Tavares vs Park

Who won Tavares vs Park?

Jun Yong Park beat Brad Tavares by split decision in their 3 round contest during the co-main event of UFC Fight Night, on Saturday 12th October 2024 at UFC Apex in Las Vegas.

The scorecards were announced as 29-28, 29-28, 29-28 in favor of the winner Jun Yong Park.

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).

Tavares vs Park stats

Brad Tavares stepped into the octagon with a record of 20 wins, 9 losses and 0 draws, 5 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 2 by submission.

Jun Yong Park made his way to the cage with a record of 17 wins, 6 losses and 0 draws, 5 of those wins coming by knock out and 6 by submission.

This was Brad Tavares' 25th fight in the UFC, having made his debut for the promotion in 2010. Jun Yong Park marked his 11th fight for them, having made his own debut for the promotion in 2019.

Brad Tavares' UFC record stood at 15-10-0, while Jun Yong Park's came in at 8-3-0.

The stats suggested Park had a slight advantage in power over Tavares, with a 29% knock out percentage over Tavares' 25%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Park had a large advantage over Tavares, boasting a 35% submission rate over Tavares' 10%.

Brad Tavares was the older man by 3 years, at 36 years old.

Tavares had a height advantage of 3 inches over Park. That also extended to a 1-inch reach advantage.

Tavares was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 6 more fights, and made his debut in 2007, 6 years and 5 months earlier than Park, whose first professional fight was in 2013. He had fought 22 more professional rounds, 74 to Park's 52.

Tavares vs Park form

Brad Tavares had beaten 2 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had lost to Gregory Rodrigues at UFC Fight Night: Hermansson vs. Pyfer on 10th February 2024 by knockout in the 3rd round at UFC Apex, Las Vegas, United States.

Previous to that, he had won against Chris Weidman at UFC 292 on 19th August 2023 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at TD Garden, Boston.

Going into that contest, he had been beaten by Bruno Silva at UFC Fight Night – Pavlovich vs. Blaydes on 22nd April 2023 by knockout in the 1st round at UFC Apex, Las Vegas.

Before that, he had been defeated by Dricus Du Plessis at UFC 276 on 2nd July 2022 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas.

He had beaten Omari Akhmedov at UFC 264 on 10th July 2021 by split decision in their 3 round contest at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas.

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

In his last fight before this contest, he had lost to André Muniz at UFC Fight Night: Song vs. Gutierrez on 9th December 2023 by split decision in their 3 round contest at UFC Apex, Las Vegas, United States.

Previous to that, he had defeated Albert Duraev at UFC Fight Night – Holm vs. Bueno Silva on 15th July 2023 by submission in the 2nd round at UFC Apex, Las Vegas.

Going into that contest, he was victorious against Denis Tiuliulin at UFC Fight Night on 4th February 2023 by submission in the 1st round at UFC Apex, Las Vegas.

Before that, he had won against Joseph Holmes at UFC Fight Night: Kattar vs. Allen on 29th October 2022 by submission in the 2nd round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

He had beaten 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.

Activity check

In terms of activity leading into the fight, Jun Yong Park had been fighting more than Brad Tavares.

Going to this contest, Brad Tavares had last fought 8 months and 29 days ago, while Jun Yong Park's last outing had been 10 months and 30 days ago.

Tavares' last 5 fights had come over a period of 3 years, 3 months and 29 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 8 months. In those fights, he fought a total of 13 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.6 rounds on average.

Park's last 5 fights had come over a period of 2 years, 5 months and 18 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 5 months and 29 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 11 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.2 rounds on average.

What time did Tavares vs Park start?

The fighters were expected to walk out at around 1:40 AM UTC , which was 9:40 PM EST or 6:40 PM PST on the West Coast of America, or 2:40 AM BST in the UK.

What were the odds on Tavares vs Park?

Brad Tavares was a 13/8 (+160) underdog going into the contest, while Jun Yong Park made his way into the ring at 9/20 (-220) with oddsmakers.