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Tatsuro Taira
“The Best”
JapanFlyweightActiveage 26
18-2
90% win rate
L1 streak
Peak Vertex
2024-06-15 → 2024-06-1557held 5 bouts-10 vs current
Bouts at peak
- Wvs · KO · 2024-06-15
EndedLvs · S-Dec · 2024-10-12 · score → 40
Career timeline
Each dot is a fight — green wins, red losses, larger dots are title fights. Hover for details, click to open the bout.
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- Loss
- Draw / No contest
- Title
8 wins2 losseslast 5: L W W L Wdrag to scroll · 1993–2026
Key stats
Six attributes derived from striking, grappling, and finishing rates.
Striking heatmap
Significant strikes by target zone, aggregated across all UFC rounds.
Round-by-round averages
Average values per round across the selected fights — toggle metrics below.
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Metrics
| Metric | R1(10) | R2(9) | R3(4) | R4(2) | R5(2) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sig Str landed | 11.7 | 27.7 | 16.3 | 10.5 | 18.4 |
| Sig Str absorbed | 7.2 | 11.7 | 32.0 | 12.0 | 65.5 |
| Takedowns landed | 1.12 | 2.19 | 0.75 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| Takedowns absorbed | 0.20 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.50 |
| Control time | 2:40 | 2:51 | 2:07 | 3:52 | 0:46 |
Fight history
Career UFC bouts in reverse chronological order.
- UFC 328: Chimaev vs. Strickland2026-05-09L·KO·R5 · 1:32
- UFC 323: Dvalishvili vs. Yan 22025-12-06W·KO·R2 · 2:24
- UFC Fight Night: Taira vs. Park2025-08-02W·Sub·R2 · 1:06
- UFC Fight Night: Royval vs. Taira2024-10-12L·S-Dec·R5 · 5:00
- UFC Fight Night: Perez vs. Taira2024-06-15W·KO·R2 · 2:59
- UFC Fight Night: Song vs. Gutierrez2023-12-09W·KO·R2 · 0:55
- UFC 290: Volkanovski vs. Rodriguez2023-07-08W·U-Dec·R3 · 5:00
- UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Spivac2023-02-04W·Sub·R1 · 4:20
- UFC Fight Night: Grasso vs. Araujo2022-10-15W·Sub·R2 · 4:19
- UFC Fight Night: Blachowicz vs. Rakic2022-05-14W·U-Dec·R3 · 5:00
In the news
Recent MMA headlines that mention this fighter.
- MMA Fighting
Manel Kape has chosen immediate action over idle negotiation, turning down the UFC's offer to wait for a title shot and instead accepting a rematch against Kyoji Horiguchi at UFC Vegas 119. After…
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