Jun Yong Park scraped out one other win in a very unusual combat at UFC Baku.
“The Iron Turtle” was on the receiving finish of a brutal unlawful knee within the second spherical of his combat with Ismail Naurdiev, a foul that occurred after Naurdiev had already twice poked Park within the eye. Referee Lukasz Bosacki stepped in to pause the bout with Naurdiev considering that combat had been waved off in his favor.
After an extended break within the motion, which included Bosacki consulting referee Herb Dean at cageside, the choice was made to ding Naurdiev with a two-point penalty slightly than disqualify Naurdiev or declare a no-contest. Including to the chaos, it was unclear if Park was even capable of see out of his left eye after being hit by the knee, however the middleweight veteran was allowed to proceed.
Park went on to dominate the rest of the competition, profitable a unanimous resolution through a uncommon mixture of scores, 29-26, 29-26, and 29-25.
Fighters have been simply as baffled as followers at what transpired in Spherical 2 and you’ll try reactions from social media under.
That’s fucking unlawful in my Dana white voice lol
— Terrance McKinney (@twrecks155) June 21, 2025
Park is a warrior lower him a test I do know bruh eye nonetheless hurting frfr
— Terrance McKinney (@twrecks155) June 21, 2025
That’s an actual fighter .
Many might have milked that one .#ufcbaku— Themba Gorimbo (@TheAnswerMMA) June 21, 2025
Iron Turtle could be very a lot Iron
— Julius Walker (@YourFavJuiceBox) June 21, 2025