Junyong Park keeps on building momentum in the middleweight division after taking out Albert Duraev at UFC on ESPN 49.
Park (17-5 MMA, 7-2 UFC) extended his winning streak to four consecutive fights when he put Duraev (16-5 MMA, 2-2 UFC) away with a rear-naked choke at the 4:45 mark of Round 2 on Saturday at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas.
Check out the replay of his handiwork below (via Twitter):
DO NOT SLEEP ON THE IRON TURTLE 🐢
Junyong Park with the finish and the shimmy 🕺 #UFCVegas77 pic.twitter.com/hYeENz3DXz
— UFC (@ufc) July 16, 2023
🇰🇷 Another win for Junyong Park! #UFCVegas77 pic.twitter.com/phyH5ORFOd
— UFC (@ufc) July 16, 2023
The 32-year-old from South Korea was elated after getting his hand raised. He has the second-longest active UFC winning streak at 185 pounds behind Dricus Du Plessis, and wants to keep his momentum going.
It came out exactly how I trained,” Park told Daniel Cormier through an interpreter during their post-fight interview. “Whoever they want, I’m an employee of the UFC and will fight.”
Up-to-the-minute UFC on ESPN 49 results include:
- Junyong Park def. Albert Duraev via submission (rear-naked choke) – Round 2, 4:45
- Norma Dumont def. Chelsea Chandler via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
- Nazim Sadykhov def. Terrance McKinney via submission (rear-naked choke) – Round 2, 1:07
- Melsik Baghdasaryan def. Tucker Lutz via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
- Viktoriia Dudakova def. Istela Nunes via TKO (injury) – Round 1, 0:34
- Melquizael Costa def. Austin Lingo via unanimous decision (30-26, 30-27, 30-27)
- Evan Elder def. Genaro Valdez via unanimous decision (30-26, 29-28, 29-28)
- Azat Maksum def. Tyson Nam via split decision (29-28, 28-29, 29-28)
- Alexander Munoz def. Carl Deaton via unanimous decision (30-26, 30-27, 29-28)
- Ailin Perez def. Ashlee Evans-Smith via unanimous decision (30-25, 30-25, 30-26)
For more on the card, visit MMA Junkie’s event hub for UFC on ESPN 49.
