UFC Fight Night: Royval vs. Taira
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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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]
Background
[edit]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]
A women's strawweight bout between Polyana Viana and Cory McKenna was scheduled for this event.[7] However, Viana withdrew from the fight for unknown reasons and was replaced by Julia Polastri.[8]
A heavyweight bout between Chris Barnett and former LFA Heavyweight Champion Waldo Cortes-Acosta was scheduled for this event.[9] However, Cortes-Acosta withdrew from the fight for unknown reasons and was replaced by Junior Tafa.[10]
Fight card
[edit]Main card (ESPN+) | |||||||
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Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
Flyweight | Brandon Royval | vs. | Tatsuro Taira | ||||
Middleweight | Brad Tavares | vs. | Park Jun-yong | ||||
Lightweight | Grant Dawson | vs. | Rafa García | ||||
Women's Strawweight | Julia Polastri | vs. | Cory McKenna | ||||
Welterweight | Daniel Rodriguez | vs. | Alex Morono | ||||
Middleweight | Abdul Razak Alhassan | vs. | Josh Fremd | ||||
Preliminary card (ESPN+) | |||||||
Welterweight | Chidi Njokuani | vs. | Jared Gooden | ||||
Flyweight | C.J. Vergara | vs. | Ramazan Temirov | ||||
Featherweight | Jonathan Pearce | vs. | Pat Sabatini | ||||
Welterweight | Themba Gorimbo | vs. | Niko Price | ||||
Heavyweight | Chris Barnett | vs. | Junior Tafa | ||||
Bantamweight | Daniel Argueta | vs. | Cody Haddon | ||||
Flyweight | Clayton Carpenter | vs. | Lucas Rocha |
Announced bouts
[edit]- Lightweight bout: Terrance McKinney vs. TBA[12]
See also
[edit]References
[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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Nolan King (2024-08-01). "UFC books Brandon Royval vs. Tatsuro Taira to headline October event". mmajunkie.usatoday.com. Retrieved 2024-08-01.
- ^ BBC Sport (2024-09-27). "McKenna has new Brazilian opponent for UFC return". bbc.com. Retrieved 2024-09-27.
- ^ Christopher De Santiago (2024-07-29). "UFC News: Fan-Favorite Chris Barnett Returns to Fight Top Heavyweight Prospect". si.com. Retrieved 2024-08-11.
- ^ Nolan King (2024-09-29). "Chris Barnett gets new opponent for UFC Fight Night 244". mmajunkie.usatoday.com. Retrieved 2024-09-29.
- ^ "UFC Fight Night: Royval vs. Taira". Ultimate Fighting Championship. Retrieved 2024-08-27.
- ^ MMA Junkie Staff (2024-09-21). "Are there UFC fights tonight? Here's the promotion's upcoming schedule after UFC 306 at Sphere". mmajunkie.usatoday.com. Retrieved 2024-09-21.