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The Clinch

Japan “The Best” 2022-2026 · 27 rounds on file

Tatsuro Taira

8-2-0 W-L-D in this database

No photograph on file
Strike accuracy 337/620
Takedown accuracy 28/64
Sig. strikes / round 12.5
Control / round 2:21
Inside the distance 75% 6 of 8 wins
Height
5′7″170.2 cm
Reach
70″177.8 cm
Leg reach
--
Stance
Orthodox
Age
2627 JAN 2000
Listed weight
125 lb56.7 kg
Positional Controller Automatically assigned from data across 10 fights - 7.1 takedown attempts and 47% control time per 15 minutes.

Who they have fought

Every completed bout, grouped by the opponent's style.

Grappling 6 5-1-0 vs 1535 avg
Positional Controller 3 3-0-0
Submission Grappler 3 2-1-0
Hybrid 2 2-0-0 vs 1585 avg
Well-Rounded 2 2-0-0
Striking 2 1-1-0 vs 1569 avg
Distance Striker 1 0-1-0
Pressure Striker 1 1-0-0

Opponent styles are assigned from their own fight data, not from a training background. They describe how those opponents have fought. Bars scale against 6 bouts, the largest group.

The career, in order

One bar per bout, oldest on the left. Height is the significant strikes landed in that fight.

14 MAY 2022 - beat Carlos Candelario · Decision (Unanimous) 15 OCT 2022 - beat CJ Vergara · Submission 04 FEB 2023 - beat Jesus Aguilar · Submission 08 JUL 2023 - beat Edgar Chairez · Decision (Unanimous) 09 DEC 2023 - beat Carlos Hernandez · Technical Knockout 15 JUN 2024 - beat Alex Perez · Technical Knockout 12 OCT 2024 - lost to Brandon Royval · Decision (Split) 02 AUG 2025 - beat HyunSung Park · Submission 06 DEC 2025 - beat Brandon Moreno · Technical Knockout 09 MAY 2026 - lost to Joshua Van · Technical Knockout

Won Lost Draw / no contest

What they do with a round

Summed over 27 rounds across 10 of 10 bouts - the ones the corpus has per-round observations for.

Per round

Sig. strikes landed 12.5
Sig. strikes absorbed 13.5
Takedowns landed 1.0
Knockdowns 0.1
Sub. attempts 0.4
Control time 2:21 of each 5:00 round

Accuracy

Sig. strikes 54% 337/620
Takedowns 44% 28/64
Opponents’ accuracy 56% 365/652

Where the strikes land

Head 78% 263
Body 8% 26
Leg 14% 48

And from where

At distance 54% 183
In the clinch 4% 14
On the ground 42% 140

How the bouts ended

KO / TKO 3 won Technical Knockout · 3-1
Submission 3 won Submission · 3-0
Decision 2 won Decision (Unanimous) · 2-0 Decision (Split) · 0-1

Every bout

Most recent first. Struck and absorbed are significant strikes.

Date Opponent Result Method End Struck Absorbed Event
09 MAY 2026 Joshua Van Lost Technical Knockout R5 1:32 55 131 UFC 328: Chimaev vs. Strickland
06 DEC 2025 Brandon Moreno Won Technical Knockout R2 2:24 28 9 UFC 323: Dvalishvili vs. Yan 2
02 AUG 2025 HyunSung Park Won Submission R2 1:06 7 3 UFC Fight Night: Taira vs. Park
12 OCT 2024 Brandon Royval Lost Decision (Split) R5 5:00 42 124 UFC Fight Night: Royval vs. Taira
15 JUN 2024 Alex Perez Won Technical Knockout R2 2:59 31 41 UFC Fight Night: Perez vs. Taira
09 DEC 2023 Carlos Hernandez Won Technical Knockout R2 0:55 33 2 UFC Fight Night: Song vs. Gutierrez
08 JUL 2023 Edgar Chairez Won Decision (Unanimous) R3 5:00 61 25 UFC 290: Volkanovski vs. Rodriguez
04 FEB 2023 Jesus Aguilar Won Submission R1 4:20 1 2 UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Spivac
15 OCT 2022 CJ Vergara Won Submission R2 4:19 22 19 UFC Fight Night: Grasso vs. Araujo
14 MAY 2022 Carlos Candelario Won Decision (Unanimous) R3 5:00 57 9 UFC Fight Night: Blachowicz vs. Rakic