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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 Enterprise, Nevada, United States
AttendanceNot announced [1]
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) was a mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that took place on October 12, 2024, at the UFC Apex in Enterprise, Nevada, part of the Las Vegas Valley, United States. [2]

Contents

Background

A flyweight bout between former UFC Flyweight Championship challenger (also former LFA Flyweight Champion) Brandon Royval and undefeated prospect Tatsuro Taira headlined the event. [3]

A middleweight bout between Brad Tavares and Park Jun-yong was expected to take place at UFC on ESPN: Lemos vs. Jandiroba in July 2024, but it was scrapped when Park was not medically cleared after the weigh-ins. [4] They were then rescheduled for this event. [5]

A bantamweight bout between former UFC Bantamweight Champion Cody Garbrandt and former LFA Bantamweight Champion Miles Johns was scheduled for this event. [6] However, the bout was moved to UFC Fight Night 247 for unknown reasons. [7]

A women's strawweight bout between Polyana Viana and Cory McKenna was scheduled for this event. [8] However, Viana withdrew from the fight for unknown reasons and was replaced by Julia Polastri. [9]

A heavyweight bout between Chris Barnett and former LFA Heavyweight Champion Waldo Cortes-Acosta was scheduled for this event. [10] However, Cortes-Acosta withdrew from the fight for unknown reasons and was replaced by Junior Tafa. [11] Subsequently, Barnett withdrew after being unable to travel due to Hurricane Milton and was replaced by promotional newcomer Sean Sharaf. [12]

Terrance McKinney was briefly announced to compete on the card in a lightweight bout against a to-be-named opponent. [13] However, he was removed from the card for unknown reasons. [14]

At the weigh-ins, three fighters missed weight: [15]

Gooden and Argueta's bouts proceeded at catchweight and they were fined 20 percent of their individual purses which went to their opponents Chidi Njokuani and Cody Haddon respectively. Fremd’s bout with Abdul Razak Alhassan was canceled as a result. [15]

Results

Main card (ESPN+)
Weight classMethodRoundTimeNotes
Flyweight Brandon Royval def. Tatsuro Taira Decision (split) (47–48, 48–47, 48–47)55:00
Middleweight Park Jun-yong def. Brad Tavares Decision (split) (28–29, 29–28, 29–28)35:00
Catchweight (172.5 lb) Chidi Njokuani def. Jared Gooden Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 30–27)35:00
Lightweight Grant Dawson def. Rafa García TKO (elbows and punches)21:42
Welterweight Daniel Rodriguez def. Alex Morono Decision (split) (28–29, 29–28, 29–28)35:00
Preliminary card (ESPN+)
FlyweightRamazan Temirovdef. C.J. Vergara TKO (punches)12:50
Featherweight Pat Sabatini def. Jonathan Pearce Submission (rear-naked choke)14:06
Welterweight Themba Gorimbo def. Niko Price Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 30–27)35:00
Heavyweight Junior Tafa def.Sean SharafTKO (punches)22:15
Women's StrawweightJulia Polastridef. Cory McKenna Decision (split) (29–28, 28–29, 30–27)35:00
Catchweight (138.5 lb)Cody Haddondef.Daniel ArguetaDecision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 30–27)35:00
FlyweightClayton Carpenterdef.Lucas RochaTechnical Submission (rear-naked choke)22:12

    [16]

    Bonus awards

    The following fighters received $50,000 bonuses. [17]

    See also

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