Fight fans will unfortunately have to wait a bit more time to see 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, that 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 at UFC 163. He had surgery on his shoulder and was 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 during his coaching camp for Corassani. According to the article, Jung doesn’t have 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 seems like injuries have taken their toll on him and at this point it’s unclear if he’ll ever be able to fight again at precisely the exact same caliber he did before each of his injuries. At one stage, Jung was on a three-fight win series in the UFC featherweight division 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 because the triumph over Poirier in May 2012 Jung has fought just one time, dropping to Aldo via fourth-round TKO in 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 lovers of this Korean Zombie everywhere, but hopefully the 27-year-old South Korean has only hit some type of low point in his profession and he will bounce back from it earlier instead of later. As for who’ll confront Corassani now in the co-main event of UFC Fight Night 53, it’s really tough to say at this point, but some choices include Jeremy Stephens, Clay Guida, and Diego Brandao, three»title» fighters looking to bounce back from losses and who are available to fight. Although Corassani isn’t a great fighter, he is very exciting and the UFC keeps 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 chooses is somebody who will put on as pleasure of a show since the Zombie would have.
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