UFC Vegas 98 Weigh-in Results and Video: Three fighters miss weight

The UFC octagon is back at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas for Saturday’s UFC Vegas 98 fight card.  The event is headlined by a flyweight bout between top contender Brandon Royval and fifth-ranked Tatsuro Taira.

Royval (16-7) enters the bout coming off a win over former two-time titleholder Brandon Moreno.  The former title challenger has won four of his last five fights.  Taira (16-0) brings with him an undefeated record.  He last fought in January, defeating Alex Perez via TKO. 

Royval and Taira both weighted in at 125.5 pounds.   

UFC Vegas 98 Weigh-In Video

UFC Vegas 98 Official Weigh-in Results

MAIN CARD (ESPN+, 7 p.m. ET)

• Brandon Royval (125.5) vs. Tatsuro Taira (125.5)
• JunYong Park (185.5) vs. Brad Tavares (185)
• Jared Gooden (172.5)*** vs. Chidi Njokuani (170.5)
• Grant Dawson (156) vs. Rafa Garcia (154.5)
• Alex Morono (170.5) vs. Daniel Rodriguez (170)
• Abdul Razak Alhassan (186) vs. Josh Fremd (189)*

PRELIMINARY CARD (ESPN+, 4 p.m. ET)

• Ramazonbek Temirov (125.5) vs. CJ Vergara (126)
• Jonathan Pearce (145) vs. Pat Sabatini (145)
• Themba Gorimbo (170.5) vs. Niko Price (170.5)
• Sean Sharaf (252) vs. Junior Tafa (241)
• Cory McKenna (115) vs. Julia Polastri (115)
• Dan Argueta (138.5)** vs. Cody Haddon (135)
• Clayton Carpenter (125.5) vs. Lucas Rocha (125.5)

*Josh Fremd missed with by three pounds

** Dan Argueta missed with by 2.5 pounds 

*** Jared Gooden missed with by 1.5 pounds.