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Junior Tafa Australian boxer and martial artist with incredible height and weight + biography

Junior Tafa Australian boxer: Junior Tafa (born 21 September 1996) is an Australian mixed martial artist and former professional kickboxer and boxer who currently competes in the Heavyweight division in the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC).

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Junior Tafa Australian boxer

Background

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Junior Tafa is the brother of Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) heavyweight, Justin Tafa. He is of Samoan descent.

This athlete is 190 cm tall and weighs 113 kg.

Kickboxing career

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Junior Tafa Australian boxer: Tafa participated in the 2018 Glory four man heavyweight tournament, alongside D’Angelo Marshall, Guto Inocente and Benjamin Adegbuyi.

Tafa lost his semi-final fight to Inocente, but advanced due to Inocente suffering a cut during their bout.

In the finals he met Benjamin Adegbuyi. Adegbuyi focused on landing leg kicks, and won the fight in the second round by TKO, after dropping Tafa three times.

On December 8, 2018, he entered the Glory 62 Heavyweight tournament He lost in the quarter final against Jamal Ben Saddik by TKO second round.

Tafa faced Cihad Kepenek at Glory 65: Utrecht on May 17, 2019. He lost the fight by unanimous decision.

Early career

Junior Tafa Australian boxer: Debuting in July 2022, Tafa won his first two bouts on the Australian regional scene, both by TKO stoppages.

Tafa then faced Nicolas Djurdjević on November 26, 2022 at BRAVE CF 66. He won the bout via TKO stoppage two minutes into the bout.

Tafa faced Tsuyoshi Sudario on December 31, 2022 at Rizin 40. He won the fight by TKO via punches in the first round.

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