Tatsuro Taira and Hyun Sung Park | Photo by Chris Unger/Zuffa LLC
This is the UFC Fight Night live blog for Tatsuro Taira vs. Hyun Sung Park, the main card flyweight bout Saturday in Las Vegas.
Still only 25 years old, Taira (16-1) is already one of the best flyweights in the world. His last time out, Taira had the opportunity to vault into real title contention, but fell short in a Fight of the Year contender against Brandon Royval. Now Taira hopes to get back on track and put himself back in the mix with a big win this weekend.
Park (10-0) was originally set to face former title challenger Steve Erceg next weekend, but when Amir Albazi was forced out of the main event fight with Taira, the South Korean standout was called upon to step in. The Road to UFC champion is undefeated in his professional career and now gets a chance to catapult right to the top of the flyweight division.
Mateusz Rebecki and Chris Duncan | Photo by Chris Unger/Zuffa LLC
The lightweight division delivered two epic battles to lead into the main event of UFC Vegas 108.
In the co-main event, Chris Duncan and Mateusz Rebecki went through a bloody battle that will likely end up on Fight of the Year lists around the world. Duncan ended up getting the unanimous decision nod in the wild affair where both guys threw caution to the wind every second for the entire 15 minutes.
Prior to that, Esteban Ribovics battled Elves Brener in another anticipated lightweight clash. Ribovics hurt Brener early in the bout, but the Brazilian was able to gather his wits and continue fighting. As the fight went on, both men landed big shots, and it was Ribovics that pulled away. By the third round, it was all Ribovics, but a gritty and tough Brener made it to the final horn with Ribovics getting back in the win column.
Check out how UFC and other pro fighters reacted to the back-to-back lightweight scraps.
Byron Walker and Glen Norman at an American Kombat Alliance event in Marksville, La., on Aug. 2, 2025 | @WCK252660, Twitter
The Max Holloway point down to the canvas at closing moments of a fight has become an iconic and popularized move in the MMA world. Unfortunately, not every fighter is Max Holloway, as was shown in Louisiana on Saturday night.
During Saturday’s American Kombat Alliance 48 event in Marksville, Byron Walker faced Glen Norman in an amateur welterweight bout. Norman pointed to the canvas, a la Holloway, and Walker obliged, landing a right hand that turned Norman into a statue. Then, for good measure, Walker landed two more unanswered shots to Norman—who was already out on his feet—and put him out cold.
Walker picked up his second victory as an MMA fighter, and also snapped a two-fight losing streak in the process. Three of his four mixed martial arts bouts took place for the AKA promotion.
The 34-year-old Norman saw his two-fight win and stoppage streak come to an end as he was finished for the second time in his career.
Logan Paul had another highlight-reel moment during a WWE premium live event, this time it was recording artist Jelly Roll on the receiving end.
Paul teamed with Drew McIntyre to face Jelly Roll and Randy Orton in a highly promoted tag team bout on night one of WWE SummerSlam 2025. The popular singer started the match with Paul and got the upper hand. Eventually, McIntyre got the tag and Jelly Roll lost the upper hand, taking punishment from both of his opponents.
Jelly Roll made the tag to Orton, and after the action poured to the outside, Orton and Jelly Roll eventually ended up in a weakened state. Paul then signaled McIntyre to put Jelly Roll on the announce table, before Paul took to the air and frog splashed the rapper and country singer through the table. Check out the highlight below.
Logan Paul just SOARED onto Jelly Roll and crashed through the announce table at SummerSlam! pic.twitter.com/db7RkuXYq0
Officials came to ringside and tried to help Jelly Roll to the back. It looked like Orton would have to face both Paul and McIntyre, but Jelly Roll came back to help his partner, and fired back against both of his rivals to the delight of the 50,000-plus fans in attendance at MetLife Stadium.
Unfortunately, Jelly Roll’s impressive offense came to an end, as did the match, as the opportunistic Paul took to the sky again to land a second frog splash to get the pinfall for his team.
Rinya Nakamura bounced back from his first career loss in a big way.
On Saturday, Nakamura squared off with Nathan Fletcher in the final preliminary fight of UFC Vegas 108. It was Nakamura’s first fight since losing to Muin Gafurov at UFC 311 and the Japanese prospect returned to form in spectacular fashion, stopping Fletcher in the first round with a nasty body kick.
A former U23 world champion wrestler, Nakamura has been working on his striking game since coming to the UFC, and it was on full display against Fletcher as “Hybrid” bounced in and out, flashing big punches that didn’t quite connect. What did connect was a nasty front kick as Fletcher stepped in, with Nakamura digging the toes into the liver, causing Fletcher to double over. Nakamura saw the reaction and pounced, finishing Fletcher with strikes just 62 seconds into the fight.
