UFC Vegas 98 Preview Show: Are Brandon Royval and Tatsuro Taira Fighting For A Title Shot?

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🗓️ 11 October 2024

⏱️ 76 minutes

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The UFC returns to the APEX this Saturday for UFC Vegas 98, headlined by a top-10 flyweight matchup between Brandon Royval and Tatsuro Taira. Royval is a former title challenger and the current No. 1-ranked contender at flyweight, while Taira is the undefeated prospect trying to make his way to the belt for the first time. Ahead of Saturday’s Fight Night card, MMA Fighting’s Jed Meshew and Alexander K. Lee preview the entire card, including who wins the main event and whether a title shot is next up for the winner. Additionally, they discuss under-the-radar matchups on the card, which fighters are in danger of receiving their walking papers, the state of MMA judging, and much more. Follow Jed Meshew: @JedKMeshew Follow Alexander K. Lee: @AlexanderKLee Subscribe to MMA Fighting Check out our full video catalog Like MMA Fighting on Facebook Follow on Twitter Read More: http://www.mmafighting.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	You're listening to the Vox Media Podcast Network. Mixed martial arts
0:15.0	arts.
0:16.0	Mixed martial arts.
0:18.0	How do we like our martial arts?
0:20.8	We like them next! Yeah!
0:24.0	Yeah!
0:25.0	Yeah!
0:27.0	Oh, Casey, Casey, Casey, Casey.
0:30.0	I personally like my martial arts to take place in a half empty gymnasium in the middle of the Nevada desert.
0:38.0	That's right, I'm talking of course about the world's most famous apex because this Saturday we're going
0:44.7	back you see Vegas 98 and this is the preview show everybody did hype
0:50.0	waho yahy us I'm Jen Micho, I'm Mid-Fi.com, you know the deal at this point.
0:56.5	We are one sleep away, as the wonderful John Anick likes to say, from USC Vegas 98, headlined by a flyweight contest between Brandon Royval and Tatsu or Tyra and some other stuff happening.
1:09.6	So as we always do, it's a preview show. We'll do the same things, we'll talk about the fights,
1:14.6	maybe even mix a little boxing discourse, who knows we'll get to, and at the end will ask your questions.
1:19.7	But it's not just me, it's not E. Casey Leiden, joining me today.
1:24.2	He's not my best friend, but he might be the best guy I know,
1:28.7	the king of the north.
1:30.2	I'm talking of course about Mr. Alexander Kay Lee,
1:33.8	A-K.
1:34.8	That is way too kind, Jed, thank you, way too kind.
1:38.1	I'm doing great after that introduction.
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