LAS VEGAS – For only a few seconds, Junyong Park thought he discovered himself on the mistaken aspect of a break up resolution, once more.
“The Iron Turtle” picked up a break up resolution win over veteran Brad Tavares within the co-main occasion of Saturday’s UFC Struggle Evening 244. When the judges’ scorecards have been being learn, Park (18-6 MMA, 8-3 UFC) who for a lot of had clearly overwhelmed Tavares (20-10 MMA, 15-10 UFC) in two rounds, feared the worst.
“Final time, I clearly misplaced by break up resolution and that set me again just a little bit – it broke the streak,” Park informed MMA Junkie on the UFC Struggle Evening 244 post-fight information convention. “As they have been studying the scores, and so they mentioned it was break up resolution, I barely had PTSD concerning the final time I misplaced by break up resolution. I used to be just a little fearful. However actually serious about it, I believed I received on all of the scorecards.”
Park is 5-1 in his previous six outings, with the lone loss being a break up resolution loss to Brazil’s Andre Muniz again in December. Getting into UFC Struggle Evening 244 off a defeat, Park assures that his confidence was not rattled, although he acquired rattled within the first few seconds of the combat.
“It wasn’t actually a confidence factor,” Park mentioned. “I used to be simply unfocused for the primary minute, minute and a half, and I acquired caught with a 2 and it led to a flash knockdown. There was no harm to it, however that really type of helped me as a result of I refocused, and I saved that focus by means of the remainder of the combat.”
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