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Joshua Van's first UFC flyweight title defense has been postponed.
Van's scheduled UFC 327 matchup with Tatsuro Taira next Saturday has been shifted to UFC 328 on May 9 at Prudential Center in Newark N.J. (Paramount+), the promotion announced Saturday.
A minor injury to Van was the reason for the change in date, according to the announcement on Saturday's UFC Fight Night 272 broadcast.
Van (16-2 MMA, 9-1 UFC) won the UFC flyweight title by an unceremonious injury TKO against Pantoja at UFC 323 in December. The win not only crowned Van as the first Myanmar-born champion in promotion history, but it also extended his winning streak to six.
Taira (18-1 MMA, 8-1 UFC), who holds the No. 5 spot in the latest USA TODAY Sports/MMA Junkie flyweight rankings, will get his first crack at the title after winning back-to-back fights. In October 2024, he lost the only fight of his career by split decision to former title challenger Brandon Royval. However, he bounced back with a pair of second-round stoppages of Hyun Sung Park and former champion Brandon Moreno.
This article originally appeared on MMA Junkie: Joshua Van vs. Tatsuro Taira title fight off UFC 327, moved to UFC 328
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Van's scheduled UFC 327 matchup with Tatsuro Taira next Saturday has been shifted to UFC 328 on May 9 at Prudential Center in Newark N.J. (Paramount+), the promotion announced Saturday.
A minor injury to Van was the reason for the change in date, according to the announcement on Saturday's UFC Fight Night 272 broadcast.
Van (16-2 MMA, 9-1 UFC) won the UFC flyweight title by an unceremonious injury TKO against Pantoja at UFC 323 in December. The win not only crowned Van as the first Myanmar-born champion in promotion history, but it also extended his winning streak to six.
Taira (18-1 MMA, 8-1 UFC), who holds the No. 5 spot in the latest USA TODAY Sports/MMA Junkie flyweight rankings, will get his first crack at the title after winning back-to-back fights. In October 2024, he lost the only fight of his career by split decision to former title challenger Brandon Royval. However, he bounced back with a pair of second-round stoppages of Hyun Sung Park and former champion Brandon Moreno.
The latest UFC 328 lineup now includes:
- Champ Khamzat Chimaev vs. Sean Strickland – for middleweight title
- Champ Joshua Van vs. Tatsuro Taira – for flyweight title
- Waldo Cortes-Acosta vs. Alexander Volkov
- Sean Brady vs. Joaquin Buckley
- King Green vs. Jeremy Stephens
- Jan Blachowicz vs. Bogdan Guskov
- Ateba Gautier vs. Ozzy Diaz
- Joel Alvarez vs. Yaroslav Amosov
- Roman Kopylov vs. Marco Tulio
- Clayton Carpenter vs. Jose Ochoa
- Djorden Santos vs. Baisangur Susurkaev
- William Gomis vs. Pat Sabatini
This article originally appeared on MMA Junkie: Joshua Van vs. Tatsuro Taira title fight off UFC 327, moved to UFC 328
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