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Taira, HyunSung Park Headline UFC Fight Night in High-Stakes Flyweight Clash

By LockerRoom Team July 31, 2025

UFC Fight Night: Taira vs. Park is set to air live across Asia on Sunday, Aug. 3, with preliminary bouts beginning at 6 a.m. and the main card at 9 a.m. HKT.

Headlining the card, No. 6 ranked flyweight Tatsuro Taira (16-1), fighting out of Naha, Okinawa, Japan, returns to the Octagon to take on undefeated HyunSung Park (10-0) of Gyeonggi-do, South Korea. Taira, known for his finishing ability with seven wins by submission and five by knockout, looks to continue his climb toward title contention. His resume includes victories over Alex Perez, Carlos Hernandez and Edgar Chairez.

Park, who holds five submission wins and four knockouts, eyes a breakthrough into the division's top 10. The South Korean prospect brings momentum from wins over Carlos Hernandez and Shannon Ross and hopes to remain unbeaten.

In the co-main event, UFC lightweights Mateusz Rebecki (20-2), fighting out of Szczecin, Poland, and Chris Duncan (13-2) of Glasgow, Scotland, face off in a bout expected to deliver fireworks. Rebecki, with nine knockouts and seven submissions, has 10 first-round finishes and holds wins over Myktybek Orolbai, Roosevelt Roberts and Loik Radzhabov. Duncan enters with seven knockouts and three submissions, and wins over Jordan Vucenic, Bolaji Oki and Yanal Ashmouz.

Other featured matchups include:

  • Lightweights: Elves Brener (16-5, São Paulo, Brazil) vs. Esteban Ribovics (14-2, Córdoba, Argentina)

  • Women’s Bantamweight: No. 10 Karol Rosa (18-7, Niterói, Brazil) vs. No. 12 Nora Cornolle (9-2, Épinay-sur-Seine, France)

  • Welterweight: Neil Magny (29-14, Denver, Colo.) vs. Elizeu dos Santos (25-9-1, Francisco Beltrao, Brazil)

  • Featherweight: Danny Silva (10-1, Santa Ana, Calif.) vs. Kevin Vallejos (15-1, Mar del Plata, Argentina)

  • Bantamweight: Rinya Nakamura (9-1, Saitama, Japan) vs. Nathan Fletcher (9-2, Southport, England)

  • Middleweight: Rodolfo Vieira (10-3, Orlando, Fla., via Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) vs. Tresean Gore (6-3, Norcross, Ga.)

  • Middleweight: Nick Klein (6-2, Adell, Wisc.) vs. Andrey Pulyaev (9-3, Novosibirsk, Russia)

  • Bantamweight: Austin Bashi (13-1, West Bloomfield, Mich.) vs. John Yannis (9-3, Plainview, Texas)

  • Flyweight: Rafael Estevam (13-0, Macapá, Brazil) vs. Felipe Bunes (14-7, Natal, Brazil)

  • Women’s Strawweight: Piera Rodriguez (10-2, Malaga, Spain) vs. Ketlen Souza (15-5, Manaus, Brazil)

UFC Fight Night: Taira vs. Park is available for viewing in Asia via regional broadcasters.