Preview: UFC Vegas 106 Prelims

Flyweights

Hyun Sung Park (9-0, 2-0 UFC) vs. Carlos Hernandez (10-4, 3-3 UFC)

ODDS: Park (-148), Hernandez (+124)

An interesting benchmark bout takes place, as Park looks to get his UFC career going in earnest. Park won the “Road to UFC” flyweight tournament that spanned 2022 and 2023, stringing together results that were impressive if occasionally unspectacular. “Peace Of Mind” can crack and has shown some capable enough wrestling and grappling, but he can often be too patient for his own good despite his undefeated record. In the UFC’s fastest division, Park is more than content to hang back and wait for his spots rather than focusing on winning rounds. Park did at least run through Shannon Ross in his proper UFC debut—even if the knockout took a bit longer than expected—but rather than build on that momentum, the Korean’s been out of action for a year and a half. He finally returns against Hernandez. As the UFC continues to add flyweight talent, Hernandez has settled in as a solid gatekeeper who has clearly cut the wheat from the chaff thus far in his UFC career. Technically sound but an unspectacular athlete, Hernandez’s best skill is his wrestling, which tends to determine whether or not he wins his fights. He has put some lower-level opposition through the ringer, but the UFC has also matched him with standout grapplers who have usually been able to outwork or outright submit him while on the mat. Park gives up a lot of ground and Hernandez has been historically durable, so this could be where the Korean’s approach finally comes back to bite him. However, the call is that Park can stall this out enough to make his harder-hitting offense count as a tiebreaker. The pick is Park via decision.

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