Williams vs Tafa

Who won Williams vs Tafa?

Karl Williams beat Justin Tafa by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest during the co-main event of UFC Fight Night, on Saturday 23rd March 2024 at UFC Apex in Las Vegas.

The scorecards were announced as 30-27, 29-28, 29-28 in favor of the winner Karl Williams.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Heavyweight division, which meant the weight limit was 265 pounds (18.9 stone or 120.2 KG).

Williams vs Tafa stats

Karl Williams stepped into the octagon with a record of 9 wins, 1 loss and 0 draws, 3 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.

Justin Tafa made his way to the cage with a record of 7 wins, 3 losses and 0 draws, 7 of those wins coming by knock out.

Karl Williams' UFC record stood at 2-0-0, while Justin Tafa's came in at 4-3-0.

The stats suggested Tafa had a massive power advantage over Williams, boasting a 100% knock out percentage over Williams' 33%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested that Williams and Tafa would have been pretty equal, both with a 0% submission rate.

Karl Williams was the older man by 4 years, at 34 years old.

Williams had a height advantage of 3 inches over Tafa.

Williams was the more experienced professional fighter, having had the same amount of fights, and made his debut in , 6 years and 11 months earlier than Tafa, whose first professional fight was in 2017. He had fought 5 more professional rounds, 22 to Tafa's 17.

Williams vs Tafa form

Justin Tafa had stopped 3 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he Austen Lane at UFC Fight Night – Emmett vs. Topuria on 24th June 2023 by in the 1st round at : VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena, Jacksonville, United States.

Previous to that, he had won against Parker Porter at UFC 284 on 11th February 2023 by knockout in the 1st round at RAC Arena, Perth, Western Australia.

Going into that contest, he had beaten Harry Hunsucker at UFC Fight Night on 18th December 2021 by knockout in the 1st round.

Before that, he had lost to Jared Vanderaa at UFC Vegas 27 on 22nd May 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest in the United States.

He had defeated Juan Adams at UFC 247 on 8th February 2020 by knockout in the 1st round at Toyota Center, Houston.

Activity check

Tafa's last 5 fights had come over a period of 4 years, 2 months and 20 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 10 months and 4 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 7 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 1.4 rounds on average.

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