‘Superboy’ Choi Doo-ho lost all wins as he was stripped of points due to a deliberate head decision.
On the 5th (Korea time), Choi Doo-ho faced Kyle Nelson in the UFC Fight Night featherweight match held at UFC Apex in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, and had a pretty dominant match, but it ended in a draw . One judge gave Doo-Ho Choi a 29-27 lead, but the other two judges tied the score at 28-28.
Choi Doo-ho, who was unable to stand on the UFC stage due to restrictions on traveling abroad for a while due to waiting for the call of a social worker, has recently been on the Octagon stage for the first time in 3 years and 2 months since December 2019 for the military service issue to be resolved.
Choi Doo-ho pressured Nelson with punches and leg kicks from the first round, and in the second round he also took advantage of the attack with kicks and punches. In the third round, Choi Doo-ho played the game well and was close to winning.
However, in the middle of the 3rd round, Dooho Choi collided with Nelson in a top position position. The referee stopped the game and gave Doo-Ho Choi a one-point deduction for a deliberate header. If it wasn’t intentional, it could have ended with a warning, and it was a rather unclear decision because intentionality could not be seen in the replay.
Nelson believed that Choi Doo-ho’s 1 point deduction would give him an advantage in the decision, so he grabbed his legs and tried to pass the time. In the end, a one-point deduction cost Choi Doo-ho the win. It wasn’t a loss, but it was even more disappointing because it could have been a unanimous decision win for Choi Doo-ho had the points not been deducted.
Daun Jeong recorded a unanimous decision loss in the light heavyweight match against Devin Clark, and lost two consecutive matches after being knocked out against Dustin Jacobi last July.
From the second half of the first round, Jung Da-un played a tough game, allowing Clark to punch several times in a lower position. Daun Jeong tried to counterattack in the second round, but Clark did not face any crisis due to his skillful control of the game and led the game. In the end, Jung Da-un had to realize the difference in skill with Clark.
There were no wins from Korean players in the main card match, but cheers from Korean players continued in the remaining matches, including the Road to UFC match.
In the final flyweight match, Park Hyeon-seong met his fellow Korean fighter, Choi Seung-guk, and received a tapout with a naked back choke in 3 minutes and 11 seconds of the third round. Hyun-Sung Park became the first Korean fighter in the featherweight division.
Lee Jung-young also won a 2-1 decision win against Chinese fighter Li Li in a featherweight match and successfully signed a UFC contract. In the previous match, Park Jun-yong also faced Dennis Tutuulin (Russia) and won the match by receiving a tap-out with a naked choke in the back in 4 minutes and 5 seconds of the first round. However, Kim Ji-yeon was unable to make it to the Octagon because the fight was canceled due to the poor condition of her opponent Mandy Böhm (Germany).
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