Editor’s note: The article was updated at 2:15 p.m. ET to
reflect the cancelation of one bout.

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After an electric pay-per-view event in Salt Lake City, the

Ultimate Fighting Championship returns to the UFC Apex for

UFC Fight Night 244.

Headlining the 12-fight card is a five-round flyweight contest
between former title challenger Brandon
Royval and Tatsuro
Taira. Both mixed martial artists came in under the 126-pound
limit. However, the rest of the card wasn’t nearly as professional.
Three fighters missed weight: Jared
Gooden came in 1.5 pounds over the welterweight limit for his
fight against Chidi
Njokuani, Josh Fremd
hit the scales in three pounds overweight for his middleweight
fight against Abdul
Razak Alhassan and Dan Argueta
clocked in 2.5 pounds over for his flyweight fight against Lucas
Rocha. As a result of the high weight miss, Fremd vs. Alhassan
has been canceled. Meanwhile, Gooden has received a 20% fine of his
purse and Argueta has been hit with a 20% fine as well.

This marks the second UFC main event for Royval, who is coming off
a big split decision win over Brandon
Moreno. „Raw Dawg“ has now won four of his last five fights,
with the lone defeat coming to champion Alexandre
Pantoja. The 32-year-old will look to stay a top contender and
officially weighed 125.5 pounds for the fight.

Meanwhile, this is the biggest test in the career of Taira (16-0).
The undefeated fighter most recently defeated Alex Perez
and Carlos
Hernandez and has been perfect inside the Octagon so far. The
24-year-old will look to make a statement and a case for a possible
title shot with a second straight win atop a UFC card. Taira
stepped on the scale at 125.5 pounds.

UFC Fight Night 244 will air on ESPN+ in its entirety on Saturday.
The main card starts at 7 p.m. ET/4 p.m. PT, while the prelims kick
off at 4 p.m. ET/1 p.m. PT.

UFC Fight Night 244 Weigh-in Results:

Brandon
Royval (125.5) vs. Tatsuro
Taira (125.5)
Jun
Yong 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)**
Ramazonbek
Temirov (125.5) vs. C.J. 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)

* Gooden missed weight by 1.5 pounds and will be fined 20% of
his purse.
** Fremd missed weight by three pounds and the fight has been
canceled.
*** Argueta missed weight by 2.5 pounds and will be fined 20% of
his purse.

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