Victim of illegal knee strike, Korean returns to fight and 'crushes' opponent at UFC Baku

On the preliminary card of UFC Baku, Jun Yong Park denied the option to disqualify his opponent and won by judges' decision

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Jun Yong Park derrotou Ismail Naurdiev No. UFC Baku (Photo: Twitter/UFC News)

'Karma' appeared in the UFC Baku. In the preliminary card of this Saturday's event (21), in the capital of Azerbaijan, Jun Yong Park derrotou Ismail Naurdiev in a unanimous decision by the judges (29-26, 29-26, 29-25) after almost being knocked out by an illegal blow from his opponent.

The incident occurred in the second round of the fight. Clearly in a three-point position, with his knee fixed to the ground, Park was the victim of a hard knee from Naurdiev, who came out celebrating after the referee stopped the fight. The blow caused a significant injury to the South Korean's left eye, who still chose to use the recovery time and return to the fight, even with the possibility of securing an eventual victory by disqualification.

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Park's courageous decision proved to be the right one. After the referee took two points from Naurdiev and resumed the fight, the South Korean took control of the fight, 'crushed' his opponent and almost finished the fight, but secured a 'rout' in the judges' decision.

Watch the video of the illegal blow received by Park at UFC Baku:

UFC Baku Results

Order date: June 21th, 2025

PUBLICITY:

Open Hours: From 13pm (Brasília time)

Location: Baku Crystal Hall, Baku, Azerbaijan

PUBLICITY:

How to watch: SUPER FIGHTS LIVE in real time and UFC Fight Pass (the entire card) online.

MAIN CARD

Light heavyweight (up to 93kg): Jamahal hill x Khalil rountree Jr.

Light weight (up to 70,3kg.): Raphael Fiziev x Ignatius Bahamondes

Heavy weight (up to 120,2kg): Curtis blaydes x Rizvan Kuniev

Married weight (up to 73,8kg): Myktybek Orolbai x Tofiq Musayev

Light weight (up to 70,3kg.): Nazim Sadykhov x Nikolas Motta

Featherweight (up to 65,7kg): Muhammad Naimov x Bogdan Grad

PRELIMINARY CARD

Welterweight (up to 77kg): Oban Elliott x Seokhyeon Ko

Average weight (up to 83,9kg): Jun Yong Park derrotou Ismail Naurdiev in the unanimous decision of the judges (29-26, 29-26, 29-25)

Bantam weight (up to 61,2kg): Dariya Zhelezniakova derrotou Melissa Mullins in the unanimous decision of the judges (29-28, 30-27, 30-27)

Bantam weight (up to 61,2kg): Klaudia Sygula derrotou Irina Alekseeva in the unanimous decision of the judges (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)

Flyweight (up to 56,7kg): Tagir Ulanbenkov derrotou Azat Maksum in the unanimous decision of the judges (29-28, 30-27, 30-27)

Heavy weight (up to 120,2kg): Mohammed Usman derrotou Hamdy Abdelwahab in the unanimous decision of the judges (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)

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