The Octagon returned to Nevada for tonight’s UFC Vegas 98 occasion, a 12-bout battle card headlined by Brandon Royval vs. Tatsuro Taira.
The extremely anticipated males’s flyweight headliner proved to be a fully thrilling backwards and forwards affair. Brandon Royval received off to a dominant begin within the opening 5 minutes battle, however Tatsuro Taira stormed again to smother ‘Uncooked Dawg’ all through Spherical 2. The fighters seemingly traded rounds three and 4, and thus the fifth and remaining spherical would determine a winner. Royval appeared to have extra within the gasoline tank within the remaining 5 minutes, and almost completed the battle with a late rear-naked choke try. Nevertheless, Taira survived, and we went to the judges the place Royval was awarded the break up determination victory.
UFC Vegas 98 was co-headlined by a middleweight bout that includes Brad Tavares taking over Jun Yong Park. The competition resulted in a back-and-forth slugfest, because the Korean and Hawaiian traded leather-based for 3 straight rounds. After fifteen-minutes of motion, ‘The Iron Turtle’ was awarded a break up determination win from the judges’ in attendance.
Following the conclusion of tonight’s occasion, UFC officers introduced on the post-fight press convention that 4 fighters could be taking residence efficiency bonuses.
Combat of the evening: Flyweight fighters Brandon Royval and Tatsuro Taira every pocketed $50k for his or her thrilling warfare in tonight’s UFC Vegas 98 primary occasion. ‘Uncooked Dawg’ in the end gained the competition by break up determination (47-48, 48-47, 48-47).
Efficiency of the evening: Ramazan Temirov earned an additional $50k for his sensational first-round TKO victory over CJ Vergara (see that right here).
Efficiency of the evening: Clayton Carpenter pocketed an additional $50k for his second-round submission victory over Lucas Rocha (see that right here).
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