Park vs Tiuliulin

Who won Park vs Tiuliulin?

Jun Yong Park beat Denis Tiuliulin by submission in the 1st round during the prelims of UFC Fight Night, on Saturday 4th February 2023 at UFC Apex in Las Vegas.

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).

Park vs Tiuliulin stats

Jun Yong Park stepped into the octagon with a record of 15 wins, 5 loses and 0 draws, 5 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 4 by submission.

Denis Tiuliulin made his way to the cage with a record of 10 wins, 6 loses and 0 draws, with 9 of those wins by knock out.

The stats suggested Tiuliulin had a massive power advantage over Park, boosting at 90% knock out percentage over Park's 33%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Park had a large advantage over Tiuliulin, boasting at 27% submission rate over Tiuliulin's 0%.

Jun Yong Park was the younger man by 3 years, at 32 years old.

Tiuliulin had a height advantage of 3 inches over Park.

Park was arguably the more experienced fighter, having had 4 more fights, and made his debut in 2013, 9 year and 5 months later than Tiuliulin, whose first professional fight was in . He had fought 14 more professional rounds, 44 to Tiuliulin's 30.

Park vs Tiuliulin form

Jun Yong Park had beaten 4 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had won against Joseph Holmes at UFC Fight Night: Kattar vs. Allen on 29th October 2022 by in the 2nd round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas, United States.

Previous to that, he had won 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.

Going into that contest, he had been beaten by Gregory Rodrigues at UFC Vegas 41 on 23rd October 2021 by knockout in the 2nd round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Before that, he had beat Tafon Nchukwi at UFC Vegas 26 on 8th May 2021 by majority decision in their 3 round contest at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

He had defeated Marc Andr Barriault at UFC on ESPN+ 23 on 21st December 2019 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Sajik Arena, Busan, South Korea.

Activity check

Park's last 5 fights had come over a period of 3 years, 5 months and 17 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 8 months and 9 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 13 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.6 rounds on average.

Tiuliulin's last 2 fights had come over a period of 1 year, 2 months and 12 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 7 months and 7 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 4 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2 rounds on average.

What were the odds on Park vs Tiuliulin?

Jun Yong Park was a 11/25 (-230) favourite going into the contest, while Denis Tiuliulin made his way into the ring at 9/5 (+180) with oddsmakers.