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Tatsuro Taira

Issue Date: 5/10/2026 (Official Release: #1023)

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Rank State: Nevada

Birth Date: 2000-01-27

Last 5: W L W W L

Association: The Blackbelt Japan

Pro Debut Date: 2018-08-03

Pro Record: 18-2-0

Current Ranking:

#4 Flyweight

'Big League' Record: 17-2-0

Last 3 Years: 5-2-0

Win Finish %: 77.8%

Combat Age: 29

Quality Perf. %: 80%

Last Quality Perf.: 2025-12-06

540 Metric: .571

Rating Points: 500

Highest Quarterly Ranking: 4/01/2026

#3 Flyweight

All-Time Rank:

#17 Flyweight

Last Fight Date: 5/09/2026 [UFC]
Last Opponent: [#1 FLW] Joshua Van
Opponent's Last 5: W W W W W

UFC Record: 8-2-0

Octagon Time: 1:57:35

Title Bouts: 0-1-0

Longest Win Streak: 6 (2022-2024)
Next Best Win Streak: 2 (2025)

UFC Debut: 2022-05-14

Last UFC Fight: 2026-05-09

Complete Professional MMA Fight History

Fighter rankings represent most recent generated quarterly rating prior to the fight

	Opponent	Outcome
L	Joshua Van #1 Flyweight	TKO (Front Kick to the Body and Punches) Round 5
	UFC 328 Chimaev vs. Strickland Saturday, May 9th 2026
W	Brandon Moreno #2 Flyweight	TKO (Punches) Round 2
	UFC 323 - Dvalishvili vs. Yan 2 Saturday, December 6th 2025
W	Hyun Sung Park #44 Flyweight	Submission (Face Crank) Round 2
	UFC on ESPN 71 - Taira vs. Park Saturday, August 2nd 2025
L	Brandon Royval #2 Flyweight	Decision (Split) Round 5
	UFC Fight Night 244 - Royval vs. Taira Saturday, October 12th 2024
W	Alex Perez #60 Flyweight	TKO (Knee Injury) Round 2
	UFC Fight Night: Perez vs. Taira Saturday, June 15th 2024
W	Carlos Hernandez #111 Flyweight	TKO (Punches) Round 2
	UFC Fight Night 233 - Song vs. Gutierrez Saturday, December 9th 2023
W	Edgar Chairez #157 Flyweight	Decision (Unanimous) Round 3
	UFC 290 - Volkanovski vs. Rodriguez Saturday, July 8th 2023
W	Jesus Santos Aguilar #71 Flyweight	Submission (Triangle Armbar) Round 1
	UFC Fight Night 218 - Lewis vs. Spivak Saturday, February 4th 2023
W	C.J. Vergara #63 Flyweight	Submission (Armbar) Round 2
	UFC Fight Night: Grasso vs. Araujo Saturday, October 15th 2022
W	Carlos Candelario #174 Flyweight	Decision (Unanimous) Round 3
	UFC on ESPN 36 - Blachowicz vs. Rakic Saturday, May 14th 2022
W	Alfredo Muaiad #270 Flyweight	Submission (Rear Naked Choke) Round 1
	Vale Tudo Japan - VTJ 2021 Saturday, November 6th 2021
W	Ryuya Fukuda #81 Flyweight	Submission (Triangle Choke) Round 1
	Shooto - Professional Shooto 2021 Vol. 4 Sunday, July 4th 2021
W	Yoshiro Maeda #186 Flyweight	Technical Submission (Rear Naked Choke) Round 1
	Shooto - Professional Shooto 2021 Vol. 2 Saturday, March 20th 2021
W	Kiyotaka Shimizu #164 Bantamweight	Decision (Unanimous) Round 3
	Shooto 2020 Vol. 7 Monday, November 23rd 2020
W	Jared Almazan	TKO (Punches) Round 2
	Shooto 2020 1/26: in Korakuen Hall Sunday, January 26th 2020
W	Yamato Takagi	TKO (Punches) Round 1
	Shooto - The Shooto Okinawa Vol. 2 Sunday, November 3rd 2019
W	Takahiro Kohori #337 Flyweight	TKO (Punches) Round 1
	Shooto - Border: Season 11 - The 3rd Sunday, September 22nd 2019
W	Yuto Sekiguchi	Decision (Unanimous) Round 2
	Shooto: Gig Tokyo 27 Saturday, June 8th 2019
W	Ryo Oyakawa	Submission (Guillotine Choke) Round 1
	Shooto - The Shooto Okinawa Vol. 1 Sunday, November 25th 2018
W	Yo Otake	Submission (Triangle Choke) Round 1
	Shooto - This Is Shooto, Vol.2 Friday, August 3rd 2018

