Nchukwi vs Park

Who won Nchukwi vs Park?

Jun Yong Park beat Tafon Nchukwi by majority decision in their 3 round contest during the prelims of UFC Vegas 26, on Saturday 8th May 2021 at UFC APEX in Las Vegas.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Jun Yong Park.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Middleweight division, which meant the weight limit was 185 pounds (13.2 stone or 83.9 KG).

Nchukwi vs Park stats

Tafon Nchukwi stepped into the octagon with an undefeated record of 0 wins, zero losses and 0 draws.

Jun Yong Park made his way to the cage with an unblemished record of 0 wins, 0 losses, and 0 draws.

Jun Yong Park marked his 11th fight for them, having made his own debut for the promotion in 2019.

Tafon Nchukwi's UFC record stood at 2-4-0, while Jun Yong Park's came in at 8-3-0.

The stats suggested that Nchukwi and Park have similar power, both with a 0% knock out percentage.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested that Nchukwi and Park would have been pretty equal, both with a 0% submission rate.

Tafon Nchukwi was the younger man by 4 years, at 30 years old.

Nchukwi had a height advantage of 2 inches over Park. That also extended to a 4-inch reach advantage.

Nchukwi was the less experienced professional fighter, having had the same amount of fights, and made his debut in 2019, 5 years and 2 months later than Park, whose first professional fight was in 2013. He had fought 30 less professional rounds, 22 to Park's 52.

Nchukwi vs Park form

Jun Yong Park had beaten 4 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight before this contest, he had lost to André Muniz at UFC Fight Night: Song vs. Gutierrez on 9th December 2023 by split decision in their 3 round contest at UFC Apex, Las Vegas, United States.

Previous to that, he had won against Albert Duraev at UFC Fight Night – Holm vs. Bueno Silva on 15th July 2023 by submission in the 2nd round at UFC Apex, Las Vegas.

Going into that contest, he had beaten Denis Tiuliulin at UFC Fight Night on 4th February 2023 by submission in the 1st round at UFC Apex, Las Vegas.

Before that, he had defeated Joseph Holmes at UFC Fight Night: Kattar vs. Allen on 29th October 2022 by submission in the 2nd round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

He was victorious against Eryk Anders at UFC Fight Night: Holm vs. Vieira on 21st May 2022 by split decision in their 3 round contest at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

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Park's last 5 fights had come over a period of 2 years, 10 months and 7 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 6 months and 27 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 11 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.2 rounds on average.

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