News Jhonata Diniz vs Justin Tafa set for UFC 317 in Las Vegas on June 28

[BoxerMaurits]

Austen Lane killer vs Austen Lane killer, who takes the W?:

 

[Ares Black]

Brutal matchup for Tafa. Hard to imagine him winning TBH.

 

[DalchaLungiambula]

Hopefully this is it for Tafa, and he can go back to working at McDonald's

 

[svmr_db]

Diniz will be a decent favorite for this.

 

[CatchtheseHands]

Brutal matchup for Tafa. Hard to imagine him winning TBH.

I feel as he may be on his last legs. If he loses this one he very much might get cut then it's off to bare knuckle cause GLORY sure won't take him back (not like he did well there anyway) and I can't imagine PFL or any other MMA org wanting him.

 

[Bobby Boulders]

I feel as he may be on his last legs. If he loses this one he very much might get cut then it's off to bare knuckle cause GLORY sure won't take him back (not like he did well there anyway) and I can't imagine PFL or any other MMA org wanting him.

ONE might take him, based on his proximity to Singapore, and having experience in both MMA and kickboxing. They could use him to showcase anyone they want to push. BKB would probably be ok for him, though.

 

[Skarsgard]

Voted purely on emotion. Hopefully Tafa can do something here.

 

[Ares Black]

Voted purely on emotion. Hopefully Tafa can do something here.

Was that emotion pity? Because Tafa had zero votes?

 

[Skarsgard]

Was that emotion pity? Because Tafa had zero votes?

For whatever reason, I like the Tafa brothers and Tai. Probably hits some nostalgic throwback button in the back of my brain.

 

[BoxerMaurits]

I feel as he may be on his last legs. If he loses this one he very much might get cut then it's off to bare knuckle cause GLORY sure won't take him back (not like he did well there anyway) and I can't imagine PFL or any other MMA org wanting him.

Justin never fought for GLORY, that was Junior Tafa in his early 20’s.
I doubt Justin Tafa would have any success at the highest level in Kickboxing though. The entire top 10 of GLORY would easily walk through him

 

[The_Renaissance]

Hopefully this is the end of Tafa, he's fucking abysmal I can't believe he's still here to be honest. Diniz should fuck him up royally.

 

[CatchtheseHands]

Justin never fought for GLORY, that was Junior Tafa in his early 20’s.
I doubt Justin Tafa would have any success at the highest level in Kickboxing though. The entire top 10 of GLORY would easily walk through him

Yeah you're right. I always get them confused. I just remembered one of them fighting in GLORY.

Hopefully this is the end of Tafa, he's fucking abysmal I can't believe he's still here to be honest. Diniz should fuck him up royally.

I don't understand how or why he's still signed. Nothing at HW makes any sense to me tbh. It's by far the worse run division in the UFC. Nothing but bad decisions all around.

 

[Mr. Snrub]

I don't understand how or why he's still signed. Nothing at HW makes any sense to me tbh. It's by far the worse run division in the UFC. Nothing but bad decisions all around.

I'd much rather watch the Tafa bros over the likes of Buday, Porter, Rozenstruik, old Arlovski, Waldo Cortes-Acosta, Ivanov, and Don'Tale.

 

[DougieJones]

Watch Tafa win lol

 

[TankAbbott4Eva]

Yeah you're right. I always get them confused. I just remembered one of them fighting in GLORY.


I don't understand how or why he's still signed. Nothing at HW makes any sense to me tbh. It's by far the worse run division in the UFC. Nothing but bad decisions all around.

A few of the Islander fighters from Aus/NZ tend to get leeway, Tafa, Tuivasa, even Hunt. Islander HWs will always get interest on a card down here for sure.

 

[CatchtheseHands]

A few of the Islander fighters from Aus/NZ tend to get leeway, Tafa, Tuivasa, even Hunt. Islander HWs will always get interest on a card down here for sure.

Hunt was already a name before signing to the UFC not to mention he was actually skilled so he makes sense. Even Tuivasa makes sense because he's a draw. Who actually says "man I can't wait to see the Tafa bro's fight".

I'd much rather watch the Tafa bros over the likes of Buday, Porter, Rozenstruik, old Arlovski, Waldo Cortes-Acosta, Ivanov, and Don'Tale.

The Tafa bro's are either KO'ing someone, getting KO'ed or getting lied on. There's no in between lol..

 

['Suga Daddy']

@BoxerMaurits you've got LA in the title. 317 is in Vegas

 

[BEATDOWNS]

You know what's worse than Justin Tafa?

Spoiler

Junior Tafa

 

[TankAbbott4Eva]

Hunt was already a name before signing to the UFC not to mention he was actually skilled so he makes sense. Even Tuivasa makes sense because he's a draw. Who actually says "man I can't wait to see the Tafa bro's fight".


The Tafa bro's are either KO'ing someone, getting KO'ed or getting lied on. There's no in between lol..

Yeah but Hunt did get a few losses, gonna happen at HW of course but yes he and Tai were draws so that helped.

I reckon for Aussie cards there’s usually at least two HW fights, maybe our crowds are big fans of that division. Anyway that’s my theory.

 

[bigfootsbreath]

These Tafa cats just aren't worth a fuck.