Joshua Bunn produced one other Battle of the Yr candidate on Saturday evening at UFC 328, efficiently defending his flyweight title in opposition to Tatsuro Taira.
The story of the opening spherical was that Taira landed three takedowns, one in all which got here lower than a minute into the struggle. Vann managed to get to his toes on all three events and land strong strikes, however Taira’s management time made it seem as if the scorecards have been in his favor early on.
Taira secured a takedown within the second as effectively, however the story of the spherical occurred within the closing moments. Van stood up and landed a scary proper hand that despatched Taira falling to the mat. Van chased exhausting for the end, however Taira outran Arashi and reached third place.
Vann continued to dominate within the third struggle, knocking Taira down once more and almost tying him with a rear bare choke. Nevertheless, regardless of his finest efforts, Taira weathered the storm and completed the spherical in first place.
After a late takedown within the third, Taira recovered to his toes within the fourth and was in a position to get Van again to the mat for the higher a part of 5 minutes. Sadly for Taira, that will be his final spherical.
Within the fifth and closing spherical, Vann ripped the physique a number of instances earlier than touchdown a clear proper hand that despatched Taira into the ropes and appeared to have his again turned. For referee Jason Herzog, that was a sound motive to intervene and name for a stoppage.
Taira instantly protested, however his physique language was that of a fighter unable to guard himself intelligently, so the match was stopped.
official outcomes: Joshua Vann def. Hirataro received by TKO (by blow) at 1 minute 32 seconds into the fifth spherical and defended his UFC flyweight world title.
