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UFC Vegas 108 Fight Card: Date, Time, Location, How To Watch Or Stream
The next event on the 2025 UFC schedule is nearly upon us. That fight card, UFC Vegas 108, takes place on Saturday, August 2, and is headlined by a short-notice flyweight matchup. In the UFC Fight Night main event, Hyun Sung Park steps in for the injured Amir Albazi against top-10-ranked UFC contender Tatsuro Taira. UFC Vegas 108 Fight Card: Date Saturday, August 2, 2025 UFC Vegas 108 Fight Card: Location UFC Apex in Las Vegas, NV UFC Vegas 108 Fight Card: How to Watch Or Stream ESPN and ESPN+ UFC Vegas 108 Fight Card: Fight Card Time Prelims: 6:00 p.m. ET Main Card: 9:00 p.m. ET UFC Vegas 108 Main Event: Tatsuro Taira vs. Hyun Sung Park Tatsuro Taira (16-1) rose through the UFC flyweight ranks fairly quickly. He joined the UFC in May 2022 with a record of 10-0, and after winning the Shooto flyweight title. Taira opened his UFC career with a unanimous decision win over Carlos Candelario in May 2022. He followed that with back-to-back submission wins in contests where he earned 'Performance of the Night' bonuses, defeating C.J. Vergara and Jesús Santos Aguilar. Wins over Edgar Chairez and Carlos Hernandez in 2023 followed. In June, Taira got the first true test of his UFC career when he faced Alex Perez in a main event on a UFC Fight Night card at the Apex. At the time, Taira was the No. 13 ranked fighter in the UFC's flyweight division, and Perez, who had fought Deiveson Figueiredo for the UFC 125-pound title in 2020, was ranked No. 5. The fight ended when Taira took the back of his opponent in the center of the Octagon and forced him to the mat, putting enormous pressure on Perez's knee and causing an injury that brought the fight to a halt in the second stanza. From all appearances, and judging from his comments after the victory, the move that finished the contest was a designed technique. That win put Taira at No. 5 in the UFC rankings, earning him a shot at former UFC flyweight title challenger Brandon Royval, who entered the October 2024 contest as the No. 1 ranked in the UFC's 125-pound division. Royval and Taira put on a 'Fight of the Night' bonus-winning scrap, but the more experienced Royval took home the split-decision win, handing Taira the first loss of his professional career. The 25-year-old Taira is currently the No. 6 ranked UFC flyweight. Hyun Sung Park (10-0) won Road to UFC in early 2023 with a knockout of Seung Guk Choi. He followed that with a knockout of Shannon Ross in late 2023. Park did not compete in 2024 having had fights against Andre Lima and Nyamjargal Tumendemberel cancelled. He returned to the Octagon in March, scoring a first-round submission win over Carlos Hernandez at UFC Vegas 106. I wrote of the 29-year-old at the time, 'HyunSung Park looked excellent at UFC Vegas 106, moving to 3-0 in the UFC's flyweight division. Park used effective striking to hurt Carlos Hernandez against the fence. That striking made Hernandez move to the clinch, but Park showed his overall MMA ability in scoring a takedown, which led to a back take and a rear naked choke sub at 2:26 of Round 1. The 29-year-old Park looks ready for a test in his next outing as he has picked up three finishes in three UFC outings.' He gets that test in a big way and on short notice on Saturday night. Park has only gone the distance once in his MMA career. UFC Vegas 108 Main Card Tatsuro Taira vs. Hyun Sung Park - Flyweight Chris Duncan vs. Mateusz Rebecki - Lightweight Elves Brener vs. Esteban Ribovics - Lightweight Nora Cornolle vs. Karol Rosa - Women's bantamweight Neil Magny vs. Elizeu Zaleski - Welterweight Danny Silva vs. Kevin Vallejos - Featherweght UFC Vegas 108 Preliminary Card Nathan Fletcher vs. Rinya Nakamura - Bantamweight Tresean Gore vs. Rodolfo Vieira - Middleweight Nick Klein vs. Andrey Pulayev - Middleweight Felipe Bunes vs. Rafael Estevam - Flyweight Piera Rodriguez vs. Ketlen Souza - Strawweight We will have more on the UFC Vegas 108 fight card and the main event as fight night nears, including betting odds, picks, predictions and more. As well as full fight card results, reactions and highlights on fight night.
