Junior Tafa vs Ce Liu
Prelims · Light Heavyweight · UFC
Junior Tafa
7-6-0
- Age
- 31
- Height
- 190 cm
- Reach
- 196 cm
- Stance
- Orthodox
- Weight class
- Light Heavyweight
- Streak
- Rebounding from a loss
- KO rate
- 59%
- Sub rate
- 12%
- Decision rate
- 29%
- Sig. strikes/min
- 5.7
- Strike accuracy
- 51%
- Takedown avg
- 0.7
- Takedown defense
- 60%
- Control time
- 4:53 / fight
- Opponent quality
- 63/100
Recent form
Ce Liu
3-1-0
- Age
- 27
- Height
- 188 cm
- Reach
- 191 cm
- Stance
- Orthodox
- Weight class
- Light Heavyweight
- Streak
- 3-fight win streak
- KO rate
- 32%
- Sub rate
- 21%
- Decision rate
- 47%
- Sig. strikes/min
- 4.4
- Strike accuracy
- 44%
- Takedown avg
- 1.6
- Takedown defense
- 78%
- Control time
- 4:08 / fight
- Opponent quality
- 65/100
Recent form
Raina's AI Analysis
Predicted winner
Junior Tafa
Confidence
76%
Predicted method
TKO / KO
Predicted round
Round 1
Upset potential
Low
Risk level
Low
Advantage model
Why Raina made this pick
Junior Tafa is the more complete striker here, and the model gives that skill set the deciding weight over 3 rounds.
Ce Liu's clearest path is forcing grappling exchanges and stealing rounds from top position - a live route, which is why confidence sits at 76%.
Reach, stance (Orthodox vs Orthodox) and pace history all point to a finish around round 1.
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Lines & market comparison
Red corner
Junior Tafa
-342
- Market implied win %
- 77.4%
- Raina's model win %
- 76%
- Return on 100 staked
- +29
Bar shows the model, number above shows the market.
Blue corner
Ce Liu
+306
- Market implied win %
- 24.6%
- Raina's model win %
- 24%
- Return on 100 staked
- +306
Bar shows the model, number above shows the market.
In line with market
-1.4 pts
Edge on Junior Tafa
- Raina's model
- 76%
- Market implied
- 77.4%
- at -342
- Gap (model − market)
- -1.4 pts
A positive gap means Raina rates Junior Tafa higher than the market does; a negative gap means the market is more confident than she is. This is a model-versus-market comparison for context only - not betting advice, and not a prediction of profit.
rounds total
Over/Under 1.5 rounds
Over
-125
55.6% implied
Under
+105
48.8% implied
Method & distance markets
- Tafa by KO/TKO+15339.5%
- Tafa by decision+11746.1%
- Liu by submission+38420.7%
- Fight goes the distance-2016.7%
Odds updated Updated
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Junior Tafa vs Ce Liu
Prelims · Light Heavyweight
Raina's pick
Junior Tafa
76%
Method / round
TKO / KO
Round 1
Line & edge
-342
77.4% implied · -1.4 pts
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