Junior Tafa vs. Billy Elekana

UFC 325: Volkanovski vs. Lopes 2 · Jan 31, 2026

Billy Elekana def. Junior Tafa

Bout: Light Heavyweight Bout
Method: Submission · Rear Naked Choke
Ended: Round 2, 3:18
Fight time: 8:18
Format: 3 Rnd (5-5-5)
Referee: Herb Dean

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Totals

Fight totals
Fighter	KD	Sig. str.	Sig. str. %	Total str.	TD	TD %	Sub. att	Rev.	Ctrl
Junior Tafa	1	38 of 70	54%	38 of 70	0 of 0	—	0	0	0:07
Billy Elekana	0	24 of 51	47%	27 of 54	1 of 5	20%	1	0	1:40

Significant strikes by target and position
Fighter	Sig. str.	Head	Body	Leg	Distance	Clinch	Ground
Junior Tafa	38 of 70	21 of 49	14 of 18	3 of 3	37 of 66	0 of 3	1 of 1
Billy Elekana	24 of 51	20 of 45	3 of 5	1 of 1	22 of 49	1 of 1	1 of 1

Round by round

Round 1
Fighter	KD	Sig. str.	Sig. str. %	Total str.	TD	TD %	Sub. att	Rev.	Ctrl
Junior Tafa	1	26 of 46	56%	26 of 46	0 of 0	—	0	0	0:07
Billy Elekana	0	9 of 24	37%	10 of 25	0 of 3	0%	0	0	0:37

Round 1: significant strikes
Fighter	Sig. str.	Head	Body	Leg	Distance	Clinch	Ground
Junior Tafa	26 of 46	13 of 32	10 of 11	3 of 3	25 of 42	0 of 3	1 of 1
Billy Elekana	9 of 24	6 of 20	2 of 3	1 of 1	8 of 23	1 of 1	0 of 0

Round 2
Fighter	KD	Sig. str.	Sig. str. %	Total str.	TD	TD %	Sub. att	Rev.	Ctrl
Junior Tafa	0	12 of 24	50%	12 of 24	0 of 0	—	0	0	0:00
Billy Elekana	0	15 of 27	55%	17 of 29	1 of 2	50%	1	0	1:03

Round 2: significant strikes
Fighter	Sig. str.	Head	Body	Leg	Distance	Clinch	Ground
Junior Tafa	12 of 24	8 of 17	4 of 7	0 of 0	12 of 24	0 of 0	0 of 0
Billy Elekana	15 of 27	14 of 25	1 of 2	0 of 0	14 of 26	0 of 0	1 of 1