UFC announces huge title eliminator fight

Top-ranked flyweights Amir Albazi vs. Tatsuro Taira announced for UFC Vegas 108 in August

As per UFC, top-ranked flyweights Tatsuro Taira (16-1) and Amir Albazi (17-2) will headline UFC Vegas 108 on August 2.

Both fighters are coming off of losses, with No. 3-ranked Albazi losing to Brandon Moreno in November 2024, and No. 5 Taira suffering his first professional defeat at the hands of Brandon Royval in October.

Their fight will undoubtedly be for title contention, with champion Alexandre Pantoja fighting Kai Kara-France at UFC 317.

In fact, Albazi and Taira are some of the few top-ten flyweights Pantoja hasn't fought.

'The Cannibal' is practically lapping his division:

• Two wins over #1 Royval
• Three wins over #2 Moreno
• Hasn't fought #3 Albazi
• One win over #4 Kara-France
• One win over #6 Manel Kape
• One win over #7 Alex Perez
• Hasn't fought #8 Asu Almabayev
• One win over #9 Steve Erceg
• Hasn't fought #10 Tagir Ulanbekov
• Hasn't fought #11 Tim Elliott
• Hasn't fought #12 Bruno Silva
• Hasn't fought #13 Ramazan Temirov
• Hasn't fought #14 Joshua Van
• One win over #15 Kai Asakura

With their addition, UFC Vegas is up to five fights (subject to change):

• Amir Albazi vs. Tatsuro Taira; fly
• Andre Lima vs. Felipe Bunes; fly
• Piera Rodriguez vs. Ketlen Souza; straw
• Karol Rosa vs. Nora Cornolle; bantam
• Nick Klein vs. Andrey Pulyaev; middle