"I'll thank you for everything."" Kim Sang-wook, 'Kim Dong-hyun' lost at the UFC threshold → hot tears

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Kim Sang-wook (33), a "progman" who is well-known as "Stan Gun" Kim Dong-hyun's favorite student, has finally failed to enter the UFC. He reached the final after trying for two consecutive years, but missed the UFC contract right in front of him.

Kim Sang-wook was defeated by Dom Marfan (25, Australia), who supported home fans in the lightweight final of "UFC 325: Volkanovski vs López 2" undercard "ROAD TO UFC (RTU)" at Kudos Bank Arena in Sydney, Australia on the 1st (Korea Standard 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 overcame the pain of being eliminated after losing to Longju in season 3 last year and tried again, but this time, he suffered from the top threshold.

After the game, Kim Sang-wook said on his personal social networking service (SNS), "I am truly sorry for the team members who were with me and the fans who trusted and supported me," adding, "I will be grateful for all the criticism." I will not turn a blind eye to the defeat and correct it and come back with a better appearance," he said.

The atmosphere was not bad at the beginning of the final. At the start of the first round, Kim Sang-wook drove Marfan into a cage with his unique rough pressure. He also succeeded in a takedown by betting on a clinch fight.

But Dom Marfan was formidable. Kim Sang-wook failed to maintain the upper position and allowed Marfan to reverse the position. Kim Sang-wook then got up again and persistently tried to clinch, but Marfan's sharp Elbow counterattack cut the flow.

The weight of the game was divided from the strike. Marfan, who is 191 centimeters long, attacked Kim Sang-wook from a distance with a jab and a straight line from the second round. Kim Sang-wook moved forward without backing down even though he allowed a hard hit enough to tilt his head back, but showed a sharp decline in physical strength along with facial bleeding. He tried to fight back with a close-range punch combination, but was blocked by Marfan's skillful game management.

Kim Sang-wook, who desperately needed a finish in the last third round, fired up his fighting spirit. Pointing to the center of the octagon, he made a gesture to counter, but a cold Marfan refused, sticking out his middle finger. Marfan opened the distance with a front kick and blocked Kim Sang-wook's approach. Ten seconds before the end of the game, Marfan responded to Kim Sang-wook's last provocation, and a slugfest took place, but it was not enough to reverse the game.

In the end, Kim Sang-wook had to accept the unanimous decision defeat amid a 68-to-99 inferiority in the effective batting number. When the results of the judgment were announced, Kim Sang-wook shed tears of regret.

Kim Sang-wook, who started fighting to overcome school violence as a child, sought to enter the UFC by conducting overseas training with the full support of his teacher Kim Dong-hyun, but failed to cross the wall of Australia's Holy Mar Pan and recorded 13 wins and 4 losses. On the other hand, Marfan, who won, recorded 9 wins and 2 losses and got the UFC contract, the stage of his dream.

Meanwhile, South Korea has consistently produced UFC fighters from RTU seasons 1 to 3, including Lee Jung-young, Park Hyun-sung, Lee Chang-ho, Choi Dong-hoon, and Yoo Soo-young, but this season has not produced a single winner.

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