UFC Fight Night Presented by Bud Light: Royval vs. Taira

7 p.m. ET: Main Card | 4 p.m. ET: Prelims

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UFC returns to Las Vegas this weekend with UFC Fight Night: Royval vs. Taira, live from UFC APEX on Saturday, Oct. 12, on ESPN+ (English and Spanish) and SiriusXM Fight Nation, with the main card at 7 p.m. ET and Prelims beginning at 4 p.m.

Main Event

• Top 5 flyweights Brandon Royval and Tatsuro Taira are set to face off in the main event. No. 1 ranked Royval (16-7), who fell short in his championship bid last year at UFC 296, bounced back with a split decision win over Brandon Moreno this past February. He now returns to the Octagon determined to become the first fighter to defeat Taira. No. 5 ranked Taira (16-0) has added six victories to his undefeated record since joining the UFC and is coming off a second-round win over Alex Perez in his first UFC main event last June.

Co-Main Event

• Middleweight veterans Brad Tavares and JunYong Park are set to clash in the co-main event. Tavares (20-10), who began his UFC journey at The Ultimate Fighter Season 11, looks to get back in the win column by relying on his experience and striking. Park (17-6), known for bouncing back stronger after defeats, aims to start another streak following his narrow split decision loss to Andre Muniz in his last fight.

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• Dana White’s Contender Series

 On the call

• Brendan Fitzgerald will call the action alongside former UFC bantamweight champion Dominick Cruz and UFC lightweight Paul Felder. Charly Arnolt will handle reporting duties.

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Programming (All times ET)

Thurs. 10/10	8 p.m.	UFC: Camino al Octágono	ESPN Deportes
Fri. 10/11	5 p.m.	UFC Live Presented by Cuervo	ESPN2
	6:05 p.m.	UFC Fight Night Pre-Show Presented by Cuervo: Royval vs. Taira	ESPN+
Sat. 10/12	4 p.m.	UFC Fight Night Presented by Bud Light: Royval vs. Taira (Prelims)	ESPN+ (English & Spanish) SiriusXM Fight Nation Channel #156
	7 p.m.	UFC Fight Night Presented by Bud Light: Royval vs. Taira (Main Card)
	10 p.m.*	UFC Fight Night Post-Fight Show presented by Cuervo: Royval vs. Taira	ESPN+ SiriusXM Fight Nation Channel #156

*Immediately following Main Event. 

Main Card and Prelims (All times ET)

7 PM	Main	Brandon Royval vs. Tatsuro Taira
	Co-Main	Brad Tavares vs. JunYong Park
	Undercard	Chidi Njokuani vs. Jared Gooden
	Undercard	Grant Dawson vs. Rafa Garcia
	Undercard	Daniel Rodriguez vs. Alex Morono
	Undercard	Abdul Razak Alhassan vs. Josh Fremd
4 PM	Feature	CJ Vergara vs. Ramazan Temirov
	Undercard	Jonathan Pearce vs. Pat Sabatini
	Undercard	Themba Gorimbo vs. Niko Price
	Undercard	Junior Tafa vs. Sean Sharaf
	Undercard	Julia Polastri vs. Cory McKenna
	Undercard	Dan Argueta vs. Cody Haddon
	Undercard	Clayton Carpenter vs. Lucas Rocha

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