Park Joon-yong (34) will play in the world's largest mixed martial arts (MMA) group on the 1975th (5 years, 4 months and 27 days) and 10 games later.
U.S. sports agency First Round Management announced on February 25 that "Park Jun-yong will face Ismail Nourdiev (29, Austria/Morocco) in a middleweight (84kg) match at the UFC Fight Night Qatar on May 17."
Park Joon-yong will be released from 9 consecutive MMA matches, which led to one fight on Fight Island in October 2020 and eight UFC APEX games between May 2021 and October 2024.
During the COVID-19 pandemic, the UFC held nine "Fight Island Series" on an artificial island in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. Apex is a stadium dedicated to live broadcast competitions in Enterprise, Nevada, USA, and limited audience admission is made without an official scale count.
"Ismail's close brother and one of his coaches, Myrbek Taisumov, has already defeated Korean Top Team in his UFC debut," said MMA's MMA training organization "Team Nourdiyev." I will repeat my success again in 4,152 days (11 years, 4 months and 14 days)," he said, expressing confidence in Park Joon-yong.
Ismail Nourdiyev and Myrbek Taysumov, 37, are Austrian/Morocco dual nationals born in Grozny, the capital of the Chechen Republic of Russia.
In January 2014, Myrbek Taysumov beat KTT's Bang Tae-hyun (former Bang Seung-hwan, 42) in a unanimous decision in the UFC Fight Night 34 lightweight (70kg) match between Singapore's Marina Bay Sands.
▲The effective hit 33-26 ▲ Takedown 5/7 - 0/1 ▲ The grappling advantage was 3:49 – 8 seconds, which was enough to win the UFC's first victory. KTT's main leader is no different from 11 years ago.
"Team Nourdiyev" does not hide the idea that Ismail can overpower KTT junior Park Joon-yong, just as Myrbek Taysumov pushed Bang Tae-hyun to 55.9% of the effective batting share and 96.6% of the grappling advantage.
Ismail Nourdiyev also expressed his determination to add a UFC victory over Park Joon-yong in Qatar, saying, "In the meaning of Allah (Islamic God), our opponent and KTT will be 2:0." Just as Myrbek Taysumov beat Bang Tae-hyun.
The mixed martial arts ranking system "Fight Matrix" evaluates Park Joon-yong at 237 points, UFC middleweight 25th, Ismail Nourdiyev at 170 points and UFC middleweight 33rd. It is calculated that Park Jun-yong is 1.39 times stronger than Nourdiyev.
Park's eight wins and three losses are the 10th most won among 66 UFC middleweight contractors. On the other hand, Ismail Nourdiev has only two wins and two losses in the UFC welterweight class (77kg) and one win in the middleweight class.
After February 2020, he lost his connection with the UFC and returned to the UFC on October 1702 (4 years, 7 months and 28 days) in 2024, winning his third UFC victory. If Ismail Nourdiyev beats Park Joon-yong, he will achieve his first consecutive win since entering the UFC.
UFC officially determines the superiority and inferiority of 15 strong players in each weight class who can challenge the champion. Park Joon-yong recorded one win and one loss against Andre Munis (35·Brazil) in December 2023 and Brad Tervaris (38·U.S.) in October 2024.
Brad Turbaris is ranked eighth in the UFC and Andre Munis is ranked 10th in his career. Park Joon-yong's name value naturally rose after a fierce neck-and-neck race with two former middleweight TOP10 players with 1-2 decision losses (vs Munis) and 2-1 decision wins (vs Tervais).
Park Joon-yong is a UFC middleweight active top 5 in ▲ most submission wins ▲ top position accumulation time ▲ wrestling attack accuracy. As the 10th place in average number of hits per minute suggests, he is not only a good player on the ground but also an effective hit.
Ismail Nourdiyev showed impressive performance in his UFC middleweight debut, including △ effective hit 66-36 △ takedown 3-0 △ grappling dominance 5:51 seconds. He didn't lose his ground leadership for a second.
The "Fight Matrix" power analysis that UFC middleweight Park Joon-yong has a 28.3% advantage over Ismail Nourdiyev, who has only one win in the UFC middleweight division, also means that the gap is not large considering the performance of the two major competitions. Never let your guard down.
1st place Kim Dong Hyun 13 wins, 4 losses, 1 invalid
2nd place Kang Kyung-ho, 08 wins, 5 losses, 1 invalid
2nd place, Park Junyong, 08 wins and 3 losses
4th place, Jung Chanseong. 07 wins and 5 losses
5th place, Choi Doo Ho. 05 wins, 3 losses, 1 draw
# August 2019
UFC on ESPN+ 15
10,32 spectators
Second round sub-mission loss
# December 2019
UFC on ESPN+ 23
16,651 spectators
a unanimous decision victory
# May 2025 (scheduled to run)
UFC Fight Night Qatar Competition
# May 2021
UFC on ESPN 27
2-1 decision win
# October 2021
UFC on ESPN+ 54
Second round TKO loss
# May 2022
UFC on ESPN+ 64
2-1 decision win
# October 2022
UFC on ESPN+ 71
Round 2, submission win
# February 2023
UFC on ESPN+ 76
Round 1, sub mission win
# July 2023
UFC on ESPN 49
Round 2, submission win
# December 2023
UFC on ESPN+ 91
a 1-2 decision defeat
# October 2024
UFC on ESPN+ 102
2-1 decision win
5th place (3 times) with the most submission wins
Top position total 5th (32 minutes 52 seconds)
5th place in takedown success rate (47.1%)
7th place in grappling advantage time (40 minutes 46 seconds)
9th place in top position percentage (25.3%)
10th place (8 times) with the most wins
10th place in the grappling dominance (31.4%)
Hit success per minute - 10th place (1.35 times) allowed
[Kang Daeho, MK Sports Reporter]