	Opponent	Event	Outcome
L	Joshua Van #1 Flyweight	UFC 328 Chimaev vs. Strickland Saturday, May 9th 2026	TKO (Front Kick to the Body and Punches) Round 5
W	Brandon Moreno #2 Flyweight	UFC 323 - Dvalishvili vs. Yan 2 Saturday, December 6th 2025	TKO (Punches) Round 2
W	Hyun Sung Park #44 Flyweight	UFC on ESPN 71 - Taira vs. Park Saturday, August 2nd 2025	Submission (Face Crank) Round 2
L	Brandon Royval #2 Flyweight	UFC Fight Night 244 - Royval vs. Taira Saturday, October 12th 2024	Decision (Split) Round 5
W	Alex Perez #60 Flyweight	UFC Fight Night: Perez vs. Taira Saturday, June 15th 2024	TKO (Knee Injury) Round 2
W	Carlos Hernandez #111 Flyweight	UFC Fight Night 233 - Song vs. Gutierrez Saturday, December 9th 2023	TKO (Punches) Round 2
W	Edgar Chairez #157 Flyweight	UFC 290 - Volkanovski vs. Rodriguez Saturday, July 8th 2023	Decision (Unanimous) Round 3
W	Jesus Santos Aguilar #71 Flyweight	UFC Fight Night 218 - Lewis vs. Spivak Saturday, February 4th 2023	Submission (Triangle Armbar) Round 1
W	C.J. Vergara #63 Flyweight	UFC Fight Night: Grasso vs. Araujo Saturday, October 15th 2022	Submission (Armbar) Round 2
W	Carlos Candelario #174 Flyweight	UFC on ESPN 36 - Blachowicz vs. Rakic Saturday, May 14th 2022	Decision (Unanimous) Round 3
W	Alfredo Muaiad #270 Flyweight	Vale Tudo Japan - VTJ 2021 Saturday, November 6th 2021	Submission (Rear Naked Choke) Round 1
W	Ryuya Fukuda #81 Flyweight	Shooto - Professional Shooto 2021 Vol. 4 Sunday, July 4th 2021	Submission (Triangle Choke) Round 1
W	Yoshiro Maeda #186 Flyweight	Shooto - Professional Shooto 2021 Vol. 2 Saturday, March 20th 2021	Technical Submission (Rear Naked Choke) Round 1
W	Kiyotaka Shimizu #164 Bantamweight	Shooto 2020 Vol. 7 Monday, November 23rd 2020	Decision (Unanimous) Round 3
W	Jared Almazan	Shooto 2020 1/26: in Korakuen Hall Sunday, January 26th 2020	TKO (Punches) Round 2
W	Yamato Takagi	Shooto - The Shooto Okinawa Vol. 2 Sunday, November 3rd 2019	TKO (Punches) Round 1
W	Takahiro Kohori #337 Flyweight	Shooto - Border: Season 11 - The 3rd Sunday, September 22nd 2019	TKO (Punches) Round 1
W	Yuto Sekiguchi	Shooto: Gig Tokyo 27 Saturday, June 8th 2019	Decision (Unanimous) Round 2
W	Ryo Oyakawa	Shooto - The Shooto Okinawa Vol. 1 Sunday, November 25th 2018	Submission (Guillotine Choke) Round 1
W	Yo Otake	Shooto - This Is Shooto, Vol.2 Friday, August 3rd 2018	Submission (Triangle Choke) Round 1

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