{"id":5963,"date":"2025-05-18T05:51:34","date_gmt":"2025-05-18T04:51:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mmamag.ma\/en\/?p=5963"},"modified":"2025-05-18T10:53:50","modified_gmt":"2025-05-18T09:53:50","slug":"park-submits-hernandez-at-ufc-vegas-106-calls-out-matt-schnell","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mmamag.ma\/en\/park-submits-hernandez-at-ufc-vegas-106-calls-out-matt-schnell\/","title":{"rendered":"Park Submits Hernandez at UFC Vegas 106, Calls Out Matt Schnell!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"\" style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"1580\" data-end=\"1797\"><strong data-start=\"1580\" data-end=\"1593\">Las Vegas<\/strong> \u2013 South Korean fighter <strong data-start=\"1617\" data-end=\"1635\">Hyun Sung Park<\/strong> made a strong impression at <strong data-start=\"1664\" data-end=\"1681\">UFC Vegas 106<\/strong>, finishing <strong data-start=\"1693\" data-end=\"1713\">Carlos Hernandez<\/strong> in the first round with a rear-naked choke in the only flyweight bout of the event.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"1799\" data-end=\"2008\">Though it wasn\u2019t part of the original plan, Park capitalized on the ground opportunity. Speaking to the media, he said: <em data-start=\"1921\" data-end=\"2008\">\u201cThe game plan was great, but I saw an opening on the ground and went for the choke.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 696px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('video');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-5963-1\" width=\"696\" height=\"696\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"https:\/\/mmamag.ma\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/X2Twitter.com_zS2CuaH4ld-LN_Bc_1080p.mp4?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/mmamag.ma\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/X2Twitter.com_zS2CuaH4ld-LN_Bc_1080p.mp4\">https:\/\/mmamag.ma\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/X2Twitter.com_zS2CuaH4ld-LN_Bc_1080p.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"2010\" data-end=\"2172\">His submission was one of six finishes on the preliminary card. While he didn\u2019t earn a post-fight bonus, Park caught attention with a callout to <strong data-start=\"2155\" data-end=\"2171\">Matt Schnell<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"2174\" data-end=\"2381\">When asked why Schnell, Park explained: <em data-start=\"2216\" data-end=\"2381\">\u201cIt was just a random name that came to mind. I\u2019ve got nothing against him. He\u2019s half-Korean, I was following him. He\u2019s a great fighter, and I\u2019d love to face him.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"2383\" data-end=\"2489\">Schnell, whose father and grandmother are Korean, previously competed in South Korea at UFC Busan in 2019.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"2491\" data-end=\"2629\">Despite strong performances inside the octagon, Park\u2019s main struggle has been staying active\u2014due to injuries and opponents missing weight.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"2631\" data-end=\"2718\"><em data-start=\"2631\" data-end=\"2656\">\u201cI just want to fight,\u201d<\/em> Park said. <em data-start=\"2668\" data-end=\"2718\">\u201cI just need a bit of luck to get things going.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\"  id=\"_ytid_45761\"  width=\"696\" height=\"391\"  data-origwidth=\"696\" data-origheight=\"391\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/3Ptzx1uKYXk?enablejsapi=1&#038;autoplay=0&#038;cc_load_policy=0&#038;cc_lang_pref=&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;loop=0&#038;modestbranding=0&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;playsinline=0&#038;autohide=2&#038;theme=dark&#038;color=red&#038;controls=1&#038;\" class=\"__youtube_prefs__  epyt-is-override  no-lazyload\" title=\"YouTube player\"  allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen data-no-lazy=\"1\" data-skipgform_ajax_framebjll=\"\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Las Vegas \u2013 South Korean fighter Hyun Sung Park made a strong impression at UFC Vegas 106, finishing Carlos Hernandez in the first round with a rear-naked choke in the only flyweight bout of the event. Though it wasn\u2019t part of the original plan, Park capitalized on the ground opportunity. Speaking to the media, he [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5964,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[45,86,21,91],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-5963","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mma","8":"category-mma-video","9":"category-ufc-news","10":"category-ufc"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmamag.ma\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5963"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmamag.ma\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmamag.ma\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmamag.ma\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmamag.ma\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5963"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mmamag.ma\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5963\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5966,"href":"https:\/\/mmamag.ma\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5963\/revisions\/5966"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmamag.ma\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5964"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmamag.ma\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5963"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmamag.ma\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5963"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmamag.ma\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5963"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}