NORMAN PARKE WAS unable to keep his unbeaten run going tonight at UFC Boston.
The Antrim native put in a brave performance against experienced Brazilian veteran Gleison Tibau, with the fight going all three rounds.
It was a difficult one for the judges to call — one gave it to Parke, but the other two had it in favour of Tibau, who took the victory by split decision on scores of 29-28, 28-29, 29-28.
The second round certainly went to Tibau, with Parke likely to have taken the third. The first was the closest of the three, but unfortunately for the 28-year-old Bushmills man it didn’t go his way.
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The loss was Parke’s first in five years — a brilliant run that goes right back to March 2010 when he was beaten by fellow Irishman Joseph Duffy.
Parke said afterwards: “I think he won round two, I won round three, the first round was pretty close but I thought I did enough to win the fight.”
Parke pipped on the scorecards as his five-year undefeated run ends
NORMAN PARKE WAS unable to keep his unbeaten run going tonight at UFC Boston.
The Antrim native put in a brave performance against experienced Brazilian veteran Gleison Tibau, with the fight going all three rounds.
It was a difficult one for the judges to call — one gave it to Parke, but the other two had it in favour of Tibau, who took the victory by split decision on scores of 29-28, 28-29, 29-28.
The second round certainly went to Tibau, with Parke likely to have taken the third. The first was the closest of the three, but unfortunately for the 28-year-old Bushmills man it didn’t go his way.
The loss was Parke’s first in five years — a brilliant run that goes right back to March 2010 when he was beaten by fellow Irishman Joseph Duffy.
Parke said afterwards: “I think he won round two, I won round three, the first round was pretty close but I thought I did enough to win the fight.”
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