Tatsuro Taira and HyungSung Park have their work cut out for them. The flyweight fighters headline a UFC Fight Night on Saturday, struggling to build interest.

Taira (16-1) was originally set to fight fellow darkhorse contender Amir Albazi. The main event lost its luster after Taira and Albazi were felled by veteran flyweights Brandon Royval and Brandon Moreno, respectively, but had division relevance. Albazi withdrew during fight week, leading unranked "Road to UFC" winner Park to step up on short notice. Park vowed to knock out Taira, drawing the ranked fighter's ire.

"I would say this will be the first time Park will be fighting against a fighter at my level," Taira said at Wednesday's media day through a Japanese interpreter. "Likely in the first round, he would understand that what

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