Fight fans will regrettably have to wait a bit longer to find The Korean Zombie back in action. In accordance with MMA-in-Asia. Com, who confirmed the information with the fighter’s manager, Chan Sung Jung re-injured his shoulder and has been forced to pull out of his scheduled fight against Akira Corassani, that was set to occur October 4 at Ericsson Globe Arena in Stockholm, Sweden. Jung hasn’t fought since injuring his shoulder in 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 autumn after over a year out of the cage, but according to the post at MMA-in-Asia, Jung re-injured exactly the same shoulder during his coaching camp for Corassani. According to the article, Jung has no structural damage and is to be re-evaluated by a physician at a month. Jung is one of the most exciting fighters in the sport pound-for-pound bar none, but it feels like injuries have taken their toll on him and now it is unclear if he’ll ever be able to fight again at the same caliber he did before all his injuries. At one stage, Jung was on a three-fight win streak at the UFC featherweight branch with victories over Dustin Poirier, Mark Hominick and Leonard Garcia, shooting the trifecta of Fight of the Night, Knockout of the evening and Entry of the Night at the procedure, but since the triumph over Poirier in May 2012 Jung has fought only one time, losing to Aldo through fourth-round TKO at UFC 163, and at the point it doesn’t look like he will step into the cage again until 2015. It is very disappointing news for fans of this Korean Zombie everywhere, but 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 will confront Corassani currently in the co-main event of UFC Fight Night 53, it is quite hard to say at this point, but some choices include Jeremy Stephens, Clay Guida, and Diego Brandao, three”name” fighters seeking to bounce back from losses and that are available to combat. Although Corassani is not a fantastic fighter, he’s quite 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 opponent for UFC Fight Night 53 — just hopefully whoever he chooses is someone who will wear as pleasure of a show since the Zombie would have.
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