Tatsuro Taira
Tatsuro Taira is ranked 5th of 278 flyweights by the First Light Rating, and 4th in the UFC’s own flyweight rankings.
- FLRFirst Light Ratingmeasure of true skill
- 1,9405th of 278 · Flyweight
- FLIFirst Light Indexfame compared to skill
- +0.50Fame ahead of skill
▲ +0.02 in 30 days - Career phase
- PrimeCareer-best FLR 1,964, 6 Dec 2025
- Record
- 18–2Pro
Fame against skill.
Every fighter with an FLI, by skill and fame. Hover a dot for the fighter; click to open their page. The dashed curve is the fame their skill predicts: above it, a fighter is more famous than their skill; below it, better than their fame.
Skill and attention.
Attention is drawn at the skill level its fame matches: above the skill line, more famous than skilled. Shaded: where the most similar careers went next.
Recent fights.
| Date | Fight | FLR |
|---|---|---|
| 9 May 2026 | Lost to Joshua Van TitleUFC 328 - Chimaev vs. Strickland · TKO (Front Kick to the Body and Punches), R5 | −19 |
| 6 Dec 2025 | Won vs Brandon MorenoUFC 323 - Dvalishvili vs. Yan 2 · TKO (Punches), R2 | +31 |
| 2 Aug 2025 | Won vs Hyun Sung ParkUFC on ESPN 71 - Taira vs. Park · Submission (Neck Crank), R2 | +28 |
| 12 Oct 2024 | Lost to Brandon RoyvalUFC Fight Night 244 - Royval vs. Taira · Decision (Split), R5 | −21 |
| 15 Jun 2024 | Won vs Alex PerezUFC on ESPN 58 - Perez vs. Taira · TKO (Knee Injury), R2 | −1 |
| 9 Dec 2023 | Won vs Carlos HernandezUFC Fight Night 233 - Song vs. Gutierrez · TKO (Punches), R2 | +28 |
| 8 Jul 2023 | Won vs Edgar ChairezUFC 290 - Volkanovski vs. Rodriguez · Decision (Unanimous), R3 | +3 |
| 4 Feb 2023 | Won vs Jesus Santos AguilarUFC Fight Night 218 - Lewis vs. Spivak · Submission (Triangle Armbar), R1 | +40 |
| 15 Oct 2022 | Won vs C.J. VergaraUFC Fight Night 212 - Grasso vs. Araujo · Submission (Armbar), R2 | +33 |
| 14 May 2022 | Won vs Carlos CandelarioUFC on ESPN 36 - Blachowicz vs. Rakic · Decision (Unanimous), R3 | +32 |
| 6 Nov 2021 | Won vs Alfredo MuaiadVale Tudo Japan - VTJ 2021 · Submission (Rear-Naked Choke), R1 | +32 |
| 4 Jul 2021 | Won vs Ryuya FukudaShooto - Professional Shooto 2021 Vol. 4 · Submission (Triangle Choke), R1 | +38 |
FLR is the First Light Rating points the fight earned or cost them.
How it is measured.
Data Credit: First Light Observatory.
How these numbers are made.
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