UFC

UFC Fight Night: Taira vs. Park

Completed Meta Apex, Las Vegas, United States 13 bouts

Key takeaways

  • Tatsuro Taira v Amir Albazi in the main event.
  • Tatsuro Taira beat HyunSung Park by submission in the co-main event at flyweight.
  • Five of the twelve results came early: three knockouts and two submissions.

Main card

TT

3Tatsuro Taira vs Amir Albazi8

Amir Albazi
TT

3Tatsuro Taira vs HyunSung Park

Flyweight
Submission R2 1:06
HP
Mateusz Rebecki

Mateusz Rebecki vs Chris Duncan

Lightweight
Unanimous decision R3 5:00
CD
Elves Brener

Elves Brener vs Esteban Ribovics

Lightweight
Unanimous decision R3 5:00
Esteban Ribovics
Karol Rosa

11Karol Rosa vs Nora Cornolle13

Women's bantamweight
Unanimous decision R3 5:00
Nora Cornolle
Neil Magny

Neil Magny vs Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos

Welterweight
Knockout R2 4:39
ES
DS

Danny Silva vs Kevin Vallejos9

Featherweight
Unanimous decision R3 5:00
Kevin Vallejos

Preliminary card

Rinya Nakamura

Rinya Nakamura vs Nathan Fletcher

Bantamweight
Knockout R1 1:02
NF
Rodolfo Vieira

Rodolfo Vieira vs Tresean Gore

Middleweight
Unanimous decision R3 5:00
Tresean Gore
Nick Klein

Nick Klein vs Andrey Pulyaev

Middleweight
Knockout R2 1:31
Andrey Pulyaev
Austin Bashi

Austin Bashi vs John Yannis

Featherweight
Submission R1 3:39
John Yannis
RE

Rafael Estevam vs Felipe Bunes

Flyweight
Unanimous decision R3 5:00
FB
PR

Piera Rodriguez vs Ketlen Souza

Women's strawweight
Split decision R3 5:00
Ketlen Souza
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Results

Main and co-main events

Tatsuro Taira beat HyunSung Park by submission at 1:06 of round two in the main event of UFC Fight Night at the Meta Apex in Las Vegas. In the co-main event, Chris Duncan beat Mateusz Rebecki by unanimous decision after three rounds at lightweight.

How the card was decided

Across the twelve bouts that produced a result, three ended by knockout, two by submission and seven on the judges' scorecards — five stoppages in twelve fights. One of the seven decisions divided the judges.

Finishes and fight times

The quickest finish belonged to Rinya Nakamura, who stopped Nathan Fletcher at 1:02 of round one, and two of the five finishes came inside the opening round. The longest was Neil Magny's knockout of Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos, 9 minutes and 39 seconds in. End to end, the twelve fights filled two hours and 12 minutes of cage time.

Main card against the prelims

The preliminary card out-finished the main card: three of its six results came early, against two of the six above it. Rinya Nakamura (knockout, round one), Andrey Pulyaev (knockout, round two) and Austin Bashi (submission, round one) all closed before the judges were needed.

Ranked fighters on the card

Six ranked fighters appeared, and three of them were in the top two bouts.

Countries, weight classes and broadcast

Eight weight classes were used, flyweight most often with two bouts.