‘What a war’: Fighters react to Joshua Van’s UFC 328 title defense vs. Tatsuro Taira

Joshua Van started his flyweight title reign in positive fashion at UFC 328 when he turned back dangerous challenger Tatsuro Taira.

After winning the belt in controversial fashion vs. Alexandre Pantoja in December, Van (16-2 MMA, 10-1 UFC) successfully moved on to new business with a METHOD over Taira (18-2 MMA, 8-2 UFC) in Saturday’s co-headliner at Kaseya Center in Miami.

Check below for the top X (formerly Twitter) reactions to Van beating Taira at UFC 327.

JAPAN’S OWN 🇯🇵@TatsuroTaira is making his walk to the Octagon!

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— UFC (@ufc) May 10, 2026

To defend his title 🇲🇲

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— UFC (@ufc) May 10, 2026

Pantoja staring down Joshua Van 👀

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— UFC on Paramount+ (@UFConParamount) May 10, 2026

I got Joshua on this one.

— Manel Kape (@ManelKape) May 10, 2026

Locked in on the fights, takin the homie Josh vannnnn let’s gooo

— Billy Quarantillo (@BillyQMMA) May 10, 2026

Prediction: Taira by submission.@ufc#ufc328

— Drew Dober (@DrewDober) May 10, 2026

Takedown early for @TatsuroTaira

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— UFC (@ufc) May 10, 2026

1-0 Taira. Going to be interesting to see if Van can keep the fight standing #UFC328

— Henry Cejudo (@HenryCejudo) May 10, 2026

That 14 year old Japanese girl can really wrestle!!!

— Chael Sonnen (@ChaelSonnen) May 10, 2026

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