UFC on ESPN: Albazi vs. Taira
| UFC on ESPN: Albazi vs. Taira | ||||
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| Promotion | Ultimate Fighting Championship | |||
| Date | August 2, 2025 | |||
| Venue | UFC Apex | |||
| City | Enterprise, Nevada, United States | |||
| Event chronology | ||||
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UFC on ESPN: Albazi vs. Taira (also known as UFC on ESPN 71 and UFC Vegas 108) is an upcoming mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that will take place on August 2, 2025, at the UFC Apex in Enterprise, Nevada, part of the Las Vegas Valley, United States.[1]
Background
A flyweight bout between Amir Albazi and Tatsuro Taira is scheduled to headline this event.[2]
A flyweight bout between former LFA Flyweight Champion Felipe Bunes and André Lima was scheduled for this event.[3] However, Lima withdrew from the fight for unknown reasons and was replaced by Rafael Estevam.[4]
Fight card
| Fight card (ESPN / ESPN+) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
| Flyweight | Amir Albazi | vs. | Tatsuro Taira | ||||
| Bantamweight | Rinya Nakamura | vs. | Nathan Fletcher | ||||
| Women's Bantamweight | Karol Rosa | vs. | Nora Cornolle | ||||
| Middleweight | Nick Klein | vs. | Andrey Pulyaev | ||||
| Middleweight | Rodolfo Vieira | vs. | Tresean Gore | ||||
| Women's Strawweight | Piera Rodriguez | vs. | Ketlen Souza | ||||
| Middleweight | Azamat Bekoev | vs. | Torrez Finney | ||||
Announced bouts
- Lightweight bout: Grant Dawson vs. Joel Álvarez[6]
- Lightweight bout: Mateusz Rębecki vs. Chris Duncan[7]
- Featherweight bout: Danny Silva vs. Kevin Vallejos[7]
- Lightweight bout: Esteban Ribovics vs. Elves Brener[8]
- Flyweight bout: Rafael Estevam vs. Felipe Bunes[4]
See also
References
- ^ Nolan King (2025-05-14). "UFC books Amir Albazi vs. Tatsuro Taira main event". mmajunkie.usatoday.com. Retrieved 2025-05-14.
- ^ Nick Baldwin (2025-05-14). "Albazi, Taira to meet in Aug. 2 UFC main event". thescore.com. Retrieved 2025-05-14.
- ^ Diego Ribas (2025-05-07). "UFC encaminha combate entre André Mascote e Felipe Bunes para agosto". agfight.com. Retrieved 2025-05-07. (in Brazilian Portuguese)
- ^ a b Diego Ribas (2025-07-05). "Rafael Macapá substitui André Mascote e encara Felipe Bunes no UFC Vegas 108". agfight.com. Retrieved 2025-07-06. (in Brazilian Portuguese)
- ^ "UFC on ESPN: Albazi vs. Taira". Ultimate Fighting Championship. Retrieved 2025-05-27.
- ^ Michał Tkaczuk (2025-06-05). "Grant Dawson kontra Joel Alvarez na UFC on ESPN 71". mmarocks.pl. Retrieved 2025-06-05. (in Polish)
- ^ a b Wells, Matthew; King, Nolan. "UFC adds Chris Duncan vs. Mateusz Rebecki to Aug. 2 Fight Night lineup". MMA Junkie. Retrieved 2025-06-16.
- ^ Ribas, Diego (2025-06-29). "Brasil vs Argentina! UFC encaminha Elves Brener vs Esteban Ribovics para agosto". Ag. Fight (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2025-07-01.