UFC Fight Night: Royval vs Taira, also known as UFC Vegas 98 or UFC Fight Night 244, is scheduled for October 12, 2024, at UFC Apex Arena in Las Vegas, NV. The event will be headlined by a flyweight bout between Brandon Royval and Tatsura Taira.

The event is scheduled to start at 4 PM ET with the prelims card. The main card will start at 7 PM ET, which will be aired on ESPN+ streaming and ESPN TV in United States along with UFC Fight Pass in other countries.

FIGHT CARD

PRELIMS

#Fight 1: Chidi Njokuani vs Jared Gooden – Welterweight Bout

#Fight 2: Niko Price vs Themba Gorimbo – Welterweight Bout

#Fight 3: C.J. Vergara vs Ramazonbek Temirov – Flyweight Bout

#Fight 4: Grant Dawson vs Rafa García – Lightweight Bout

MAIN CARD

#Fight 5: Polyana Viana vs Cory McKenna – Women’s Strawweight Bout

#Fight 6: Chris Barnett vs Waldo Cortes-Acosta – Heavyweight Bout

#Fight 7: Clayton Carpenter vs Lucas Rocha – Flyweight Bout

#Fight 8: Abdul Razak Alhassan vs Josh Fremd – Middleweight Bout

#Fight 9: Main Event: Brandon Royval vs Tatsuro Taira – Flyweight Bout

REPORTED FIGHTS

Park Jun-yong vs Brad Tavares – Middleweight Bout_{(First Reported realkevink on August 1)}
Jonathan Pearce vs Pat Sabatini – Featherweight Bout_{(First Reported NolanKing on August 27)}

CANCELED BOUT

Cody Garbrandt vs Miles Johns – Moved to November 12 Fight Night event

NOTES

On August 13, 2024, Nolan King of MMA Junkie reported that UFC applied for an event permit with NSAC for a Fight Night event on October 12, 2024, at UFC Apex Arena in Las Vegas, NV. The event was then called UFC Vegas 98 event as it is the 98th Fight Night event to take place at this venue.

On August 1, 2024, MMA Content Creator Krazy Kevin revealed that top ranked flyweights Brandon Royval and Tatsuro Taira would clash at this event. On August 24, 2024, UFC revealed that this bout would headline the event.

Middleweights Brad Tavares and Park Jun-yong were slated for a bout at UFC Vegas 94 event in July 2024. Park was deemed medically unfit after the weigh-ins and the bout had to be canceled. The bout was later rebooked for this event.

A bantamweight bout between Cody Garbrandt and Miles Johns was booked for this event. However, it was later moved to Fight Night event on November 12, 2024.

Debut: Lucas Rocha

UFC Fight Night: Royval vs Taira, October 12, 2024