Tatsuro Taira Record, Stats & Next Fight

UFC fight history

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Event	Date
L	CJoshua VanTitle Flyweight	KO/TKO	Punches to Head At Distance	R5	1:32	UFC 328: Chimaev vs. Strickland	May 9, 2026
W	#2Brandon Moreno Flyweight	KO/TKO	Punches to Head From Back Control	R2	2:24	UFC 323: Dvalishvili vs. Yan 2	Dec 6, 2025
W	HyunSung Park Flyweight	Submission	Neck Crank From Back Control	R2	1:06	UFC Fight Night: Taira vs. Park	Aug 2, 2025
L	#1Brandon Royval Flyweight	Decision	Split	R5	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Royval vs. Taira	Oct 12, 2024
W	#5Alex Perez Flyweight	KO/TKO	to Leg injury to Perez	R2	2:59	UFC Fight Night: Perez vs. Taira	Jun 15, 2024
W	Carlos Hernandez Flyweight	KO/TKO	Punches to Head On Ground	R2	0:55	UFC Fight Night: Song vs. Gutierrez	Dec 9, 2023
W	Edgar Chairez Catch Weight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC 290: Volkanovski vs. Rodriguez	Jul 8, 2023
W	Jesus Aguilar Flyweight	Submission	Triangle Armbar From Bottom Guard	R1	4:20	UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Spivac	Feb 4, 2023
W	CJ Vergara Flyweight	Submission	Armbar From Back Control	R2	4:19	UFC Fight Night: Grasso vs. Araujo	Oct 15, 2022
W	Carlos Candelario Flyweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Blachowicz vs. Rakic	May 14, 2022

Outside the UFC

10-0across 10 bouts · 2 promotions · wins by 3 KO · 5 sub · 2 decShooto · Vale Tudo Japan

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Promotion	Date
W	Alfredo Muaiad10-9	Submission	Rear-Naked Choke	R1	4:12	Vale Tudo Japan	Nov 6, 2021
W	Ryuya Fukuda26-10-1	Submission	Triangle Choke	R1	4:31	Shooto	Jul 4, 2021
W	Yoshiro Maeda40-19-3	Submission	Rear-Naked Choke	R1	1:01	Shooto	Mar 20, 2021
W	Kiyotaka Shimizu25-16-3	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	Shooto	Nov 23, 2020
W	Jared Almazan1-4	KO/TKO	Punches	R2	0:19	Shooto	Jan 26, 2020
W	Yamato Takagi7-2	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	2:18	Shooto	Nov 3, 2019
W	Takahiro Kohori14-16-2	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	1:00	Shooto	Sep 22, 2019
W	Yuto Sekiguchi14-7-2	Decision	Unanimous	R2	5:00	Shooto	Jun 8, 2019
W	Ryo Oyakawa7-5	Submission	Guillotine Choke	R1	3:24	Shooto	Nov 25, 2018
W	Yo Otake8-16-2	Submission	Triangle Choke	R1	2:46	Shooto	Aug 3, 2018

Non-UFC bouts (regional/other promotions) and Dana White’s Contender Series — shown for context only, excluded from Schedule Score, striking/grappling rates, and every UFC-scoped metric.

Amateur

1-0across 1 amateur bout · 1 promotionLequio Battle

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Promotion	Date
W	Ken Chiken0-1	Submission	Rear-Naked Choke	R1	1:05	Lequio Battle	Apr 23, 2017

Amateur (pre-professional) bouts — shown for context only and excluded from the professional record and every UFC-scoped metric.

Method of victory & defeat

KO / TKO

6 wins, 1 loss

W6

L1

Submission

8 wins, 0 losses

W8

L0

Decision

4 wins, 1 loss

W4

L1

Finishes

UFC KOs

3

Above avg · 9%Flyweight

Knockdowns / fight

0.30

Above avg · 0.22Flyweight

UFC submissions

3

Above avg · 8%Flyweight

Submission attempts / fight

1.00

Above avg · 0.48Flyweight

KO history

Knockout power and chin durability (UFC; clean KOs only).

Tatsuro Taira

PowerChin

Knockout rate

30%

3 KO/TKO wins

Knockdowns dealt

3

1.14 per 100 head

Clean KO losses

1

cuts / injury TKOs excluded

Knockdowns absorbed

3

1.00 per 100 head

Chin gauges use a league scale: green = clean record, red = bottom ~10% of UFC fighters (4+ KO losses · 6+ knockdowns absorbed).

