Flyweight Hyunsung Park I won’t fight in UFC 302 after suffering an injury during a recent training session.
Tuesday, Park (9-0 MMA, 2-0 UFC) announced her withdrawal from the June 1 event at the Prudential Center in Newark, NJ and shared a video of how she suffered the injury in the gym. Park revealed that he suffered a torn knee ligament as a result of the accident.
“During sparring preparation for this UFC 302, I collided with a colleague I trained with from an invisible angle due to the wind,” Park wrote on Instagram. “My knee was pushed in too far and the internal ligament in my right knee tore, so I couldn’t make it out of this UFC 302. Sorry to everyone who helped with this match.”
Park was scheduled to fight André Lima (8-0 MMA, 0-0 UFC) in the preliminaries. Promotional Newbie Nyamjargal Tumendemberel (8-0 MMA, 0-0 UFC), nicknamed the “Art of Knockout, replaces Park,” a person with knowledge of the matchup told MMA Junkie on Tuesday following an initial report that Eurosport Netherlands.
The latest UFC 302 schedule now includes:
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Islam Makhachev x Dustin Poirier – for the lightweight title
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Paulo Costa x Sean Strickland
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Roman Dolidze vs. opponent TBA
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Jailton Almeida x Alexandr Romanov
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Joselyne Edwards x Ailin Perez
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Bassil Hafez x Mickey Gall
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Grant Dawson x Joe Solecki
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Jake Matthews x Phil Rowe
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André Lima x Nyamjargal Tumendemberel
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César Almeida x Roman Kopylov
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Randy Brown x Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos
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Alex Morono x Niko Price
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Tatsuro Taira x Joshua Van
For more information on the card, visit the MMA Junkie events hub to UFC 302.
