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Brian Ortega and “The Korean Zombie” Chan Sung Jung have once again been rescheduled to fight. Now, per ESPN, the pair will headline the UFC’s October 17 show. No location for the event has been confirmed as of this writing, however, …
Brian Ortega and “The Korean Zombie” Chan Sung Jung have once again been rescheduled to fight. Now, per ESPN, the pair will headline the UFC’s October 17 show. No location for the event has been confirmed as of this writing, however, the expectation is the promotion will be returning to Yas Isand in Abu Dhabi […]
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Brian Ortega and Chan Sung Jung will headline UFC Fight Night on Oct. 17 with a featherweight bout. Brett Okamoto of ESPN reported the news, noting the location for the fight that will take place at 145 pounds has not yet been determined…
Brian Ortega and Chan Sung Jung will headline UFC Fight Night on Oct. 17 with a featherweight bout. Brett Okamoto of ESPN reported the news, noting the location for the fight that will take place at 145 pounds has not yet been determined…
Alexander Volkanovski is more than happy to face the Korean Zombie next — provided he beats Brian Ortega first. Volkanovski recently defended his featherweight title against Max Holloway at UFC 251 earlier this month and is now looking ahead to who he will face next. The top contenders seem to be Korean Zombie and Zabit […]
Alexander Volkanovski is more than happy to face the Korean Zombie next — provided he beats Brian Ortega first.
Volkanovski recently defended his featherweight title against Max Holloway at UFC 251 earlier this month and is now looking ahead to who he will face next. The top contenders seem to be Korean Zombie and Zabit Magomedsharipov and Volkanovski agrees.
That said, he feels both of them need to win one more fight to truly cement themselves as the next in line.
“[Korean] Zombie keeps running his mouth, even though he’s got another one before him, but I mean, still, that’s always intriguing, that’s a fun fight,” Volkanovski told Submission Radio recently. “You know he’s just going to look for the finish, which, again, if someone is just going to be aggressive like that, that’s good for me, that’s a fun fight. Same with even Zabit as well. I think they’re the two frontrunners, Zabit and Zombie. But again, they just need a fight. Someone just needs a fight, get an impressive win and I guarantee you, everyone’s going to be screaming their name. I guarantee you, if Zombie knocks out Ortega or Zabit knocks out or does a crazy submission to Yair Rodriguez, I guarantee you, guys are gonna be like, ‘that’s the fight I want’. You guys will be, everyone will be.
“So, that’s the fight I want. I want an exciting fight and I want a person that everyone goes, this has to be the guy, he’s gonna do it. Man, I hope I’m the underdog. I mean, I love it. I love people saying this is the guy that’s going to take him out, and then I go out and prove them wrong again.”
The Korean Zombie, meanwhile, wants Volkanovski right away as he recently called out the featherweight champion following UFC 251.
However, he was criticized by Ortega for doing so, especially as he claimed he couldn’t fight Ortega because of travel restrictions but was ready to fight Volkanovski. And Volkanovski seems to be on the side of Ortega when it comes to that matter.
“I want the bullies, but at the same time, it seems like the bullies are his manager or something, which already got a good slapping from Ortega so they shut up for a while,” Volkanovski added. “Zombie’s a pretty cool dude, but if he’s gonna let his team run their mouths, he deserves a beating for it as well. But definitely. That’s a good fight.
“But with Ortega saying he doesn’t believe Zombie, you can’t really believe him for saying that because supposedly Zombie can fight me, but can’t fight Ortega. So, it just doesn’t really make sense. So, he’s calling me out saying he wants to fight me and blah, blah, blah, but at the same time telling Ortega that he’s got these restrictions and he can’t fight. So, you can see where Ortega’s coming with that.”
Whatever happens in the end, whoever Volkanovski faces next is guaranteed to be a barnburner thanks in part to how stacked the featherweight division currently is.
Do you agree with Volkanovski?
UFC Featherweight champion Alexander Volkanovski recently talked about potential frontrunners for the next shot at his featherweight world title. The champ recently sat down and spoke with Sky Sports Radio where he was asked about who could potentially be next in line for a title shot, “Well, there’s a few. We got like probably four […]
UFC Featherweight champion Alexander Volkanovski recently talked about potential frontrunners for the next shot at his featherweight world title.
The champ recently sat down and spoke with Sky Sports Radio where he was asked about who could potentially be next in line for a title shot,
“Well, there’s a few. We got like probably four guys that are like all in the same boat, they’re all probably one win away from being the No. 1 contender. They’re all like just there but they just need to have that fight and everybody is going to be screaming their name. Now that I got the win, let the division play out, then hopefully by the end of the year they got that No. 1 contender,” Volkanovski said.
“But right now there’s a couple of frontrunners, maybe Zombie and Zabit, I’d say they’re probably the frontrunners. If they get a win they’ll be clear ahead of the No. 1 contenders and I look forward to taking them on.”
Volkanovski most recently barely edged Max Holloway by split decision a few weeks ago at UFC 251.
While The Korean Zombie is set to fight Brian Ortega and Magomedshairpov is supposed to fight Yair Rodriguez later this summer. Those are the four men who Volkanovski believes are next in line for his belt, as well as Calvin Kattar.
The featherweight title picture is very crowded and only time will tell before we see who emerges as the top contender.
Who do you think emerges at the next Featherweight title challenger? Korean Zombie, Ortega, Zabit, Rodriguez or Kattar?
Brian Ortega wants to fight Korean Zombie and he is not happy that Chan Sung Jung has called out the champion, Alex Volkanovski. After Volkanovski edged out a split decision win over Max Holloway at UFC 251, Zombie called out the champ saying it is sha…
Brian Ortega wants to fight Korean Zombie and he is not happy that Chan Sung Jung has called out the champion, Alex Volkanovski. After Volkanovski edged out a split decision win over Max Holloway at UFC 251, Zombie called out the champ saying it is shameful that he holds the belt at 145-pounds. Jung then […]
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Brian Ortega questioned the recent callout of Alexander Volkanovski from the Korean Zombie. Volkanovski defended his featherweight title against Max Holloway in a controversial split decision win in the co-main event of UFC 251 this past weekend. Many felt Holloway did enough to regain the strap, including Zombie, who notably stated it was shameful that […]
Brian Ortega questioned the recent callout of Alexander Volkanovski from the Korean Zombie.
Volkanovski defended his featherweight title against Max Holloway in a controversial split decision win in the co-main event of UFC 251 this past weekend.
Many felt Holloway did enough to regain the strap, including Zombie, who notably stated it was shameful that Volkanovski was champion of the featherweight division and called to face him next.
Of course, Zombie is slated to fight Ortega but recently claimed he couldn’t leave South Korea which is why a contract is yet to be signed.
That is what makes his callout of Volkanovski all the more perplexing for Ortega, who took to Instagram to respond.
“How you gonna say I can’t fight cause I can’t leave my country then say you ready to fight all the sudden 
. I just talked to some of my people they said you can fly to United States and fly to Fight Island . ( by the way they live in Korea too ).
“So straight up you down to fight @danawhite said winner of us gets the tittle shot. If you ain’t down I ain’t trippen @danawhite give me another guy you want to see me fight to earn the title. I don’t want free rides I earn my sh*t.”
If that is true, hopefully we do end up getting to see Zombie vs. Ortega as it is one of many exciting matchups in the 145-pound division.
The pair were originally slated to fight at UFC Busan in December until Ortega had to pull out due to injury.
Would you like to see Zombie vs. Ortega with the winner facing Volkanovski? Or should Zombie face Volkanovski right away?