Two flyweights, Brandon Royval and Tatsuiro Taira, had the main fight of the event held at APEX.
The UFC returned to Las Vegas this Saturday (12th) for another event for the organization. Two flyweights, Brandon Royval and Tatsuiro Taira, had the main fight of the event held at APEX.
The fight was a “battle” between the Japanese and the Americans, who went all the way in their respective strategies to win. In the end, thanks to the judges’ decision, Royval won the fight and may have qualified to fight as the next challenger in the category
The fight
Royval started the fight well and dominated in striking. The American exerted good pressure on the Japanese, having no problems repelling his blows well and hurting Taira a lot, who managed to react in the second round, managing to knock down his opponent and trying to dominate the fight on the ground.
Therefore, the Japanese took control of the second round. The fight became more even from the third round onwards, as it became clear which strategies the fighters needed to use, with Royval preferring to strike and Taira wanting the fight, each being successful in these endeavours.
The panorama continued in the fourth round and, in the fifth, a nice sequence of punches from the American livened up the fight, combined with a takedown from the Japanese. But Taira was unable to keep Royval on the ground and the American managed to prevent his opponent’s takedown. When he had a chance to assert himself in grappling, he was almost done.
Once the fight was over, the judges decided the fight and decided that Royval was the best in the main event of UFC Vegas 98 and, therefore, the victory was won by the American.]
Julia Polastri wins the first and Lucas Rocha is defeated
Two Brazilians fought on the preliminary card of UFC Vegas 98 Julia Polastri, who had lost in her UFC debut, went to seek rehabilitation against Cory McKenna. ‘Psyco’ knew how to use blows to weaken the Welshman, who tried several times to bring the Baixada Fluminense fighter closer to the fence, but without containing the Brazilian’s threat. Better on her feet and without suffering much from her opponent’s grappling attempts, Julia left the octagon victorious.
He didn’t have the same luck as his compatriot Lucas Rocha. The “Phenomenon” faced Clayton Carpenter in his debut in the organization and, although he started well with his striking, he was knocked down by the American and suffered from Carpenter’s dominance and pressure in the ground and weight. The Amazon invested again in foot strikes at the beginning of the second round, and then suffered the takedown, taking advantage of the opportunity to seek submission, succeeding in the rear-naked choke.
UFC Vegas 98 Results – Royval x Taira
Main card
Brandon Royval beat Tatsuiro Taira by split decision
Jun Yong Park beat Brad Tavares by split decision
Chidi Njokuani defeated Jared Gooden by unanimous decision
Grant Dawson defeated Rafa GarcÃa by TKO (1:42 by R2)
Daniel Rodriguez beat Alex Morono by split decision
Preliminary paper
Ramazan Temirov defeated CJ Vergara via TKO (2:50 by R1)
Pat Sabatini defeated Jonathan Pearce via submission (4:06 of R1)
Themba Gorimbo defeated Niko Price by unanimous decision
Junior Tafa defeats Sean Sharaf by TKO (2:15 by R2)
Julia Polastri beat Cory McKenna by split decision
Cody Haddon defeated Dan Archuleta by unanimous decision
Clayton Carpenter defeats Lucas Rocha via submission (2:12 of R2)
Source: Terra
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