"Korean Superboy" Choi Doo-ho is finally coming back... It's been 10 years. "Trying to win 3 UFC games in a row."

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Korean Superboy Choi Doo-ho (34), who shook off his injury, will finally return to the Octagon. Choi Doo-ho, who once wowed the world by reaching 11th place in the UFC featherweight rankings, aims to simultaneously win three consecutive wins and re-enter the rankings for the first time in 10 years since 2016 through this return match.

Choi Doo-ho, who has 16 wins, 1 draw and 4 losses in his career, will face Gavin Tucker (39, Canada) at the UFC Fight Night: Burns vs Malat at Winnipeg Canada Life Center in Manitoba, Canada on April 19 (Korea Standard Time).

Choi Doo-ho announced his revival with two consecutive wins in eight years. TKO Bill Algios with left-handed hooks in 2024 and Nate Landwear with ground elbow in succession last year. In particular, he was praised for performing beyond his heyday, overwhelming the strong players who were evaluated just below the top 15.

However, his return to the UFC was unfortunately canceled. He had a break due to a knee injury he suffered ahead of the match against Daniel Santos in September last year.

Since then, Choi Doo-ho has resumed training since the end of last year and started to enter the top 15 once again.

This game is a battle with many meanings for Choi Doo-ho. It is an opportunity to recreate the glory of 2016, when he won three consecutive first-round knockouts since his debut in 2014, for the first time in 10 years. It is also a revenge match for fellow Korean zombie Choi Seung-woo, who trains together at MMA. Opponent Gavin Tucker was defeated by Choi Seung-woo with a rear-naked choke in 2019.

Tucker is a veteran who returns after two years and eight months of unilateral support from home fans. In May last year, he left for undisclosed reasons ahead of the game with Lee Jung-young. Tucker is known to have trained Taekwondo and judo, so he has solid basic skills, but he has been on the decline recently, losing back-to-back to Dan Ige and Diego López.

Choi Doo-ho currently has five UFC wins, one draw and three losses, and showed off a 100% finish rate that ends with (T)KO in all five games he won. However, considering the featherweight orthodoxy that 35-year-old is considered a tipping point in his skills, the victory over Tucker is expected to be the last golden time to enter the rankings.

Meanwhile, 11th ranking Gilbert Burns (22-9) of the UFC welterweight division and Mike Malat (13 wins, 1 draw and 2 losses) of three consecutive wins will clash in the main event of this tournament.

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