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. According to MMA-in-Asia. Com, who confirmed the information with the fighter’s supervisor, Chan Sung Jung re-injured his shoulder and has been forced to pull from his scheduled fight against Akira Corassani, which was set to occur October 4 at Ericsson Globe Arena in Stockholm, Sweden. Jung has not fought since injuring his shoulder into 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 out of the cage, but according to the post at MMA-in-Asia, Jung re-injured exactly the exact same shoulder through his coaching camp for Corassani. According to the article, Jung has no 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 on him and now it is unclear if he’ll ever be able to fight at precisely the same grade he did before all of his injuries. At one point, Jung was on a three-fight win streak in the UFC featherweight division with victories over Dustin Poirier, Mark Hominick and Leonard Garcia, shooting the trifecta of Fight of the Night, Knockout of the Night and Entry of the Night in the process, but because the win over Poirier in May 2012 Jung has fought only 1 time, dropping to Aldo through fourth-round TKO at UFC 163, and at the point it does not look like he will step into the cage again until 2015. It’s very disappointing news for fans of The Korean Zombie everywhere, but hopefully the 27-year-old South Korean has hit some sort of low point in his career and he will bounce back from it sooner rather than later. As for who will face Corassani currently in the co-main occasion of UFC Fight Night 53, it is quite hard to say at this time, but a few choices include Jeremy Stephens, Clay Guida, and Diego Brandao, three”title” fighters seeking to bounce back from losses and who are available to combat. Although Corassani is not a fantastic fighter, he is very exciting and the UFC retains 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 opponent for UFC Fight Night 53 — just hopefully whoever he picks is somebody who will wear as fun of a show as the Zombie would have.
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