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A 4-0 debutant with no data at all against a light heavyweight whose chin rates 18.0 — the worst durability figure on the December card.
Junior Tafa's chin rates 18.0. That is the number this fight turns on, and there is very little else in the database to work with, because Quentin Pasley has no recorded UFC fights and therefore no composite rating, no style scores and no durability read whatsoever. Take the measured man first. Tafa is 7-5 at 30 with nine recorded UFC fights and a 48.6 composite, and the profile is as extreme as …
Pasley (4-0) is 25 and has no recorded UFC fights, so the model carries no composite rating, no chin rating and no style scores for him — the only hard data on file are his physicals, 193.0cm and a 198.1cm reach, orthodox. He is unbeaten as a professional and earned his way in through the Contender Series this September. Everything about how he handles this level is untested in the database.
Tafa (7-5) is 30 with nine recorded UFC fights and a 48.6 composite. His last five read: knocked out by Iwo Baraniewski in 85 seconds in June, knockout win over Kevin Christian in May, submitted by Billy Elekana in the second in January, submitted by Tuco Tokkos in the second in July 2025, knockout of Sean Sharaf in October 2024. A 1.0 finish rate and an 18.0 chin rating in the same profile is the whole story.
Tafa's chin rates 18.0 and he was knocked out in 85 seconds in June — how much does he have left to absorb?
Can Pasley use eight centimetres of reach to keep a man with a 10.0 striking score and 0.67 volume from ever getting inside?
Tafa posts 0.0 across grappling, wrestling and submissions and has been submitted twice in two years — does Pasley take it down?
Pasley has no recorded fights, so nobody knows his durability: what happens the first time Tafa lands clean?
Tafa's 58.3 quality-of-victory leads the bout — is that a real marker or two knockouts of men who were not there to win?
Pasley has zero recorded fights, so the pick rests on reach and an unbeaten record rather than any measured ability.
Tafa's 10.0 striking score and 1.0 finish rate mean every exchange carries real knockout risk for an opponent whose chin has never been tested at this level.
A debutant's first UFC appearance on a pay-per-view main card is its own variable, and the database has nothing to say about it.
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