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

Fight fans will regrettably have to wait a little longer to find The Korean Zombie back in action. According to MMA-in-Asia. Com, who confirmed the news with the fighter’s supervisor, Chan Sung Jung re-injured his shoulder and was 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 into his title fight against UFC featherweight champion Jose Aldo back in UFC 163. He had surgery on his shoulder and was expected to make his comeback this fall after over a year from the cage, but according to the post at MMA-in-Asia, Jung re-injured the exact same shoulder during his training camp for Corassani. According to the article, Jung has no structural damage and is to be re-evaluated by a physician in a month. Jung is one of the most exciting fighters in the game pound-for-pound bar none, but it feels like injuries have really taken their toll on him and now it’s uncertain if he’ll ever have the ability to fight at precisely the exact same caliber he did before each his injuries. At one point, Jung was on a three-fight win streak at 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 Submission of the Night in the procedure, but because the win over Poirier in May 2012 Jung has fought just 1 time, dropping to Aldo via fourth-round TKO in UFC 163, and at this stage it doesn’t look like he’ll step into the cage until 2015. It’s very disappointing news for lovers of The Korean Zombie everywhere, but the 27-year-old South Korean has hit some sort of low point in his profession and he will bounce back from it earlier rather than later. As for who will face Corassani now in the co-main event of UFC Fight Night 53, it’s quite tough to say at this point, but a few choices include Jeremy Stephens, Clay Guida, and Diego Brandao, three»title» fighters looking to bounce back from losses and who are available to combat. Although Corassani is not a fantastic fighter, he’s quite exciting and the UFC retains giving him high profile matchups, i.e. Jung, Poirier. But we will 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 wear as fun of a series since the Zombie would have.

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