MMA Fighting has UFC Vegas 98 results for the Royval vs. Taira fight card, a live blog for the main event, and more from UFC APEX in Las Vegas on Saturday night.
In the main event, recent title challenger Brandon Royval hopes to hold on to his spot in the contender line when he fights the undefeated Tatsuro Taira. “Raw Dawg” bounced back from a disappointing loss to flyweight champion Alexandre Pantoja with a narrow split decision win over two-time champion Brandon Moreno this past February.
Taira, who doesn’t turn 25 until January, has taken the UFC flyweight division by storm, winning his first six fights for the promotion to improve his overall record to 16-0. He scored the biggest win of his career in his most recent fight, defeating one-time title challenger Alex Perez when an injury ended Perez’s night in Round 2.
Royval is currently tied for the No. 2 spot at flyweight in the MMA Fighting Global Rankings, with Taira looking to climb up from No. 8.
In the penultimate bout of the evening, Brad Tavares makes his UFC middleweight record 25th appearance when he takes on “The Iron Turtle” Jun Yong Park.
Check out the UFC Vegas 98 results below.
Main Card (7 p.m. ET, ESPN+)
Brandon Royval vs. Tatsuro Taira
Brad Tavares vs. Jun Yong Park
Chidi Njokuani vs. Jared Gooden
Grant Dawson vs. Rafa Garcia
Daniel Rodriguez vs. Alex Morono
Preliminary Card (LIVE NOW)
CJ Vergara vs. Ramazan Temirov
Jonathan Pearce vs. Pat Sabatini
Themba Gorimbo vs. Niko Price
Junior Tafa vs. Sean Sharaf
Julia Polastri def. Cory McKenna via split decision (29-28, 28-29, 30-27)
Cody Haddon def. Dan Argueta via unanimous decision (30-27 x3)
Clayton Carpenter def. Lucas Rocha via rear-naked choke technical submission (R2, 2:12)
