As always, the latest action on offer inside the UFC Octagon has been followed by the release of the updated rankings. And in the aftermath of UFC Fight Night: Brandon Royval vs. Tatsuro Taira, MMA News has you covered with this week’s updates to the official UFC rankings. Men’s Pound-For-Pound: No changes. Women’s Pound-for-Pound: No changes. Women’s Strawweight: No […]
And in the aftermath of UFC Fight Night: Brandon Royval vs. Tatsuro Taira, MMA News has you covered with this week’s updates to the official UFC rankings.
Men’s Pound-For-Pound: No changes.
Women’s Pound-for-Pound: No changes.
Women’s Strawweight: No changes.
Women’s Flyweight: No changes.
Women’s Bantamweight: No changes.
Flyweight: No changes.
Bantamweight: No changes.
Featherweight: No changes.
Lightweight: The UFC rankings at 155 pounds have had a slight adjustment, with Jalin Turner moving above former champion Rafael dos Anjos (#14) to #13 in the division. The rising Paddy Pimblett has also received a boost, climbing one place to share #14 with “RDA.”
JunYong Park continued his upward momentum and scored another win in the Octagon, defeating Brad Tavares in the co-main event of UFC Fight Night: Royval vs. Taira. Park and Tavares battled closely in the first round, with the former attempting to pressure and walk down his veteran opponent. Tavares, however, took the frame by landing […]
JunYong Park continued his upward momentum and scored another win in the Octagon, defeating Brad Tavares in the co-main event of UFC Fight Night: Royval vs. Taira.
Park and Tavares battled closely in the first round, with the former attempting to pressure and walk down his veteran opponent. Tavares, however, took the frame by landing solid shots, including a 1-2 that dropped Park.
The South Korean survived to the horn, however, and he and Tavares managed to both land hard on each other during the second frame. Park continued to land at will and did more damage in the final round.
One judge controversially scored the fight 29-28 for Tavares, but the other two awarded their 29-28 scores to Park for a split decision win.
JunYong Park Edges Out Brad Tavares On Scorecards In UFC Fight Night Co-Main Event
Spilt decision is insane Iron Turtle clearly won #UFCVegas98
UFC Fight Night: Brandon Royval vs. Tatsuro Taira takes place on Saturday, and MMA News is here to bring you the official weigh-in results! After returning to Salt Lake City, Utah for its latest numbered event, mixed martial arts’ leading promotion is back at its home base to stage another card at the Apex. Topping […]
Topping the lineup will be a high-stakes flyweight affair, as former title challenger Brandon Royval looks to secure another shot at unseating Alexandre Pantoja from the throne. To do so, he’ll need to blemish the perfect professional record of rising Japanese contender Tatsuro Taira.
Elsewhere, the likes of middleweight veteran Brad Tavares, formerly ranked lightweight Grant Dawson, and knockout artist Abdul Razak Alhassan will all be in action.
UFC Fight Night: Royval vs. Taira Weigh-In Results
UFC Fight Night: Royval vs. Taira takes place on Saturday, October 12, at the Apex facility in Las Vegas, Nevada. The main card begins at 7 p.m. ET/4 p.m. PT, with the preliminary card starting at 4 p.m. ET/1 p.m. PT.
See above for a full replay of the weigh-ins via MMA Junkie, and check out the full results below!
Main Card:
Flyweight Main Event: Brandon Royval (125.5lbs) vs. Tatsuro Taira (125.5lbs)
Middleweight Co-Main Event: Brad Tavares (185lbs) vs. JunYong Park (185.5lbs)
Welterweight: Chidi Njokuani (170.5lbs) vs. Jared Gooden (172.5lbs)**
Lightweight: Grant Dawson (156lbs) vs. Rafa Garcia (154.5lbs)
Welterweight: Daniel Rodriguez (170lbs) vs. Alex Morono (170.5lbs)
Middleweight: Abdul Razak Alhassan (186lbs) vs. Josh Fremd (189lbs)*
Preliminary Card:
Flyweight: CJ Vergara (126lbs) vs. Ramazonbek Temirov (125.5lbs)
Featherweight: Jonathan Pearce (145lbs) vs. Pat Sabatini (145lbs)
Welterweight: Themba Gorimbo (170.5lbs) vs. Niko Price (170.5lbs)
Heavyweight: Junior Tafa (241lbs) vs. Sean Sharaf (252lbs)
Women’s Strawweight: Julia Polastri (115lbs) vs. Cory McKenna (115lbs)
Bantamweight: Dan Argueta (138.5lbs)*** vs. Cody Haddon (135lbs)
Flyweight: Clayton Carpenter (125.5lbs) vs. Lucas Rocha (125.5lbs)
*Josh Fremd missed the middleweight limit by 3 pounds, fight status TBC
**Jared Gooden missed the welterweight limit by 1.5 pounds, fight status TBC
***Dan Argueta missed the bantamweight limit by 2.5 pounds, fight status TBC
Top flyweights Brandon Royval and Tatsuro Taira will vie for a possible title shot in the main event of a UFC Fight Night this fall. On October 12, two of the world’s best at 125 pounds will have their respective second headliners of the year thus far, with former title challenger and #1-ranked contender Royval […]
Top flyweights Brandon Royval and Tatsuro Taira will vie for a possible title shot in the main event of a UFC Fight Night this fall.
On October 12, two of the world’s best at 125 pounds will have their respective second headliners of the year thus far, with former title challenger and #1-ranked contender Royval tasked with blemishing the perfect record of Taira if he’s to stake his claim for a trilogy with Alexandre Pantoja.
Royval, Taira Target Title Shot With UFC Main Event Win
When they make the walk for a five-round card-topper later this year, both Royval and Taira will look to ride the momentum from key results in 2024 all the way to the gold.
Royval (16-7) closed out his 2023 with an unsuccessful first title bid on MMA’s biggest stage, falling short on the scorecards against Pantoja at UFC 296. With that result marking his second setback to “The Cannibal,” it appeared “Raw Dawg” would be in for a lengthy journey back to the belt. But this past February, Royval capitalized on a late-notice opportunity to run it back with Brandon Moreno, avenging his 2020 loss to the former champ by way of split decision in Mexico City.
Taira (16-0), meanwhile, headlined a UFC Fight Night at the Apex four months later. After three wins last year to climb toward contention, the Japanese up-and-comer benefitted from a serious knee injury to Alex Perez this past June, which gave him the TKO stoppage in round two and paved the way for his rise to #5 in the flyweight pecking order.
With this addition, the current fights expected to take place at the UFC Fight Night on October 12 are as follows:
Brandon Royval vs. Tatsuro Taira (flyweight main event)
Cody Garbrandt vs. Miles Johns (bantamweight)
Brad Tavares vs. Jungyong Park (middleweight)
Themba Gorimbo vs. Niko Price (welterweight)
Polyana Viana vs. Cory McKenna (women’s strawweight)
Josh Fremd vs. Abdul Razak Alhassan (middleweight)
Grant Dawson vs. Rafa Garcia (lightweight)
Waldo Cortes-Acosta vs. Chris Barnett (heavyweight)
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