Van’s injury pushes title defense vs. Taira to UFC 328 in May

UFC flyweight champion Joshua Van‘s first title defense will likely be pushed again to subsequent month due to a minor injury, officers introduced on Saturday.

Van (16-2) was scheduled to defend his belt towards Tatsuro Taira (18-1) at UFC 327 subsequent weekend in Miami, however the championship contest has been postponed to UFC 328 on May 9 in Newark. The struggle joins a card that will likely be headlined by a middleweight title struggle between Khamzat Chimaev and Sean Strickland.

Van, 24, grew to become the second-youngest champion in UFC historical past in December, when he claimed the 125-pound belt from Alexandre Pantoja at UFC 323. Fighting out of Myanmar, Van has received six in a row.

The UFC 327 occasion at Kaseya Center in Miami is headlined by a vacant gentle heavyweight title bout between Jiri Prochazka and Carlos Ulberg.