{"id":811915,"date":"2026-07-20T09:11:22","date_gmt":"2026-07-20T09:11:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/811915\/"},"modified":"2026-07-20T09:11:22","modified_gmt":"2026-07-20T09:11:22","slug":"south-koreas-ufc-24-fighter-ko-seok-hyun-33-havas-mmas-international-status-has-declined-they","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/811915\/","title":{"rendered":"South Korea’s UFC 24 fighter Ko Seok-hyun (33, Havas MMA)’s international status has declined. They .."},"content":{"rendered":"

2 wins, 1 loss, 223 points in the n-welterweight division \u2192 178 points down 20.5% due to the failure of UFC debut 3 consecutive wins.
UFC welterweight top 40.8% \u2192 51.3%
Effective hits 1.27 times and 21.2% ahead, but failed to overcome the near-field inferiority.
The nickname changed to ‘Korean Tyson’ is overshadowed.
Only succeeded when it is a true ‘Korean Tyson’ <\/p>\n

South Korea’s UFC 24 fighter Ko Seok-hyun (33, Havas MMA)’s international status has declined. They lost for the first time in three games since their debut as the world’s largest mixed martial arts (MMA) group.<\/p>\n

UFC Fight Night 281 was held at the Paycom Center in Oklahoma City on July 19 (Korea time). Ko Seok-hyun lost to Jean-Paul LeBosnoyani (27) in a unanimous decision of 28-29 after a welterweight (77kg) 5 minutes \u00d7 3 rounds away game.<\/p>\n

\"Ko \uc0ac\uc9c4 \ud655\ub300 Ko Seok-hyun, an 82kg gold medalist in the Combat category at the 42nd International Sambo Federation World Championships, is regretful after finishing an away match between Jean-Paul LeBosnoyani and UFC Fight Night 281 welterweight 5 minutes \u00d7 3 rounds at the Paycom Center in Oklahoma City in July 2026. Photo = TKO \"July \uc0ac\uc9c4 \ud655\ub300 July 2026 UFC Fight Night 281 6th match welterweight 5 mins \u00d7 3 rounds Jean-Paul Lebosnoyani vs Ko Seok-hyun official scorecard. Photo = TKO <\/p>\n

All three UFC Fight Night 281 deputy judges scored that Ko Seok-hyun led 10-9 in the first round, but the second and third rounds were 9-10 in a row. The mixed martial arts ranking system “Fight Matrix” calculated that Ko Seok-hyun fell 45 points and 20.2 percent from 223 points in the welterweight division to 178 points.<\/p>\n

Ko Seok-hyun ranked 31st in the UFC welterweight division and the top 40.8% in the UFC welterweight division to 39th and top 51.3% in the UFC welterweight division. The failure of UFC’s three consecutive wins has reduced the welterweight status by 20.5%. “Still a little overrated,” Fight Matrix said, adding a sober assessment.<\/p>\n

\"Ko \uc0ac\uc9c4 \ud655\ub300 Ko Seok-hyun, an 82kg gold medalist in the Combat category at the 42nd International Sambo Federation World Championships, is playing an away match against Jean-Paul LeBosnoyani in the UFC Fight Night 281 welterweight 5 minutes \u00d7 3 rounds at the Paycom Center in Oklahoma City, U.S., in July 2026. Photo = TKO \"Ko \uc0ac\uc9c4 \ud655\ub300 Ko Seok-hyun, an 82kg gold medalist in the Combat category at the 42nd International Sambo Federation World Championships, attacks Jean-Paul LeBosnoyani in the UFC Fight Night 281 welterweight 5 minutes\u00d73 rounds away match at the Paycom Center in Oklahoma City, U.S., in July 2026. Photo = TKO <\/p>\n

According to UFC Fight Night 281 official statistics, Ko Seok-hyun outperformed Jean-Paul LeBosnoyani of the U.S. with a 66-52 effective hit and a 168-152 effective hit attempt. The batting battle was 1.11 to 1.27 times and 9.5 to 21.2% superior.<\/p>\n

