Sosok Yoo Joo-sang, Debutan UFC yang Bikin Jeka Saragih Terkapar dalam 28 Detik

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Petarung MMA asal Korea Selatan, Yoo Joo-sang. (Deni Sulaeman/Skor.id)

SKOR.id - Nama Yoo Joo-sang mencuri perhatian penggemar mixed martial arts (MMA) di tanah air.

Itu setelah petarung asal Korea Selatan tersebut sukses menaklukkan jagoan Indonesia, Jeka Saragih, dalam duel UFC 316 di Prudential Center, New Jersey, Amerika Serikat, pekan lalu.

Tak main-main, Jeka dibuatnya mencium kanvas hanya dalam waktu 28 detik. Hebatnya lagi, itu merupakan pertarungan debut Yoo Joo-sang di UFC.

Datang sebagai newcomer, tak banyak yang tahu mengenai kekuatan pria berjuluk Zombie Jr. Namun, duel singkat versus Jeka Saragih mengungkap banyak hal.

Yoo Joo-sang ternyata petarung yang taktis, dengan counter strike mematikan. Latar belakangnya sebagai petinju menjelaskan hal tersebut.

Melawan Jeka, dia membiarkan Si Tendangan Maut menyerang agresif pada detik-detik awal, pilih menghindar sembari mengintip celah.

Begitu menemukannya, Yoo Joo-sang langsung melancarkan hook kiri deras ke rahang Jeka, membuat fighter asal Simalungun, Sumatera Utara, itu 'tertidur' dengan wajah tertanam ke kanvas.

Yoo Joo-sang memang bukan petarung kemarin sore. Faktanya, dia sudah mulai menekuni tinju sejak usia 16 tahun dan debut sebagai petinju profesional pada 2014.

Namun, hanya tiga tahun berselang, dia banting setir dan menjajal MMA

Laga perdananya sebagai amatir terjadi di 20 Mei 2017 melawan Lee Jong-kyu pada TFC Jiu Jitsu Mall League 24. Yoo Joo-sang sukses menjadi pemenang.

Sejak itu, dia melakoni tiga pertarungan lagi hingga 2018, semua disapu dengan kemenangan. 

Pada 2021, Yoo Joo-sang beralih ke arena profesional. Debutnya impresif, menang TKO ronde pertama atas Jang Baek-ho di Angel's Fighting Championship (AFC) 16.

Tahun berikutnya, Yoo merebut sabuk perdana di kelas bulu, menang mutlak atas petarung Jepang, Shunichi Shimizu, pada AFC 22.

Itu diikuti dengan sabuk kelas bulu lainnya dalam event HEAT 52 x AFC 27, Agustus 2023. Yoo Joo-sang sukses merobohkan Takuya Kuramoto hanya dalam waktu 32 detik.

Kini, di usia 31 tahun, rekor pertarungan Yoo Joo-sang tetap sempurna. Sembilan duel profesionalnya selalu berakhir dengan kemenangan, empat di antaranya TKO.

Jeka Saragih merupakan korban terbaru, pertarungan yang menghasilkan penghargaan 'Performance of the Night' buatnya di UFC 316.

"Apa yang saya perlihatkan ini baru sebagian kecil, banyak hal yang akan Anda saksikan nantinya," ujar Yoo Joo-sang usai menorehkan debut fenomenal di UFC.

Menarik ditunggu kiprah selanjutnya dari Zombie Jr.

Source: UFC

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