Road to UFC 2: Episode 6 Breakdown and Predictions

By
Shawn Bitter
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Lightweight, Park Jae Hyun Vs. Quillan Salkilld

Tale of the Tape

Park Jae Hyun
Seoul, South Korea
21-years-old
5’10”
6-1
Six-fight win streak
Quillan Salkilld
Perth, Western Australia
23-years-old
6’0″
4-1
Four-fight win streak

Pros and Cons

Park Jae Hyun

Pros

  • Submission threat
  • Solid grappling
  • Uses feints well
  • Good ground and pound
  • Strikes to wrestle well

Cons

  • Stand squared/Little footwork
  • Head movement lacks

Quillan Salkilld

Pros

  • Uses reach well
  • Scrambles well
  • Good positional awareness
  • Submission threat
  • Dangerous counter striker
  • Goes body-head well
  • Mixing up striking patterns
  • Throws in combinations

Cons

  • TDD needs work
  • Questionable grappling defense

Prediction: I just scouted Salkilld a few weeks ago and I came out impressed. After watching Hyun I wasn’t as impressed. Hyun is going to have to get the takedown because he is no match on the feet.

Salkilld does get taken down but is so good at creating scrambles and hitting switches to go from defense to offense real quickly. He’s pretty aware of positional awareness being able to float on top winning the scramble battles. What makes him more dangerous is he can catch the neck in a scramble at any time. I feel pretty good about Salkilld being the better overall fighter. I’d be surprised if Hyun won this.

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