MMA ODDS AND ENDS FOR TUESDAY: KOREAN ZOMBIE INJURED YET AGAIN
Fight fans will unfortunately have to wait a bit more time to find The Korean Zombie back in action. In accordance with MMA-in-Asia. Com, who confirmed the news with all the fighter’s supervisor, Chan Sung Jung re-injured his shoulder and has been forced to pull out of his scheduled fight against Akira Corassani, which was set to occur October 4 in Ericsson Globe Arena in Stockholm, Sweden. Jung has not fought since injuring his shoulder in his title fight against UFC featherweight champion Jose Aldo back at UFC 163. He had surgery on his shoulder and has been expected to make his comeback this autumn after over a year from their cage, but according to the article at MMA-in-Asia, Jung re-injured the same shoulder through his coaching camp for Corassani. According to the article, Jung doesn’t have structural damage and is to be re-evaluated by a physician at a month. Jung is one of the most exciting fighters in the game pound-for-pound bar none, but it seems like accidents have really taken their toll upon him and now it’s unclear if he will ever be able to fight at the exact same grade he did before each of his injuries. At one point, Jung was on a three-fight win series in the UFC featherweight division with successes over Dustin Poirier, Mark Hominick and Leonard Garcia, shooting the trifecta of Battle of the Night, Knockout of the Night and Entry of the Night in the process, but because the triumph over Poirier in May 2012 Jung has fought just 1 time, dropping to Aldo through fourth-round TKO in UFC 163, and at the point it doesn’t seem like he will step into the cage until 2015. It’s very disappointing news for lovers of The Korean Zombie anyplace, but hopefully the 27-year-old South Korean has hit some type of low point in his profession and he will bounce back from it earlier instead of later. As for who will confront Corassani now in the co-main event of UFC Fight Night 53, it’s really hard to say at this time, but a few options include Jeremy Stephens, Clay Guida, and Diego Brandao, three”name” fighters looking to bounce back from losses and that are available to fight. Although Corassani isn’t a fantastic fighter, he’s quite exciting and the UFC keeps giving him high profile matchups, i.e. Jung, Poirier. But we’ll see what UFC matchmaker Sean Shelby has up his sleeve for his replacement competition for UFC Fight Night 53 — just hopefully whoever he picks is somebody who will put on as fun of a show since the Zombie could have.
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