Who won Anders vs Park?
Jun Yong Park beat Eryk Anders by split decision in their 3 round contest during the main card of UFC Fight Night, on Saturday 21st May 2022 at UFC APEX in Las Vegas.
The scorecards were announced as 29-28, 29-28, 29-28 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).
Anders vs Park stats
Eryk Anders stepped into the octagon with a record of 14 wins, 6 losses and 0 draws, 8 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 1 by submission.
Jun Yong Park made his way to the cage with a record of 13 wins, 5 losses and 0 draws, 5 of those wins coming by knock out and 3 by submission.
This was Eryk Anders' 18th fight in the UFC, having made his debut for the promotion in 2017. Jun Yong Park marked his 11th fight for them, having made his own debut for the promotion in 2019.
Eryk Anders' UFC record stood at 9-8-0, while Jun Yong Park's came in at 8-3-0.
The stats suggested Anders had an advantage in power over Park, with a 57% knock out percentage over Park's 38%.
If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Park had an advantage over Anders, with a 23% submission rate over Anders' 7%.
Eryk Anders was the older man by 3 years, at 37 years old.
Anders had a height advantage of 3 inches over Park. That also extended to a 2-inch reach advantage.
Anders was arguably the more experienced fighter, having had 2 more fights, and made his debut in 2015, 1 year and 8 months later than Park, whose first professional fight was in 2013. He had fought 10 more professional rounds, 62 to Park's 52.
Anders vs Park form
Jun Yong Park had beaten 4 of his last 5 opponents.
In his last fight before this contest, he had won against Denis Tiuliulin at UFC Fight Night on 4th February 2023 by submission in the 1st round at UFC Apex, Las Vegas, United States.
Previous to that, he had beaten Joseph Holmes at UFC Fight Night: Kattar vs. Allen on 29th October 2022 by submission in the 2nd round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.
Going into that contest, he had defeated 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.
Before that, he had lost to Gregory Rodrigues at UFC Vegas 41 on 23rd October 2021 by knockout in the 2nd round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.
He was victorious against Tafon Nchukwi at UFC Vegas 26 on 8th May 2021 by majority decision in their 3 round contest at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.
Activity check
Anders' last 4 fights had come over a period of 7 years, 3 months and 21 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 9 months and 29 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 14 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3.5 rounds on average.
Park's last 5 fights had come over a period of 3 years, 10 months and 22 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 9 months and 11 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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