Hyun Sung Park gets the biggest fight of his life when he takes on Tatsuro Taira this weekend in the UFC Vegas 108 main event.
The South Korean hunter was brought in at the last minute after Amir Albazi was not medically cleared to fight against Tatsuro Taira in the planned main event.
In the short term, Hyun Sung Park has canceled his fight with Steve Erceg next week to see the Japanese hunter in the main event, hoping to win a huge upset victory in his fourth UFC match.
Taira comes from the first defeat of his career in the hands of Brandon Royval in October last year, and will be motivated to bounce back and use his claim as a top flying weight in the division.
The bloody elbow personnel has made their predictions about what will happen in the main event of UFC Vegas 108 between Taira and Park.
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Tatsuro Taira vs Hyun Sung Park -forecasts
Kyle Diamond – Hyun Sung Park may be one to look at, but I am not completely ready to say that he can now deal with some of the best hunters in this division. I expect a very standard Tatsuro Taira version from him who wears him before he gets a finish.
Prediction: Tatsuro Taira via soil and pound TKO
Harvey Leonard – Tatsuro Taira has a much different threat than Steve Erceg, which Hyun Sung Park would be confronted in the short term next weekend. I would be shocked if the South Korean can solve the puzzle that Taira has been to the UFC so far that only an elite, hunter at the championship level in Brandon Royval is passed by a message of less than a week.
Prediction: Tatsuro Taira via entry
Jamie Theodosi – Although Hyun Sung Park will probably have a successful career in the UFC Flyweight Division, this punch is up in opponent and the placement of the card is probably too early for him. Taira is one of the smoothest grapplers in the division and I see him win an early entry.
Prediction: Tatsuro Taira via entry
Ross Markey-it is quite the set-up in the competition to park against the highly affected Tatsuro Taira, and it is not helped in the consideration of the short-verifying nature of this headliner. I am going with Taira to hand in a relatively extensive victory over his Asian counterpart – who will prove a little too much, too early for the emerging flight weight perspective.
Prediction: Tatsuro Taira via late stopping
Hamish Woodward – I think it is clear that Park has a great future for him, but this fight may have come too early for the South Korean hunter. Taira is a big step from Steve Erceg, which he would have to fight next week, and fight against someone who is right on the door of the top five ranking, a fight can be too far for him.
Taira is a future champion, it looks, and I fully expect that he would bounce back from his last defeat to beat Park, to place his claim for a future title shot.
Prediction: Tatsuro Taira via interruption