UFC Fight Night: Royval vs. Taira

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UFC Fight Night: Royval vs. Taira
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The poster for UFC Fight Night: Royval vs. Taira
Promotion Ultimate Fighting Championship
DateOctober 12, 2024 (2024-10-12)
Venue UFC Apex
City Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
Event chronology
UFC 307: Pereira vs. Rountree Jr. UFC Fight Night: Royval vs. Taira UFC Fight Night: Hernandez vs. Pereira

UFC Fight Night: Royval vs. Taira (also known as UFC Fight Night 244, UFC on ESPN+ 102 and UFC Vegas 98) is an upcoming mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that will take place on October 12, 2024, at the UFC Apex in Enterprise, Nevada, part of the Las Vegas Valley, United States. [1]

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Background

A flyweight bout between former UFC Flyweight Championship challenger (also former LFA Flyweight Champion) Brandon Royval and undefeated prospect Tatsuro Taira is scheduled to headline the event. [2]

A middleweight bout between Brad Tavares and Park Jun-yong was expected to take place at UFC on ESPN: Lemos vs. Jandiroba in last July, but it was scrapped when Park was not medically cleared after the weigh-ins. [3] They were then rescheduled for this event. [4]

A bantamweight bout between former UFC Bantamweight Champion Cody Garbrandt and former LFA Bantamweight Champion Miles Johns was scheduled for this event. [5] However, the bout was moved to UFC Fight Night 247 for unknown reasons. [6]

Fight card

Main card (ESPN+)
Weight classMethodRoundTimeNotes
Flyweight Brandon Royval vs. Tatsuro Taira
Middleweight Abdul Razak Alhassan vs.Josh Fremd
FlyweightClayton Carpentervs.Lucas Rocha
Heavyweight Chris Barnett vs.Waldo Cortes-Acosta
Women's Strawweight Polyana Viana vs. Cory McKenna
Flyweight C.J. Vergara vs.Ramazonbek Temirov
Lightweight Grant Dawson vs. Rafa García
Welterweight Themba Gorimbo vs. Niko Price
Welterweight Chidi Njokuani vs. Jared Gooden

    [7]

    Announced bouts

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    3. ↑ Staff (2024-07-19). "Junyong Park not medically cleared, UFC on ESPN 60 co-main event vs. Brad Tavares scrapped". sherdog.com. Retrieved 2024-07-19.
    4. 1 2 Harvey Leonard (2024-08-01). "Brandon Royval vs. Tatsuro Taira set to headline Apex-held UFC Fight Night On October 12". mmanews.com. Retrieved 2024-08-01.
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