'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! [ #UFC328 | LIVE NOW on @ParamountPlus ] pic.
twitter. com/ZXuUhBSI6M — UFC (@ufc) May 10, 2026 To defend his title 🇲🇲 [ #UFC328 | LIVE NOW on @ParamountPlus ] pic. twitter.
com/EWiZ3yAoEv — UFC (@ufc) May 10, 2026 Pantoja staring down Joshua Van 👀 📺 @paramountplus pic. twitter. com/S2UPw26GKk — 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 [ #UFC328 | LIVE NOW on @ParamountPlus ] pic. twitter.