All fightersTatsuro Taira
“The Best”
Flyweight18-2RECORD
6KO / TKO WINS
8SUBMISSION WINS
4DECISION WINS
Profile
| Full name | Not added yet |
|---|---|
| Nickname | The Best |
| Date of birth | 27 Jan 2000 |
| Nationality | Japanese |
| Birthplace | Naha, Okinawa, Japan |
| Lives in | Not added yet |
| Division | Flyweight |
| Team | The Blackbelt Japan |
| Height | 170 cm (5′7″) |
| Reach | 178 cm (70″) |
| Stance | Orthodox |
| Weight | 56.7 kg (125 lb) |
| Status | Not added yet |
| Pro debut | 3 Aug 2018 |
| UFC debut | 14 May 2022 |
| Last fight | 9 May 2026 |
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Fight history
20 professional fights on file (10 in the UFC). Newest first.
| Result | Opponent | Method | Round | Time | Event | Date | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loss | Joshua Van | KO/TKO (punches) | 5 | 1:32 | UFC 328: Chimaev vs. Strickland | 9 May 2026 | Newark, New Jersey, USA |
| Bout UFC Flyweight Title BoutReferee Vitor RibeiroScheduled 5 rounds | |||||||
| Win | Brandon Moreno | KO/TKO (punches) | 2 | 2:24 | UFC 323: Dvalishvili vs. Yan 2 | 6 Dec 2025 | Las Vegas, Nevada, USA |
| Bout Flyweight BoutReferee Mark SmithScheduled 3 rounds | |||||||
| Win | Park Hyun-sung | Submission (neck crank) | 2 | 1:06 | UFC Fight Night: Taira vs. Park | 2 Aug 2025 | Las Vegas, Nevada, USA |
| Bout Flyweight BoutReferee Mark SmithScheduled 5 rounds | |||||||
| Loss | Brandon Royval | Decision (split) | 5 | 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Royval vs. Taira | 12 Oct 2024 | Las Vegas, Nevada, USA |
| Bout Flyweight BoutReferee Jason HerzogScheduled 5 roundsScorecards Chris Lee 47-48, Sal D'amato 48-47, Ron McCarthy 47-48 | |||||||
| Win | Alex Perez | KO/TKO | 2 | 2:59 | UFC Fight Night: Perez vs. Taira | 15 Jun 2024 | Las Vegas, Nevada, USA |
| Bout Flyweight BoutReferee Herb DeanScheduled 5 rounds | |||||||
| Win | Carlos Hernandez | KO/TKO (punches) | 2 | 0:55 | UFC Fight Night: Song vs. Gutierrez | 9 Dec 2023 | Las Vegas, Nevada, USA |
| Bout Flyweight BoutReferee Mark SmithScheduled 3 rounds | |||||||
| Win | Édgar Cháirez | Decision (unanimous) | 3 | 5:00 | UFC 290: Volkanovski vs. Rodriguez | 8 Jul 2023 | Las Vegas, Nevada, USA |
| Bout Catch Weight BoutReferee Herb DeanScheduled 3 roundsScorecards Adalaide Byrd 29-27, Ben Cartlidge 29-27, Derek Cleary 29-27 | |||||||
| Win | Jesus Aguilar | Submission (triangle armbar) | 1 | 4:20 | UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Spivac | 4 Feb 2023 | Las Vegas, Nevada, USA |
| Bout Flyweight BoutReferee Chris TognoniScheduled 3 rounds | |||||||
| Win | CJ Vergara | Submission (armbar) | 2 | 4:19 | UFC Fight Night: Grasso vs. Araujo | 15 Oct 2022 | Las Vegas, Nevada, USA |
| Bout Flyweight BoutReferee Kerry HatleyScheduled 3 rounds | |||||||
| Win | Carlos Candelario | Decision (unanimous) | 3 | 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Blachowicz vs. Rakic | 14 May 2022 | Las Vegas, Nevada, USA |
| Bout Flyweight BoutReferee Mike BeltranScheduled 3 roundsScorecards Derek Cleary 30-26, Ron McCarthy 30-27, Adalaide Byrd 30-27 | |||||||
| Win | Alfredo Muaiad | Submission (rear-naked choke) | 1 | 4:12 | Vale Tudo Japan 2021 | 6 Nov 2021 | Tokyo, Japan |
| Win | Ryuya Fukuda | Submission (triangle choke) | 1 | 4:31 | Shooto: 2021 Vol. 4 | 4 Jul 2021 | Osaka, Japan |
| Win | Yoshiro Maeda | Technical Submission (rear-naked choke) | 1 | 1:01 | Shooto: 2021 Vol. 2 | 20 Mar 2021 | Tokyo, Japan |
| Win | Kiyotaka Shimizu | Decision (unanimous) | 3 | 5:00 | Shooto: 2020 Vol. 7 | 23 Nov 2020 | Tokyo, Japan |
| Win | Jared Almazan | TKO (punches) | 2 | 0:19 | Shooto: 2020 Vol. 1 | 26 Jan 2020 | Tokyo, Japan |
| Win | Yamato Takagi | TKO (punches) | 2 | 4:40 | Shooto: The Shooto Okinawa Vol. 2 | 3 Nov 2019 | Okinawa, Japan |
| Win | Takahiro Kohori | TKO (punches) | 1 | 1:00 | Shooto: Border Season 11 the 3rd | 22 Sep 2019 | Osaka, Japan |
| Win | Yuto Sekiguchi | Decision (unanimous) | 2 | 5:00 | Shooto: Gig Tokyo 27 | 8 Jun 2019 | Tokyo, Japan |
| Win | Ryo Oyakawa | Submission (guillotine choke) | 1 | 3:24 | Shooto: The Shooto Okinawa Vol. 1 | 25 Nov 2018 | Okinawa, Japan |
| Win | Yo Otake | Submission (triangle choke) | 1 | 2:46 | Shooto: This Is Shooto Vol. 2 | 3 Aug 2018 | Tokyo, Japan |