However, the grappling advantage time was 17.1% inferior, with 1 min 47 s \u2013 2 min 9 s. Ko Seok-hyun succeeded in reversing the ground position once, but the takedown failed four times in a row. Compared to Jean-Paul LeBosnoyani’s 3\/4 takedown and two submission attempts.<\/p>\n

\"Ko \uc0ac\uc9c4 \ud655\ub300 Ko Seok-hyun, an 82kg gold medalist in the Combat category at the 42nd International Sambo Federation World Championships, falls to Jean-Paul LeBosnoyani in the UFC Fight Night 281 welterweight 5 minutes\u00d73 rounds away match at the Paycom Center in Oklahoma City, U.S., in July 2026. Photo = TKO \"Ko \uc0ac\uc9c4 \ud655\ub300 Ko Seok-hyun, an 82kg gold medalist in the Combat category at the 42nd International Sambo Federation World Championships, is playing an away match against Jean-Paul LeBosnoyani in the UFC Fight Night 281 welterweight 5 minutes \u00d7 3 rounds at the Paycom Center in Oklahoma City, U.S., in July 2026. Photo = TKO <\/p>\n

Ko Seok-hyun declared that he would change his nickname from “Korean Tyson” to “Technical” ahead of UFC Fight Night 281, but it has not yet been reflected on the official website of the conglomerate.<\/p>\n

Effective batting data showed that Ko Seok-hyun showed better technique as a striker than Jean-Pol-Lebosnoyani with a face 55-35 and a distance of 61-41. However, the clinch hit was pushed to 2-11. Grappling and grounding were scarce in all areas.<\/p>\n

\"Ko \uc0ac\uc9c4 \ud655\ub300 Ko Seok-hyun, an 82kg gold medalist in the Combat category at the 42nd International Sambo Federation World Championships, falls to Jean-Paul LeBosnoyani in the UFC Fight Night 281 welterweight 5 minutes\u00d73 rounds away match at the Paycom Center in Oklahoma City, U.S., in July 2026. Photo = TKO \"Ko \uc0ac\uc9c4 \ud655\ub300 Ko Seok-hyun, an 82kg gold medalist in the Combat category at the 42nd International Sambo Federation World Championships, is beaten by Jean-Paul LeBosnoyani in the UFC Fight Night 281 welterweight 5 minutes \u00d7 3 rounds away match at the Paycom Center in Oklahoma City, U.S., in July 2026. Photo = TKO <\/p>\n

Ko Seok-hyun’s technique was not enough to deter a reckless opponent even in the middle of the UFC. Ko Seok-hyun, who is 178cm tall and 180cm tall based on his UFC profile, needs to be a true “Korean Tyson” rather than a clumsy technique to succeed in the MMA World No. 1 stage.<\/p>\n

UFC Korean active P4P ranking<\/p>\n

* Except for those who have not yet participated in the event<\/p>\n

1st place, Park Jun Yong. Middleweight 224 points<\/p>\n

2nd place, Choi Doo-ho. Featherweight 219 points<\/p>\n

3rd place, Ko Seok-hyun. 178 points for welterweight<\/p>\n

4th place is Yoo Soo-young’s bantamweight with 86 points<\/p>\n

5th place, Lee Changho, 63 points for the bantam class<\/p>\n

6th place, Park Hyun-Sung, 61 points for flyweight<\/p>\n

7th place, Lee Jung Young. Featherweight 50 points<\/p>\n

8th place Yuju. Featherweight 35 points<\/p>\n

9th place is Lee Isaac’s middleweight class with 22 points<\/p>\n

[Kang Daeho, MK Sports Reporter]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"2 wins, 1 loss, 223 points in the n-welterweight division \u2192 178 points down 20.5% due to the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":811916,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[570],"tags":[64,63,786,785,85],"class_list":["post-811915","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mma","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-fighting","tag-mma","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/811915","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=811915"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/811915\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/811916"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=811915"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=811915"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=811915"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}