UFC: South Korea‘s ‘Iron Turtle’ Park Jun-yong shatters record in beat down of John Phillips on Fight Island
- Park sets new UFC middleweight three-round record for ground strikes with 258 blows against Welsh veteran Phillips
- ‘I don’t care about the records, whoever they send me, I’ll hit,’ says the 29-year-old
Welsh veteran John Phillips received some pre-fight tips in the back from Khamzat Chimaev, the man who “smashed” him mercilessly on his UFC debut in July.
But Chimaev’s advice did nothing to prevent the 35-year-old Phillips (22-11, one no contest) getting an even bigger beat down from South Korea’s “Iron Turtle” Park Jun-yong (12-4) at UFC Fight Island 6 on Sunday.
The 29-year-old set a new UFC middleweight three-round record for ground strikes en route to a unanimous decision, his tally of 258 outdoing Matt Riddle’s 251 ground strikes landed at UFC Fight Night: Lauzon vs Stevens in 2009.
There were scores of 30-25 across the board, with Park picking up two 10-8 rounds from each judge.
When told by former UFC two division champ Daniel Cormier, who was commentating on the ESPN broadcast, that he had set the record, Park was bemused.