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 facility in Las Vegas, Nevada, United States.[1]
| UFC Fight Night: Royval vs. Taira | ||||
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| Promotion | Ultimate Fighting Championship | |||
| Date | October 12, 2024 | |||
| Venue | UFC Apex | |||
| City | Las Vegas, Nevada, United States | |||
| Event chronology | ||||
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Background
editA 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
edit| Main card (ESPN+) | |||||||
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| Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
| Flyweight | Brandon Royval | vs. | Tatsuro Taira | ||||
| Middleweight | Abdul Razak Alhassan | vs. | Josh Fremd | ||||
| Flyweight | Clayton Carpenter | vs. | 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 | ||||
Announced bouts
edit- Middleweight bout: Park Jun-yong vs. Brad Tavares[4]
- Featherweight bout: Pat Sabatini vs. Jonathan Pearce[8]
- Bantamweight bout: Daniel Argueta vs. Cody Haddon[9]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Nolan King (2024-08-17). "Remainder of UFC schedule in 2024 fills out: 15 events across nine cities". mmajunkie.usatoday.com. Retrieved 2024-08-17.
- ^ Nolan King (2024-08-01). "UFC books Brandon Royval vs. Tatsuro Taira to headline October event". mmajunkie.usatoday.com. Retrieved 2024-08-01.
- ^ 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.
- ^ a b 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.
- ^ Nolan King and Farah Hannoun (2024-07-18). "Former UFC champ Cody Garbrandt expected to return vs. Miles Johns". mmajunkie.usatoday.com. Retrieved 2024-07-18.
- ^ Nolan King (2024-08-05). "Matchup Roundup: New UFC, PFL, Bellator fights announced in the past week (July 29-Aug. 4)". mmajunkie.usatoday.com. Retrieved 2024-08-05.
- ^ "UFC Fight Night: Royval vs. Taira". Ultimate Fighting Championship. Retrieved 2024-08-27.
- ^ Nolan King (2024-08-27). "UFC on ESPN 63 adds Jonathan Pearce vs. Pat Sabatini to lineup". mmajunkie.com. Retrieved 2024-08-27.
- ^ Drake Riggs (2024-09-05). "Morning Report: Michael Bisping explains disdain for an Alex Pereira vs. Dricus Du Plessis fight: 'He's got people to fight already' - Fight Announcements". mmafighting.com. Retrieved 2024-09-05.