UFC: South Korea’s ‘Iron Turtle’ Park Jun-yong says judge’s bizarre 28-28 scorecard ‘defies logic’
- Park insists ‘I have no words’ after majority decision win over Tafon Nchukwi at UFC Vegas 26
- ‘I thought I handily won all three rounds ... I guess that’s what the judge saw so I can’t speak for them’
South Korea’s “Iron Turtle” Park Jun-yong put on a dominant display against Tafon Nchukwi on the UFC Vegas 26 preliminaries, but one of the three cageside judges didn’t see it that way on Saturday night.
The 30-year-old Park (13-4) picked up one scorecard of 30-25, while another read 29-26, with referee Chris Tognoni deducting a point from Cameroon-born Nchuwki (5-1) in the second round for multiple groin shots.
However, the third judge Tony Weeks saw it 28-28, awarding Park only the first round at the UFC’s Apex Facility.
“I can’t speak for anyone else but I thought I handily won all three rounds,” Park said in a post-fight media scrum. “It was definitely not a 28-28, but I guess that’s what the judge saw so I can’t speak for them.
“I don’t really have any words for that, it defies logic. I want to say something about it and I’m open to whatever the judge saw, if he can explain why he thought it was 28-28, but I have no words.”