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 from his scheduled fight against Akira Corassani, that was set to occur October 4 in Ericsson Globe Arena in Stockholm, Sweden. Jung hasn’t 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 fall after over a year from their cage, but according to the article at MMA-in-Asia, Jung re-injured exactly the exact same shoulder through his coaching camp for Corassani. According to the guide, Jung doesn’t have structural damage and is to be re-evaluated by a doctor 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 taken their toll on him and at this point it’s unclear if he’ll ever have the ability to fight again at the exact same grade he did before each 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 Submission of the Night at the process, but since the win over Poirier in May 2012 Jung has fought only 1 time, dropping to Aldo through fourth-round TKO in UFC 163, and at this point it does not seem like he’ll step into the cage until 2015. It’s very disappointing news for fans of this Korean Zombie everywhere, but hopefully the 27-year-old South Korean has hit some sort of low point in his career and he can bounce back from it earlier instead of 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 isn’t a great fighter, he is 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 someone who will put on as pleasure of a show since the Zombie could have.
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