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UFC veterans competing in MMA action July 30-Aug. 2
This week, the UFC returns to its home base in Las Vegas. UFC on ESPN 71 takes place at the UFC Apex and features a flyweight matchup between Tatsuro Taira and short-notice replacement HyunSung Park. Scroll below to see how last week's veterans fared on the regional scene, and check out the names and details of the upcoming weekend's competitors. Upcoming event information from Tapology. Last week's results Kanako Murata: Unanimous decision win vs. Ediana Silva at UAE Warriors 61 Caio Machado: Knockout win vs. Kevin Oumar at UAE Warriors 61 Ronny Markes: Knockout loss vs. Kazbek Saidaliev at UAE Warriors 61 Ali Alqaisi: Unanimous decision loss vs. Sylvester Chipfumbu at UAE Warriors 61 Shanna Young: Unanimous decision win vs. Amena Hadaya at UAE Warriors 62 James Llontop: Unanimous decision loss vs. Khotam Boynazarov UAE Warriors 62 Rodolfo Rubio: Unanimous decision loss vs. Mauricio Partida at Lux Fight League 53 Alessio Sakara: TKO win vs. Erick Lozano at BKFC Fight Night: Philly (bareknuckle boxing) Dustin Pague: TKO win vs. Ryan Petersen at BKFC Fight Night: Philly (bareknuckle boxing) Brandon Jenkins: July 26 vs. Javanis J Ross at Island Fights 90 Jose Torres: Unanimous decision loss vs. Hiromasa Ougikubo at Super Rizin 4 Masanori Kanehara: TKO loss vs. Ren Sugiyama at Super Rizin 4 Naoki Inoue: Unanimous decision win vs. Ryuya Fukuda at Super Rizin 4 Baergeng Jieleyisi: July 27 vs. Nurbek Kabdrakhmanov at Naiza FC 75 – official results pending T.J. Laramie: Unanimouss decision win vs. Jordan Downey at Anthony Pettis FC 18 Ronys Torres (43-11 MMA, 0-2 UFC) Next fight: July 30 vs. Ronildo Cabral at Coari Champions 7 Last MMA fight: TKO loss v.s Khaibula Musalov at Nashe Delo 86 on Dec. 6, 2024 Last UFC fight: Split decision loss vs. Jacob Volkmann at UFC Fight Night 21 on March 31, 2010 Record since UFC exit: 29-8 Jesus Pinedo (25-6-1 MMA, 1-1 UFC) Next fight: Aug. 1 vs. Movlid Khaybulaev at 2025 PFL World Tournament 8 Last MMA fight: TKO win vs. Gabriel Braga at 2025 PFL World Tournament 5 on June 12, 2025 Last UFC fight: Unanimous decision loss vs. John Makdessi at UFC Fight Night 148 on March 23, 2019 Record since UFC exit: 9-1 Josh Parisian (15-8 MMA, 2-5 UFC) Next fight: Aug. 1 vs. Ty Flores at WXC 98 Last MMA fight (also last UFC bout): Knockout loss vs. Robelis Despaigne at UFC 299 on March 9, 2024 Record since UFC exit: 0-0 Edilberto de Oliveira (30-19-2 MMA, 0-2 UFC) Next fight: Aug 1. vs. Junior Magal at Shooto Brasil 131 Last MMA fight: Submission loss vs. Gregory Rodrigues at Jaguar Combat 1 on March 16, 2018 Last UFC fight: TKO loss vs. Luke Cummo at UFC Fight Night 11 on Sept. 19, 2007 Record since UFC exit: 22-17-1 Humberto Bandenay (24-9 MMA, 1-3 UFC) Next fight: Aug. 1 vs. Erick Sanchez at Urijah Faber's A1 Combat 29 Last MMA fight: TKO loss vs. Alvaro Vacacela at FFC 85 on Dec. 19, 2024 Last UFC fight: Unanimous decision loss vs. Eduardo Garagorri at UFC Fight Night 156 on Aug. 10, 2019 Record since UFC exit: 10-2 (1 NC) Nick Maximov (12-2 MMA, 2-2 UFC) Next fight: Aug. 1 vs. Renato Valente at Urijah Faber's A1 Combat 29 Last MMA fight: TKO win vs. Handesson Ferreira at 559 Fights 115 on June 14, 2025 Last UFC fight: Unanimous decision loss vs. Jacob Mallon at UFC Fight Night 212 on October. 15, 2024 Record since UFC exit: 4-0 Efrain Escudero (32-17 MMA, 5-7 UFC) Next fight: Aug 2 vs. Idrees Wasi at YFL 6 Last MMA fight: TKO loss vs. Baysangur Chamsoudinov at Ares FC 16 on June 23, 2023 Last UFC fight: Unanimous decision loss vs. Kevin Lee at UFC 197 on April 23, 2016 Record since UFC exit: 8-6 MMA, 1-2 karate This article originally appeared on MMA Junkie: UFC veterans competing in MMA action July 30-Aug. 2
