Who won Tavares vs Park?
Jun Yong Park beat Brad Tavares by split decision in their 3 round contest during the co-main event of UFC Fight Night, on Saturday 12th October 2024 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).
Tavares vs Park stats
Brad Tavares stepped into the octagon with a record of 20 wins, 9 losses and 0 draws, 5 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 2 by submission.
Jun Yong Park made his way to the cage with a record of 17 wins, 6 losses and 0 draws, 5 of those wins coming by knock out and 6 by submission.
This was Brad Tavares' 25th fight in the UFC, having made his debut for the promotion in 2010. Jun Yong Park marked his 11th fight for them, having made his own debut for the promotion in 2019.
Brad Tavares' UFC record stood at 15-10-0, while Jun Yong Park's came in at 8-3-0.
The stats suggested Park had a slight advantage in power over Tavares, with a 29% knock out percentage over Tavares' 25%.
If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Park had a large advantage over Tavares, boasting a 35% submission rate over Tavares' 10%.
Brad Tavares was the older man by 3 years, at 36 years old.
Tavares had a height advantage of 3 inches over Park. That also extended to a 1-inch reach advantage.
Tavares was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 6 more fights, and made his debut in 2007, 6 years and 5 months earlier than Park, whose first professional fight was in 2013. He had fought 22 more professional rounds, 74 to Park's 52.
Tavares 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.
Activity check
Park's last 5 fights had come over a period of 2 years, 5 months and 11 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 5 months and 28 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 11 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.2 rounds on average.
What time did Tavares vs Park start?
The fighters were expected to walk out at around 1:40 AM UTC , which was 9:40 PM EST or 6:40 PM PST on the West Coast of America, or 2:40 AM BST in the UK.
What were the odds on Tavares vs Park?
Brad Tavares was a 13/8 (+160) underdog going into the contest, while Jun Yong Park made his way into the ring at 9/20 (-220) with oddsmakers.
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