UFC Fight Night - Brad Tavares vs. Jun Yong Park Odds

Jun Yong Park is favored against Brad Tavares at UFC Fight Night: Lemos vs. Jandiroba on Saturday, July 20 in Las Vegas, Nevada. This event is one of 12 fights on ESPN+. Tavares is 20-9 in his career, including 15-9 in the UFC, while Yong Park is 17-6 in his career, including 7-3 in the UFC. There are a total of 12 fights, all on ESPN+ at UFC Fight Night: Lemos vs. Jandiroba. Let’s look at the bout between Tavares and Yong Park and UFC predictions.

UFC Fight Night: Lemos vs. Jandiroba takes place at UFC Apex in Las Vegas, Nevada on Saturday, July 20 with 12 fights, all on ESPN+.

UFC Fight Night: Lemos vs. Jandiroba Betting

Brad Tavares (20-9, 15-9 UFC)

Tavares came into the UFC with a record of 5-0 and he has 15 wins and nine losses in the UFC. In his last six fights, he has three wins and three losses. He defeated Antônio Carlos Júnior by unanimous decision, Omari Akhmedov by split decision, and Chris Weidman by unanimous decision; while losing to Dricus du Plessis by unanimous decision, Bruno Silva by TKO, and Gregory Rodrigues by TKO. Tavares has been a pro since 2007 and he has five wins by TKO/KO and two by submission. He has five first round finishes.

Jun Yong Park (17-6, 7-3 UFC)

Yong Park came into the UFC with a record of 10-3 and he has seven wins and three losses in the UFC. He defeated Marc-André Barriault by unanimous decision, John Phillips by unanimous decision, Tafon Nchukwi by majority decision, Eryk Anders by split decision, Joseph Holmes by rear-naked choke submission, Denis Tiuliulin by technical submission, and Albert Duraev by rear-naked choke submission; while losing to Anthony Hernandez by anaconda submission, Gregory Rodrigues by KO, and André Muniz by split decision. Yong Park has been a pro since 2013 and he has five wins by TKO/KO and six by submission. He has five first round finishes.

Striking Stats

Strikes landed per minute: Tavares 3.38 /Yong Park 4.53

Striking Accuracy: Tavares 43% /Yong Park 50%

Strikes absorbed per minute: Tavares 3.15/Yong Park 3.30

Defense: Tavares 55% /Yong Park 53%

Grappling Stats

Takedown average: Tavares 0.78/Yong Park 1.83

Takedown Accuracy: Tavares 26%/Yong Park 50%

Takedowns defended: Tavares 81%/Yong Park 57%

Submission average: Tavares 0.0/Yong Park 1.1

UFC Picks

This should be an entertaining fight to watch, as both fighters are not afraid of taking a hit. Tavares has 20 wins and 9 losses with some of those losses coming against excellent fighters including Gregory Rodrigues, Bruno Silva, and the reigning middleweight champion, Dricus Du Plessis.

Tavares is all action, averaging more than three strikes per minute and taking almost as many shots. His ability to strike is very good, but he struggles on the mat. The good news is that he does have an 81% success rate in defending takedowns and that will be important in this match.

Park Jun-yong has 17 wins and 6 losses in his career and he gets his wins in a variety of ways with five by knockout, six by submission and six by decision. There is no question that Park would prefer to get this fight to the mat, as he has the edge in submission skills.

Park is listed as the favorite in UFC betting odds in this fight with the rounds listed at 2.5 with the over a hefty favorite. I don’t know that I want to get involved in picking a side in this one. I definitely don’t want to lay any type of price on Park in a fight that looks to be even. What does stand out in this fight to me is that neither fighter is a great finisher. Park does have some ability to finish the fight on the mat, but Tavares is well aware that he doesn’t want this fight to go to the ground and Tavares has a good takedown defense. I see this one going the distance so I will go over the rounds total.

UFC Fight Night: Lemos vs. Jandiroba Card & Odds

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