Never submittedin the UFC

Decision behavior

Judging

3 scorecards on file

Tatsuro Taira

Scorecard luck

Wrong end of the cards

Won just 0 of 1 coin-flip decision — repeatedly on the wrong end of close calls. Judges have given them 0 of 1 round they disagreed on (0%).

Coin-flip decisions

Split + majority

0–1

Won – Lost

Swing rounds

Judges disagreed

0–1

Won – Lost

0% went their way

Unanimous2 decisions · 67%

2W

Split1 decision · 33%

1L

Majority

None

10-8 rounds

4 rounds total

4

Won

0

Lost

Most frequent judges

All judges →

Scorecard data ingested from MMA Decisions

Career striking

OverallC45th

54%337 / 620

Striking accuracy

44%

Striking defense

Sig. strikes / min-0.23 differential

Landed2.87

Absorbed3.10

45%str + td

Defensive rating

Striking edge

-2%accuracy vs opp. landing

worseevenbetter

Strike maps

Sig. strikes by target

Head78%59th263
Body8%18th26
Leg14%49th48

Color = division rank · green elite → red low · % = share of strikes

Sig. strikes by position

54%Standing

Standing54%183
Clinch4%14
Ground42%140

Striking zones

Per-15-minute breakdown — where this fighter lands, and where they get hit.

UFC only

Tatsuro Taira

Landed per 15

Head

B

62nd

33.6

62nd

Body

F

7th

3.3

7th

Leg

C

44th

6.1

44th

Ranks are division percentiles — e.g. 90th = top 10% of the weight class. Higher is always better: on “absorbed” rows the rank is inverted, so a high rank means they get hit less.

Absorbed per 15

Head

D

33rd

38.1

33rd

Body

A+

86th

5.9

86th

Leg

A+

95th

2.6

95th

Ranks are division percentiles — e.g. 90th = top 10% of the weight class. Higher is always better: on “absorbed” rows the rank is inverted, so a high rank means they get hit less.

Career totals — landed / attempted

Landed (career total)

Zone	Per 15	Landed	Attempted	Accuracy
Head	33.6	263	528	50%
Body	3.3	26	38	68%
Leg	6.1	48	54	89%

Absorbed (career total)

Zone	Per 15	Landed	Attempted	Accuracy
Head	38.1	299	557	54%
Body	5.9	46	62	74%
Leg	2.6	20	33	61%

UFCStats career rates, per 15 minutes. Percentiles vs the division; absorbed is inverted so higher is better.

Grappling

Per-15-minute breakdown of takedowns, submissions, and ground control.

UFC only

Tatsuro Taira

44%

Takedown accuracy

46%

Takedown defense

Control / 15 min+6.8 min net

On top8.1

On bottom1.3

Offense

Takedowns

A

83rd

3.6

83rd

TD accuracy

B

67th

44%

67th

Sub attempts

A

76th

1.3

76th

Control

A+

95th

8.1 min

95th

Defense

TD defense

D

28th

46%

28th

Controlled

1.3 min

Career totals — landed / attempted, control time

Offense

Takedowns	28 / 64
Submission attempts	10
Control time	63:21

Defense

TDs defended	6 / 13
Control absorbed	9:58

Rates above are per 15 minutes of UFC fight time (118min total). Value colors reflect the per-15 rate’s percentile against the current weight class baseline; raw totals without a division reference stay neutral.

Pace & fade

Round-by-round work rate, and whether they fade.

UFC only

Tatsuro Taira

10 UFC bouts (per‑round) · 118 min

101%

R3 pace · 4 bouts

Taira holds steady (+2% per round through round 5). Within fights that reached round 3, Taira sustains 101% of round-1 output by round 3 (4 bouts).

Taira — HOLDSOutput / min

Rounds backed by fewer than 2 bouts are drawn smaller and dimmed with an n= count — a deep round seen in one or two fights is a thin sample, not a settled rate. Per-round bout counts are in the breakdown below.

Full per-round breakdown

What drives the pace · per round

The composite output line above blends these three inputs — splitting them out shows whether the work rate is built on striking volume, takedown pressure, or top control, and which input fades.