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UFC veterans competing in MMA action July 30-Aug. 2
This week, the UFC returns to its home base in Las Vegas. UFC on ESPN 71 takes place at the UFC Apex and features a flyweight matchup between Tatsuro Taira and short-notice replacement HyunSung Park. Scroll below to see how last week's veterans fared on the regional scene, and check out the names and details of the upcoming weekend's competitors. Upcoming event information from Tapology. Last week's results Ronys Torres (43-11 MMA, 0-2 UFC) Jesus Pinedo (25-6-1 MMA, 1-1 UFC) Josh Parisian (15-8 MMA, 2-5 UFC) Edilberto de Oliveira (30-19-2 MMA, 0-2 UFC) Humberto Bandenay (24-9 MMA, 1-3 UFC) Nick Maximov (12-2 MMA, 2-2 UFC) Efrain Escudero (32-17 MMA, 5-7 UFC)
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UFC Vegas 108 Main Event Odds, Picks, Predictions: Taira Vs. Park
This Saturday, the UFC is back at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas for the first time since late May. The fight promotion blows the dust off the facility for UFC Vegas 108. The August 2 UFC Fight Night is headlined by a short-notice main event that finds Tatsuro Taira taking on Hyun Sung Park in a flyweight scrap. We look at the betting odds, picks, and predictions for the UFC Vegas 108 main event matchup. The UFC Vegas 108 full fight card airs on ESPN and ESPN+. The preliminary card for the UFC Fight Night event begins at 6 p.m. ET. The main card follows at 9:00 p.m. ET. UFC Vegas 108 Main Event: Tatsuro Taira vs. Hyun Sung Park Tatsuro Taira (16-1) rose through the UFC flyweight ranks fairly quickly. He joined the UFC in May 2022 with a record of 10-0, and after winning the Shooto flyweight title. Taira opened his UFC career with a unanimous decision win over Carlos Candelario in May 2022. He followed that with back-to-back submission wins in contests where he earned 'Performance of the Night' bonuses, defeating C.J. Vergara and Jesús Santos Aguilar. Wins over Edgar Chairez and Carlos Hernandez in 2023 followed. In June, Taira got the first true test of his UFC career when he faced Alex Perez in a main event on a UFC Fight Night card at the Apex. At the time, Taira was the No. 13 ranked fighter in the UFC's flyweight division, and Perez, who had fought Deiveson Figueiredo for the UFC 125-pound title in 2020, was ranked No. 5. The fight ended when Taira took the back of his opponent in the center of the Octagon and forced him to the mat, putting enormous pressure on Perez's knee and causing an injury that brought the fight to a halt in the second stanza. From all appearances, and judging from his comments after the victory, the move that finished the contest was a designed technique. That win put Taira at No. 5 in the UFC rankings, earning him a shot at former UFC flyweight title challenger Brandon Royval, who entered the October 2024 contest as the No. 1 ranked in the UFC's 125-pound division. Royval and Taira put on a 'Fight of the Night' bonus-winning scrap, but the more experienced Royval took home the split-decision win, handing Taira the first loss of his professional career. The 25-year-old Taira is currently the No. 6 ranked UFC flyweight. Hyun Sung Park (10-0) won Road to UFC in early 2023 with a knockout