Paris – One of two light heavyweight fights at UFC Paris on Saturday put France’s own Oumar Sy against South Korea’s Da Woon Jung in the octagon.
Sy (10-0) looked to keep his perfect professional MMA record at UFC Paris. The 28-year-old has had to deal with a long list of fight cancellations, but his opponent made it to fight night on Saturday. Sy’s lone UFC victory came against Tuco Tokkos in May.
Da Woon (15-5-1) entered the UFC on fire rattling off four straight victories with one draw, but has since dropped three consecutive fights. He fought for a badly needed victory against the undefeated Sy.
Round 1 Sy came out with the pressure on Da Woon. Sy used the leg kicks to keep Da Woon at bay. Da Woon fired off a flying knee that rocked Sy right into a takedown attempt which he scored. Da Woon was able to get back to his feet, and Sy let him back up.
Another takedown attempt by Sy was stuffed as well. Now Da Woon went in with his own pressure and lead the dance.
Round 2 Da Woon came out with confidence seeing that he withstood some of the best that Sy had. Sy looked a bit tired at the end of the first round, and it looked like it continued on early in the second. He chose to use a much more patient attack in this round.
Da Woon showed no fear of Sy’s right hand in the second round doing well to block it and get his own attacks going. Sy’s jab worked well as well as the body kicks. With 30 seconds left Sy went off with combos set up by the jab attacks earlier in the round. The round ended with Sy shooting for a takedown.
Round 3 Sy looked calm and went back to his jab attack. He continued to land inside leg kicks as he looked to set up a high kick. Sy’s jab looked on point in this round and Da Woon ate a healthy helping of them.
Sy looked fresh again in this round using his movement to find angles. With just over a minute left Sy stuffed a takedown attempt, and took Da Woon down instead. Da Woon went to his knees, Sy took the back, but was too high. Da Woon shook him off, Sy looked for an arm, but ran out of time.
Official Result: Oumar Sy def. Da Woon Jung via Unanimous Decision (30-27×3)
