EDMONTON, ALBERTA – NOVEMBER 02: Amir Albazi of Iraq prepares to face Brandon Moreno of Mexico in a … More
Two highly-ranked flyweights headline the UFC Vegas 108 fight card, which takes place on August 2 at UFC Apex in Las Vegas. In that matchup, Amir Albazi and Tatsuro Taira look to bounce back from the first losses of their UFC careers. In addition to Albazi vs. Taira, the UFC has announced six other fights for the upcoming UFC Fight Night event.
UFC Vegas 108 marks the first UFC fight card at the Apex since UFC Vegas 107 on May 31.
UFC Vegas 108 Fight Card: Official Fights
Amir Albazi vs. Tatsuro Taira – Flyweight
Karol Rosa vs. Nora Cornolle – Women’s Bantamweight
Nick Klein vs. Andrey Pulyaev – Middleweight
Rodolfo Vieira vs. Tresean Gore – Middleweight
Andre Lima vs. Felipe Burns – Flyweight
Piera Rodriguez vs. Ketlen Souza – Strawweight
Azamat Bekoev vs. Torrez Finney – Middleweight
UFC Vegas 108 Fight Card Date:
Saturday, August 2, 2025
UFC Vegas 108 Fight Card Location:
UFC Apex in Las Vegas, NV
UFC Vegas 108 Fight Card Time:
Prelims: 4:00 p.m. ET
Main Card: 6:00 p.m. ET
UFC Vegas 108 Fight Card How To Watch Or Stream:
ESPN and ESPN+
UFC Vegas 108 Fight Card Main Event: Amir Albazi vs. Tatsuro Taira
LAS VEGAS, NEVADA – JUNE 03: Amir Albazi of Iraq is introduced by Bruce Buffer prior to his … More
Amir Albazi (17-2) enters UFC Vegas 108 as the No. 3 fighter in the UFC’s flyweight division.
Albazi made his UFC debut as a short-notice replacement in a bantamweight scrap against Malcolm Gordon in July 2020. Albazi won that matchup via submission. He then dropped to flyweight for his next outing, a January 2021 decision win over Zhalgas Zhumagulov.
Wins over Francisco Figueiredo, Alessandro Costa, and Kai Kara-France followed, which earned him a February booking opposite former UFC flyweight champ Brandon Moreno. Albazi was forced from that card due to a neck injury. At the time, Albazi wrote on Twitter, “I’m out of the fight against Moreno 24th of February. I have been dealing with a serious neck injury the past weeks. After some scans the UFC doctors decided to pull me out of the fight immediately. I want to apologize to the fans and the UFC. I will be back inshallah.”
A healthy Albazi finally got his shot at Moreno in November 2024 in a main event matchup in Edmonton. Moreno won that contest via unanimous decision, handing Albazi his first loss since April 2019 when he was with Brave CF.
LAS VEGAS, NEVADA – OCTOBER 12: Tatsuro Taira of Japan prepares to face Brandon Royval in a … More
Taira (16-1) has risen up the UFC flyweight ranks fairly quickly. He joined the UFC in May 2022 with a record of 10-0, and after winning the Shooto flyweight title.
Taira opened his UFC career with a unanimous decision win over Carlos Candelario in May 2022. He followed that with back-to-back submission wins in contests where he earned “Performance of the Night” bonuses, defeating C.J. Vergara and Jesús Santos Aguilar.
Wins over Edgar Chairez and Carlos Hernandez in 2023 followed.
In June, Taira got the first true test of his UFC career when he faced Alex Perez in a main event on a UFC Fight Night card at the Apex. At the time, Taira was the No. 13 ranked fighter in the UFC’s flyweight division, and Perez, who had fought Deiveson Figueiredo for the UFC 125-pound title in 2020, was ranked No. 5. Taira won that bout via TKO due to a knee injury.
The fight ended when Taira took the back of his opponent in the center of the Octagon and forced him to the mat, putting enormous pressure on Perez’s knee and causing an injury that brought the fight to a halt in the second stanza. From all appearances, and judging from his comments after the victory, the move that finished the contest was a designed technique.
In October, the 25-year-old Taira faced former UFC flyweight title challenger Brandon Royval in the main event of a UFC Fight Night at the Apex in Las Vegas. The fight was a close one, but Royval earned the split decision win, handing Taira the first loss of his MMA career.
Taira is the No. 5 ranked UFC flyweight.
We will have more on the UFC Nashville fight card as information becomes available.
Source: https://www.forbes.com/sites/trentreinsmith/2025/06/03/ufc-announces-first-seven-fights-for-ufc-vegas-108-fight-card/