Ultimate acted quickly and rescheduled the title fight between champion Joshua Van and Taira for UFC 328.

Van backstage at the UFC. Photo: Reproduction/X/UFC

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It didn't take long for the world's largest MMA organization to define the flyweight (up to 57 kg) scenario. If this Saturday (4) Joshua Van , champion of the category, was unable to perform at UFC 327 and was removed from the event scheduled to take place on April 11, in Miami (USA), hours later, the league informed that the fight against challenger Tatsuro Taira was rescheduled for UFC 328 , show on May 9, in New Jersey (USA).

The company itself made the announcement during the UFC Vegas 115 broadcast. The fight marks Van's first title defense. It's worth noting that the Burmese fighter won the title by dethroning Alexandre Pantoja in December and is currently on a six-fight winning streak. Taira, on the other hand, has two consecutive victories and is ranked third in the division.

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UFC 328 card so far

Khamzat Chimaev vs. Sean Strickland – middleweight title fight (up to 83,9 kg)

Joshua Van vs. Tatsuro Taira – flyweight title fight (up to 57 kg)

Alexander Volkov vs. Waldo Cortes-Acosta

Sean Brady vs. Joaquin Buckley

Jan Blachowicz vs Bogdan Guskov

Joel Álvarez x Yaroslav Amosov

Bobby Green vs. Jeremy Stephens

Ateba Gautier vs. Osman Diaz

Grant Dawson x Mateusz Rębecki

Roman Kopylov x Marco Tulio Matuto

Baisangur Susurkaev x Djorden Santos

Pat Sabatini x William Gomis

Clayton Carpenter vs. Jose Ochoa

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