Jun Yong Park received again into the win column at UFC Vegas 98 with an enormous resolution victory over heavy-hitting veteran Brad Tavares.
30 seconds into the scrap, Tavares landed a straight proper that put ‘The Iron Turtle’ on his again. Tavares moved in and rapidly seemed to lock in a rear-naked choke, however Park powered his approach out and received again to his toes a minute later. The remainder of the opening spherical was contested within the toes with each fighters swinging away.
The second and third rounds noticed each fighters slug it out, however takedowns late within the second and third rounds might have been the difference-maker on the scorecards.
Official End result: Jun Yong Park def. Brad Tavares by way of cut up resolution (28-29, 29-28, 29-28)
After seeing his four-fight win streak snapped by way of a cut up resolution in opposition to Andre Muniz in December, Park climbed again into the win column in opposition to Tavares. He has now received 5 of his final six and moved his UFC document to 8-3.
In the meantime, the veteran out of Hawaii dropped to 15-10 contained in the Octagon. Tavares has now misplaced 4 of his final 5, his solely win throughout that run coming in opposition to former middleweight champion Chris Weidman at UFC 292.