentheses. Gap is the model minus the market in points (+ = the model rates that outcome above the market). Thin or one-sided markets are flagged or left blank rather than shown as a fabricated %. Shown for context, not as a bet — the closing line is the sharpest public price and the model trails it on average. For 5-round bouts the model splits its round-3+ finish mass into rounds 3–5 by the historical within-bucket rate, so the over-3.5 / 4.5 lines carry a model estimate.

Trait web
61.8Striking31.9
Tafa +30.0
25.0Grappling0.0
Tafa +25.0
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
TafaHunsucker
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1478
Pound-for-pound
1492
1478
Divisional
1492
1507
Striking offense
1499
1490
Striking defense
1492
1482
Grappling offense
1500
1522
Grappling defense
1500
Physical
28 yrs
Age
32 yrs
6'0"
Height
6'2"
74"
Reach
75"
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
5.15
Strikes landed / min
2.45
55%
Strike accuracy
33%
6.12
Strikes absorbed / min
17.14
49%
Strike defense
22%
Grappling (UFC career)
0.00
Takedowns / 15 min
0.00
0%
Takedown accuracy
100%
Takedown defense
0.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.0
Form & résumé
25%
UFC win rate
0%
-2
Win/loss streak
-1
25%
Last-5 win rate
0%
100%
Finish rate
Recent opp. quality
210
Days since last fight
273
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Justin Tafa
  • LJared VanderaaU-DEC R3
    Close -1887mo before
  • LCarlos FelipeS-DEC R3
    Close +15511mo before
  • WJuan AdamsKO/TKO R1
    Close +2001y 10mo before
  • LYorgan De CastroKO/TKO R1
    Close -1052y 2mo before
Harry Hunsucker
  • LTai TuivasaKO/TKO R1
    Close +3489mo before
Tafa — win / loss by method
Record: 4-3-0

Bar length is fight count (largest bar = full width); shading splits finishes by round and decisions by unanimous vs split — tap a bar for the round-by-round count.

KO/TKO
4 wins, 1 loss
W
100% of wins
L
33% of losses
Submission
0 wins, 0 losses
W
0% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
0 wins, 2 losses
W
0% of wins
L
67% of losses
UFC
1win3loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (100%)KO/TKO(33%) 1
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
0 (0%)Decision(67%) 2
Non-UFC
3win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (100%)KO/TKO() 0
0 (0%)Submission() 0
0 (0%)Decision() 0
Hunsucker — win / loss by method
Record: 7-4-0

Bar length is fight count (largest bar = full width); shading splits finishes by round and decisions by unanimous vs split — tap a bar for the round-by-round count.

KO/TKO
3 wins, 4 losses
W
43% of wins
L
100% of losses
Submission
4 wins, 0 losses
W
57% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
0 wins, 0 losses
W
0% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
0win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO(100%) 1
0 ()Submission(0%) 0
0 ()Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
7win3loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (43%)KO/TKO(100%) 3
4 (57%)Submission(0%) 0
0 (0%)Decision(0%) 0

Profiles

Experience
Tafa
Hunsucker
4
UFC fights
1
34.1 min · 8.5 avg
Octagon time
0.8 min · 0.8 avg
9y 2m
Career length
10y 10m
UFC schedule strength

Opponents' records on fight night — toggle their full cross-promotional record vs UFC bouts only.

Tafa
Hunsucker
30W–8L · 78.9%
Overall
11W–4L · 73.3%
5W–2L · 71.4%
Wins
0W–0L
25W–6L · 80.6%
Losses
11W–4L · 73.3%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Tafa
Hunsucker
5W–3L · 62.5%
Overall
40W–52L · 43.5%
5W–3L · 62.5%
Wins
30W–46L · 39.5%
0W–0L
Losses
10W–6L · 62.5%
Distance striking
Tafa
Hunsucker
5.66
Landed / min
3.08
53.1%
Accuracy
33.3%
52.0%
Defense
10.0%
0.44
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.00
79.6%
Time at distance
79.6%
Grappling & control
Tafa
Hunsucker
0.00
Takedowns / 15 min
0.00
0.0%
Takedown accuracy
100.0%
Takedown defense
0.00
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.00
71.7%
Control share
0.0%
Strike target map
Tafa
  • Head54%(95)div 65%
  • Body30%(53)div 19%
  • Legs16%(28)div 16%
Hunsucker
  • Head50%(1)div 65%
  • Body0%(0)div 19%
  • Legs50%(1)div 16%

Where each fighter lands significant strikes (career). “div” = the weight-class average.

Justin Tafa
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

Per-fight: SS & TD shown landed/attempted; Close = consensus closing line.

Harry Hunsucker
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

Per-fight: SS & TD shown landed/attempted; Close = consensus closing line.