of Seung Guk Choi. He followed that with a knockout of Shannon Ross in late 2023. Park did not compete in 2024 having had fights against Andre Lima and Nyamjargal Tumendemberel cancelled. He returned to the Octagon in March, scoring a first-round submission win over Carlos Hernandez at UFC Vegas 106. I wrote of the 29-year-old at the time, 'HyunSung Park looked excellent at UFC Vegas 106, moving to 3-0 in the UFC's flyweight division. Park used effective striking to hurt Carlos Hernandez against the fence. That striking made Hernandez move to the clinch, but Park showed his overall MMA ability in scoring a takedown, which led to a back take and a rear naked choke sub at 2:26 of Round 1. The 29-year-old Park looks ready for a test in his next outing as he has picked up three finishes in three UFC outings.' He gets that test in a big way and on short notice on Saturday night. Park has only gone the distance once in his MMA career. UFC Vegas 108 Main Event: Tatsuro Taira Vs. Hyun Sung Park Opening Odds And Betting Line Movement When BetOnline announced its opening odds for Taira vs. Park, Taira was the -300 betting favorite over the +240 Park. Today, Taira is listed at -355 by the site, while Park is the +280 betting underdog. UFC Vegas 108 Main Event Tale Of The Tape: Tatsuro Taira Vs. Hyun Sung Park Age: 25 Height: 5'7' Reach: 70' Stance: Orthodox Age: 29 Height: 5'7' Reach: 66' Stance: Orthodox UFC Vegas 108 Main Event Predictions And Picks: Tatsuro Taira Vs. Hyun Sung Park The good news heading into this fight is that Park is not coming into UFC Vegas 108 fully unprepared. He was booked opposite Steve Erceg for next week's UFC Vegas 109 card, so he will at least face Taira with most of a fight camp behind him. However, that fight was scheduled for three rounds, while this contest is a five-round affair. Taira is a good striker, he is better on the mat. However, he is aware how fights are scored, so he'll engage in striking before moving to his grappling. Park, on the other hand looks to grapple first. Taira is the more well-rounded fighter in this contest and that will allow him to carry the day. The pick is for Taira to win via stoppage. I see him scoring a knockdown against Park, but I'm unsure if the finish will be more strikes or if Taira follows things to the ground to get the sub. Considering Taira's grappling skills, go with the submission. We will have more on the UFC Vegas 108 fight card as fight night nears, including live results, reactions, highlights and more on fight night.
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Video: UFC on ESPN 71 media day live stream from Las Vegas (1:30 p.m. ET)
LAS VEGAS – UFC on ESPN 71 takes place Saturday at UFC Apex with a card that airs on ESPN and ESPN+. Before fight night arrives, though, notable athletes from the main card and preliminary are scheduled to speak to reporters Wednesday at media day, and MMA Junkie will have a live stream beginning at 1:30 p.m. ET/10:30 a.m. PT. That includes headliners Tatsuro Taira (16-1 MMA, 6-1 UFC) and HyunSung Park (10-0 MMA, 3-0 UFC), who meet in a flyweight bout. If you happen to miss any of the individual sessions on the live stream, check below for the archived videos of each media day. Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos Neil Magny Nora Cornolle Karol Rosa Estaban Ribovics Elves Brener Chris Duncan Mateusz Rebecki HyunSung Park Tatsuro Taira This article originally appeared on MMA Junkie: Live stream: UFC Vegas 108 media day interviews (1:30 p.m. ET)
