‘Iron Turtle’ showed a pleasantness, saying, “The next opponent is (retired) Michael Bisping.”
‘Iron Turtle’ Park Jun-yong (31, Korean Top Team) won the submission victory against Dennis Tulyulin (34, Russia) in 4 minutes and 5 seconds in the first round.
Junyong Park and Dennis Tulyulin faced off in a middleweight match at UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Spivak held at UFC APEX in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA on the 5th (Korean time).
Park Jun-yong’s opponent, Tulyulin, is a striker type fighter whose strengths are toughness and strong stamina. The technical part is rough, but it is a style that makes up for weaknesses with excellent physical ability.
Park Joon-yong is also saddened to be second in terms of stamina. Park Joon-yong is famous for constantly taking care of himself by running 10km every day. He showed training with Kim Dong-hyun, who visited the Korean Top Team, on the YouTube channel ‘Maemi Kim TV’. Park Joon-yong aroused admiration from Kim Dong-hyun with his monster-like physical ability that never gets tired in terms of physical strength.
Park Joon-yong also said, “The part I am most confident in is my physical strength. I am always preparing to build up my stamina to fight for up to 20 minutes,” he said.
Park Joon-yong stood up against 185.4 cm Tulyuline under the unfavorable condition of being 177.8 cm tall. From the beginning of the game, Park Joon-yong did not lose out in the street fight by properly mixing jabs and leg kicks. Park Jun-yong broke the center of Tullulin and took the advantageous position at the top of the full mount. Tulululin struggled with elbow and pounding under Park Jun-yong.
Tulyulin avoided Park Jun-yong’s pounding and gave up. Park Jun-yong did not miss this moment and won the submission in 4 minutes and 5 seconds of the first round with a rear naked choke. It was a perfect victory for Park Jun-yong.
In an interview right after the game, he said, “It seems that the results came out as we practiced in the Korean Top Team.” When asked, “You’re on a three-game winning streak, who do you want to play against next?”, he said, “(Retired) Michael Bisping,” drawing laughter.
With this, Park Jun-yong recorded a total of 16 wins and 5 losses in 21 matches. Since his UFC debut in 2019, he has built a career of 6 wins and 2 losses in the UFC alone. He proved his true worth with his pleasant three-game winning streak, bringing him closer to entering the middleweight rankings. 온라인바카라
Currently, the UFC middleweight division is full of outstanding talents such as Alex Pereira, Israel Adesanya, and Robert Whitaker. At this rate, it will not be long before ‘Iron Turtle’ Park Jun-yong will stand shoulder to shoulder with them.