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UFC Vegas 98 results: Royval vs. Taira
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UFC Vegas 98 results: Royval vs. Taira

MMA Fighting has UFC Vegas 98 results for the Royval vs. Taira fight card, main event live blog and more from UFC APEX in Las Vegas on Saturday night.

In the main event, recent title challenger Brandon Royval will be hoping to maintain his spot in the list of contenders when he fights undefeated Tatsuro Taira. “Raw Dawg” bounced back from a disappointing loss to flyweight champion Alexandre Pantoja with a narrow split-decision victory over two-time champion Brandon Moreno last February.

Taira, who doesn’t turn 25 until January, has taken the UFC flyweight division by storm. He won his first six fights for the promotion, improving 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 ranked No. 2 at flyweight in the MMA Fighting Global Rankings, while Taira is looking to move up from No. 8.

In the penultimate fight of the night, 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 (7:00 PM 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 map (LIVE NOW)

CJ Vergara vs. Ramazan Temirov

Jonathan Pearce vs. Pat Sabatini

Themba Gorimbo vs. Niko Price

Junior Tafa def. Sean Sharaf via TKO (strikes) (R2, 2:15)

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 technical submission with rear choke (R2, 2:12)