If you’ve never heard of ‘The Korean Zombie’ before, take a look at this.
What you just watched there was his entire fight against Mark Hominick at UFC 140. It took Chan Sung Jung just seven seconds to finish the Canadian in Toronto.
After the WEC merged with the UFC, ‘The Korean Zombie’ quickly became a fan favourite because of his kill or be killed style. His penchant for plodding forward and overwhelming opponents with his offensively-orientated striking style earned him his supernatural moniker.
He’s no slouch on the ground either.
After notching up three straight wins in the world’s biggest MMA promotion, he was awarded with a crack at Jose Aldo’s belt at UFC 163 in 2013. At the time, Aldo was seemingly invincible as he entered into the bout off the back of 15-straight wins.
He was trailing on the scorecards, but he was more than holding his own with the Brazilian, but the fight was ended in a very unsatisfactory manner. The Zombie dislocated his shoulder throwing an overhand right in the fourth round and fell to the canvas in agony. Aldo pounced on his opponent and finished him off with strikes. Shortly after the fight, Jung announced that he would be leaving the sport to begin his mandatory two-year military service in South Korea and we haven’t seen him fight since.
However, he officially announced he would be returning to the sport this week through a video produced by Monsterzym MMA. He explained in the clip that he was eyeing up a fight against another fighter looking to make his return to the UFC – former lightweight and welterweight champion BJ Penn.
“It would be great timing if B.J. Penn and I were ready to come back at the same time”
“Since he was at lightweight, I never really thought about fighting him that much. But when he came down to the featherweight division, I would think that all of the fighters in the division would have liked to fight him. I’m one of them.”
UFC Hall of Famer Penn has had a tough time trying to make his own comeback. Most recently, a rib injury forced him to withdraw from a headliner against Ricardo Lamas, prompting the promotion to cancel the Manila-based card entirely.
With that fight not looking likely to get rescheduled down the line, perhaps Chan Sung Jung and BJ Penn would be the perfect men to welcome each other back to the Octagon.
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