Sig. strikes landed

Tairalanded / min

Takedown attempts

Tairaattempts / min

Control time

Taira% of round

Round	Output / min	Sig landed / min	Sig absorbed / min	TD att / min	Control	Bouts
R1	5.8	2.4	1.5	0.43	53%	10
R2	7.8	3.6	2.2	0.57	63%	9
R3	6.9	3.3	6.4	0.65	42%	4
R4	7.0	2.1	2.4	0.60	77%	2
R5	6.7	3.2	10.7	0.92	19%	2

Output / minis the headline work rate — significant strikes landed, plus 3 per takedown attempt, plus one per 15 seconds of control — so a takedown-and-grind round isn’t scored as idle the way bare striking volume would. The remaining columns are its components. Per-round rates use UFCStats per-round data (available for ~95% of bouts since 2008). Each round’s rates are averaged only over bouts that reached that round, so the bout count shrinks as rounds deepen. The final round of a finished fight is pro-rated by its actual length.

Schedule Score

Opponent quality, ranked across the UFC. Recent fights weighted heavier.

UFC only

Tatsuro Taira

10 resolved UFC bouts · 4 ranked at the time

Schedule Score

56/ 100

0255075100

Schedule strength

A

83rd

55%

83rd

Win quality

A+

89th

58%

89th

Opponent quality distribution

Every UFC bout, grouped by who the opponent was at the time.

2

1

3

2

ChampionHeld the title in this weight class at the time
Top-5Ranked #1–#5 at the time
Cross-div rankedRanked #1–#15 in another division at the time
Building3+ UFC fights, ≥.40 win rate
UnprovenFewer than 3 fights, or sub-.40 win rate

Tier	Bouts	Record	Win rate
Champion	2	1-1	50%
Top-5	2	1-1	50%
Cross-div ranked	1	1-0	100%
Building	3	3-0	100%
Unproven	2	2-0	100%

Highest-quality opponents

Toughest opponents on the scheduleScore, scored at the time of the fight.

All bouts — opponent quality bout-by-bout

Res	Opponent	Tier	Score	Date
L	Joshua VanCHAMP	Champion	100	May 9, 2026
W	Brandon Moreno#2	Champion	96	Dec 6, 2025
W	HyunSung Park	Building	18	Aug 2, 2025
L	Brandon Royval#1	Top-5	90	Oct 12, 2024
W	Alex Perez#5	Top-5	80	Jun 15, 2024
W	Carlos Hernandez	Building	18	Dec 9, 2023
W	Edgar Chairez	Cross-div ranked	32	Jul 8, 2023
W	Jesus Aguilar	Building	15	Feb 4, 2023
W	CJ Vergara	Unproven	8	Oct 15, 2022
W	Carlos Candelario	Unproven	8	May 14, 2022

Per-bout quality scoring: champion = 100; same-division ranks 1–5 = 90 → 78 linear; ranks 6–15 = 75 → 60 linear; cross-division champion = 78; cross-division ranked = 45; title-fight challenger (no rank signal) = 50, bumped to 65 when opp had an elite career UFC record at the time. Unranked opponents are scored on UFC record-at-time (long-tenured vet 60, contender-level 45, established 30, building 18, unproven 8). P4P top-10 at time adds +5; top-3 adds +8 (capped at 100). The Schedule Score combines schedule strength (65%) and quality wins (35%), then is held toward a rookie baseline for fighters with limited UFC experience so a thin résumé reads honestly low.

Career cohorts

10 resolved UFC bouts

Performance broken down by situation — camp length, response to the previous result, title-fight presence, and rematches. Computed across every completed UFC bout.

Camp length

Days between fights

Short turnaround

< 100 days

—

Typical camp

100–180 days

5-2

7 bouts

Long layoff

> 180 days

2-0

2 bouts

UFC debut

first UFC bout

1-0

1 bout

Post-result bounce

Performance based on the previous UFC result

After a loss

next bout after a defeat

1-0

1 bout

After a win

next bout after a win

6-2

8 bouts

First UFC bout

no precedent

1-0

1 bout

Title fights

Performance with a belt on the line

All title fights

as challenger or champion

0-1

1 bout

As champion

defending the belt

—

As challenger

fighting for the belt

0-1

1 bout

Rematches

Performance when meeting an opponent again

All rematches

any second meeting

—

Revenge bouts

lost the first meeting

—

Encore bouts

won the first meeting

—

Activity & layoff

Last fight, activity, and divisional context.

Time since last UFC bout

2 months

Active

0–6 mo

Normal

6–12 mo

Layoff

12–18 mo

Extended

18+ mo

Tatsuro Taira

Active

2 monthssince last bout

vs Joshua Van · May 9, 2026

DraftKings fantasy scoring

DFSAs favorite 8-2

98.6

DK avg

101.9

Median

107.0

Ceiling

90.1

Floor

90%

Boom

0%

Bust

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