UFC Vegas 55: Jun-Yong Park outclasses Eryk Anders to secure split-decision victory
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Jun-Yong Park at UFC Vegas 55
In a middleweight clash at UFC Vegas 55, middleweight Jun-Yong Park just delivered a great yet smart fight against Eryk Anders and Park has now won 4 of his last 5 fights while for Anders, it’s a tough spill to swallow today. Read through the narration below to see how Park was able to return better shots to Anders and also showcased exceptional takedown defence.
Round 1: A leg kick by Park, Anders returns with a straight. The fight goes to cafe wrestling mode. Park is trying to go for a guillotine choke. Anders trying to be heavy on his cross as the fight starts back from distance. Anders and Park return knees to each other as they are in the clinch. Anders breaks the clinch to land a nice straight left hand. Park tries to return with a leg kick when the fight returns to distance striking. Another kick from Park. Park lands some nice left hooks.
Body kick followed by a straight punch from Park. Body kick but not effective in return from Anders. Park gets Anders back in a guillotine hold. Anders tries to get Park to the ground and on the way to stand up throws a good head kick and Park returns the favour with a big right. Park had a couple of groin strike fouls in the fight so far. The round ends and is a 10-9 Anders.
Round 2: Park is keeping the leg kick offence active. Anders closes the distance surviving some hooks from Park and secures a takedown. The fight goes back up and Anders returns with a leg kick. Anders throws great right and left straights. Park returns with a good hook. The fight has got its pace. Anders is trying hard on Park for the takedowns but the probability is low. Park returns with some good shots. Anders throws a groin strike and the fight is stopped.
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UFC Vegas 55: Eryk Anders had now answers to Jun-Yong Park’s leg kicks
Referee Herzog will now take the points away if any more groin strikes take place. Park is landing some good leg kicks back again as the fight continues. Some brief yet diverse exchanges of strikes between both. Back to cage wrestling. Anders lands some good shots. The fight goes to the ground and Anders is trying for a couple of submissions. The round ends. FirstSportz scores it 10-9 Park.
Round 3: Park starts the round with a flurry of one-two. Park follows with some great body shots. Anders back is cage side. Park is taking the centre of the octagon. Anders is going for grappling exchanges time and again. 15 takedown attempts from Anders so far, but only 3 have been successful. Anders throws some straight punches of his own.
Now it’s 19 takedown attempts for Anders. Park’s leg kicks are money all night for this fight and Anders has no answers. Park throws some good punches as Anders tries to close the distance. Park is leading in round 3 with significant strikes. Nice Uppercut from Park. The round ends. FirstSportz scores it 10-9 Park.
Official Results: Jun-Yong Park def. Eryk Anders via split decision [29-28 x 2, 28-29]
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