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"Frogman" Kim Sang-wook (33), well-known as "Stun Gun" Kim Dong-hyun's favorite student, was unfortunately frustrated on the threshold of entering the UFC main stage.
Kim Sang-wook lost to Dom Marr Pan (25, Australia) in the lightweight final of "UFC 325: Volkanovski vs López 2" undercard ROAD TO UFC season 4 at Kudos Bank Arena in Sydney, Australia on the 1st (Korea time).
The match was the final gateway to the RTU tournament, which grants UFC official contracts to promising players in the Asia-Pacific region. Kim Sang-wook was unfortunately defeated with the trophy and UFC contract in front of him.
Kim Sang-wook was good at the beginning of the first round. He took the grappling fight, which is his specialty, and pushed Marfan to the cage, taking the back position and peeking at the opportunity. However, he failed to put both hooks perfectly, giving ground control to the opponent, continuing the battle.
From the second round, the weight of the match tilted towards Marrane. Kim Sang-wook, who lost his physical strength rapidly after the batting match, allowed Marfan to take a takedown and was driven to the corner of the fence. Marfan poured a heavy hit into Kim Sang-wook's face at the top position, and both sides of Kim Sang-wook's face, whose defense collapsed, were torn and swollen. To make matters worse, there was even a bleeding.
There was no reversal in the last three rounds. Marfan defended all of Kim Sang-wook's persistent takedown attempts. He even widened the score by hitting close range. In the end, the match ended with a unanimous decision by all judges in Marfan.
As a result, Kim Sang-wook was eliminated after losing to Longju in the RTU tournament last year, and suffered his second challenge in this final.
Kim Sang-wook, who started fighting to overcome school violence as a child, was fully prepared by conducting overseas training with the guidance of director Lee Jung-won and the support of his teacher Kim Dong-hyun, but failed to cross the wall of Australia's Holy Mar Pan, which beat Park Jae-hyun in the semifinals.
On the other hand, Marfan, who won, won the RTU and entered the UFC, the stage of his dream.
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