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Flyweight Tatsuro Taira received again within the win column within the UFC Vegas 108 predominant occasion Saturday night time on the UFC APEX, needing 66 seconds into Round 2 to safe a face crank submission and hand Hyun Sung Park his first MMA loss.
Taira (17-1 MMA) utilized his wrestling to take full management of the battle with little respect for Park’s putting potential. Park (10-1) of South Korea had beforehand completed 40 p.c of his wins by KO/TKO. Taira was coming off of a loss by cut up resolution to Brandon Royval in October 2024.
As for what’s subsequent, the Japanese product desires to stay within the flyweight title combine for whoever the champion is by 12 months’s finish or in 2026,
‘I’m again robust,’ Taira mentioned following the win.
The co-headliner noticed a lot of the identical because the battle earlier than it, as Scotland’s Chris Duncan received a light-weight bout by unanimous resolution towards Poland’s Mateusz Rebecki, 29-28, 29-28, 30-27.
Duncan (14-2) has received three in a row, halting the temporary momentum Rebecki (20-3-0, 14-2-1 MMA) had after a split-decision win over Myktybek Orolbai in October 2024.
In ladies’s bantamweight motion, Brazil’s Karol Rosa received a unanimous resolution towards France’s Nora Cornolle, sweeping the playing cards 30-26, 29-27, 29-27. Rosa (19-7) has received two of her final three, whereas Cornolle (9-3) has cut up her final 4 appearances.
The tempo shortly picked up instantly as welterweight Neil Magny sprung an upset towards Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos by second-round TKO. Magny (30-14) entered the bout on a two-fight dropping skid, because the win marked his first since January 2024. Meanwhile, Brazil’s Zaleski dos Santos (25-10-1) has misplaced three of his final 4 appearances and is winless (0-2) on the 12 months to date.
UFC Vegas 108’s predominant card opened with Argentina featherweight Kevin Vallejos outlasting Danny Silva by unanimous resolution, taking all three playing cards 30-27, 30-27, 29-28 with a big selection of strikes throughout quarter-hour. Vallejos (16-1) improved to 2-0 within the UFC, whereas Silva (10-2 MMA) noticed a four-fight unbeaten streak halted, struggling his first promotional loss.
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