UFC Vegas 98 results: Royval vs. Taira

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

In the main event, current title challenger Brandon Royval hopes to retain his place on the contender list when he fights the undefeated Tatsuro Taira. “Raw Dawg” bounced back from a disappointing loss to flyweight champion Alexandre Pantoja with a narrow split decision win over two-time champion Brandon Moreno last February.

Taira, who doesn't turn 25 until January, has taken the UFC flyweight class by storm, winning his first six fights for the promotion and improving his overall record to 16-0. In his last fight, he scored the biggest win of his career by defeating former title challenger Alex Perez when an injury ended Perez's night in round 2.

Royval is currently tied for No. 2 in the flyweight rankings 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 sets his 25th UFC middleweight record as he takes on “The Iron Turtle” Jun Yong Park.

Check out the UFC Vegas 98 results below.

Main Card (LIVE NOW)

Brandon Royval vs. Tatsuro Taira

Jun Yong Park defeated. Brad Tavares via split decision (28-29, 29-28 x2)

Chidi Njokuani defeated. Jared Gooden via unanimous decision (30-27 x3)

Grant Dawson defeated. Rafa Garcia via TKO (punches) (R2, 1:42)

Daniel Rodriguez defeated. Alex Morono via split decision (28-29, 29-28 x2)

Preliminary map

Ramazan Temirov defeated. CJ Vergara via TKO (punches) (R1, 2:50)

Pat Sabatini defeated. Jonathan Pearce via rear-naked choke submission (R1, 4:06)

Themba Gorimbo defeated. Niko Price via unanimous decision (30-27 x3)

Junior Tafa defeated. Sean Sharaf via TKO (punches) (R2, 2:15)

Julia Polastri defeated. Cory McKenna via split decision (29-28, 28-29, 30-27)

Cody Haddon defeated. Dan Argueta by unanimous decision (30-27 x3)

Clayton Carpenter defeated. Lucas Rocha via rear naked choke technical submission (R2, 2:12)