MMA ODDS AND ENDS FOR TUESDAY: KOREAN ZOMBIE INJURED YET AGAIN

Fight fans will regrettably have to wait a bit longer to see The Korean Zombie back in action. According to MMA-in-Asia. Com, who confirmed the news with the fighter’s manager, Chan Sung Jung re-injured his shoulder and has been forced to pull out of his scheduled fight against Akira Corassani, which had been set to occur October 4 at 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 in UFC 163. He had surgery on his shoulder and has been expected to make his comeback this fall after over a year out of their cage, but according to the post at MMA-in-Asia, Jung re-injured the same shoulder during his coaching camp for Corassani. According to the guide, 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 sport pound-for-pound bar none, but it feels like accidents have really taken their toll upon him and at this point it’s unclear if he’ll ever be able to fight again at the exact same caliber he did before each his injuries. At one stage, Jung was on a three-fight win series in the UFC featherweight branch with successes over Dustin Poirier, Mark Hominick and Leonard Garcia, capturing the trifecta of Fight of the Night, Knockout of the Night and Entry of the Night in the process, but since the win over Poirier in May 2012 Jung has fought only 1 time, losing to Aldo via fourth-round TKO in UFC 163, and at this point it does not seem like he will step into the cage until 2015. It’s very disappointing news for lovers of this Korean Zombie anyplace, but the 27-year-old South Korean has only hit some sort of low point in his profession and he can bounce back from it sooner instead of later. As for who will confront Corassani currently in the co-main occasion of UFC Fight Night 53, it is really hard to say at this point, but a few options include Jeremy Stephens, Clay Guida, and Diego Brandao, three”title” fighters seeking to bounce back from losses and that are available to combat. Although Corassani is not a great 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 chooses is somebody who will put on as fun of a series since the Zombie could have.

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