Chan Sung Jung ‘The Korean Zombie’ News

Tom Taylor - November 11, 2018

On Saturday night, in the main event of the UFC’s 25th anniversary show in Denver, Colorado, fan favorite Korean fighter Chan Sung Jung — better known as The Korean Zombie — stepped into the Octagon for the first time since February of 2017. Unfortunately for the Korean star and his legions of fans, this return to action did not go as planned. Instead, he was turned off by a blistering, upswinging elbow from his opponent in the very last second of their epic five-round war. Given that The Korean Zombie was decisively ahead on the scorecards, and a literal second away from what likely would have been a nice, unanimous decision victory, this loss is bound to have stung. That being said, he seems to be in reasonably good spirits nonetheless.

Chris Taylor - November 10, 2018

Tonight’s UFC Fight Night 139 event in Denver was headlined by a key featherweight bout featuring “The Korean Zombie” Chan Sung Jung taking on Yair Rodriguez. Jung was initially slated to face former lightweight title holder Frankie Edgar at tonight’s UFC Denver event, but “The Answer” was forced to pullout due to injury.

Chris Taylor - November 10, 2018

Stay glued to bjpenn.com this evening for all of tonight’s UFC Denver Results. The event, UFC Fight Night 139, will serve as the promotions 25th anniversary show.

Chris Taylor - November 3, 2018

The Korean Zombie Chan Sung Jung appears to be in phenomenal shape just one week away from his highly anticipated octagon return at UFC Denver. The fan favorite, Jung, will be taking on Yair Rodriguez in the main event of the promotions 25th anniversary show which takes place November 10 live from the Pepsi Center in Denver, Colorado.

Chris Taylor - October 20, 2018

The octagon will return to Denver’s Pepsi Center on November 10 for the promotions 25th anniversary show UFC Fight Night 139. The historic event is headlined by a key featherweight bout featuring former lightweight champion Frankie Edgar taking on “The Korean Zombie” Chan Sung Jung.

Tom Taylor - September 19, 2018

On November 10, when the UFC returns to Denver, Colorado, Chan Sung Jung — more widely known as “The Korean Zombie” — will make his long awaited return to the cage for a battle with Frankie Edgar. From the moment this exciting matchup was announced, it was clear that it had featherweight title implications. Apparently, however, it could be a number-one-contender fight outright.

Drake Riggs - July 20, 2018

The “Korean Zombie” is ready to return once again! And this time around it will be against a very notable former UFC champion. After taking four years off due to mandatory military service, Chan Sung Jung returned in February 2017 to shake off the rust by knocking out Dennis Bermudez in the first round of their UFC Houston main event.

Tom Taylor - July 12, 2018

According to a report from BJPENN.COM’s Chris Taylor, a key featherweight bout between former title challengers Frankie Edgar and “The Korean Zombie” Chan Sung Jung is in being targeted for UFC 229, which goes down in Las Vegas, Nevada on October 6. According to multiple sources close to the situation, a featherweight fight between former division title challengers Frankie Edgar and Chan Sung Jung (The Korean Zombie) is in the works for October’s #UFC229 event in Las Vegas!

Justin Golightly - September 19, 2017

Jeremy Stephens is fresh off of beating Gilbert Melendez at UFC 215 thinks to an absolute leg destruction, but he’s not slowing down yet. He almost immediately called out Jose Aldo for a potential scrap at the end of this year or early 2018, unfortunately it turns out that fight isn’t happening for some reason or another. No worries, Stephens jumped to social media and decided to mention the name of another fan favorite: Chan Sung Jung, better known as the Korean Zombie. Hearing Jose doesn't want none..?🤦‍♂️What's up w/ Korean Zombie? I'd like to fight him too. Any translators that can get him to step up?

Tom Taylor - August 7, 2017

Back in January, in the main event of UFC Fight Night 104, fan favorite featherweight contender “The Korean Zombie” Chan Sung Jung returned from a lengthy hiatus with fantastic results, knocking out his foe Dennis Bermudez in the first round. Just like that, the all-action Korean star was right back in the featherweight contender picture. From there, the Korean Zombie was scheduled for a compelling UFC 214 scrap with fellow contender Ricardo Lamas. Regrettably, the undead fighter was forced out of this contest with an injury, and replaced by Jason Knight.

bjpenndotcom - June 28, 2017

Unfortunate news surfaced recently that fan favorite fighter Chan Sung Jung, also known as The Korean Zombie, had been forced out of his scheduled scrap with Ricardo Lamas due to an injury sustained in training. The Korean Zombie posted a message on Instagram when it happened:

bjpenndotcom - June 3, 2017

Unfortunate news surfaced this week that top ranked UFC featherweight The Korean Zombie, also known as Chan Sung Jung, had been forced out of his upcoming scheduled scrap with Ricardo Lamas at UFC 214 due to an undisclosed injury. While details regarding the injury sustained by Jung weren’t immediately made available, Chris Taylor has now confirmed the injury with a member of Jung’s team.

Russell Ess - May 12, 2017

How does a battle between two of the best Korean featherweights in the world sound to you? Although the matchup between Chan Sung Jung and Ricardo Lamas was confirmed today by BJPenn.com’s Chris Taylor, “The Korean Zombie” also posted a photo to social media of Doo Ho Choi and himself with an interesting caption. “The Korean Zombie” wrote in his post that after thinking about it, he thinks a fight against “The Korean Superboy” would be fun.

Chris Taylor - May 12, 2017

Korean Zombie vs. Ricardo Lamas official for July 29 A key featherweight bout between former title challengers Chan Sung Jung and Ricardo Lamas will take place at UFC 214 on July 29 in Anaheim, California.

Chris Taylor - March 31, 2017

Korean Zombie vs. Ricardo Lamas in the works to headline July’s UFC event in Long Island A key featherweight bout between former title challengers Chan Sung Jung and Ricardo Lamas is in the works to headline July’s UFC on FOX 25 event in Long Island, New York.

Tom Taylor - March 20, 2017

Earlier this month, BJPENN.COM’s own Chris Taylor reported that Chan Sung Jung – more widely known as “The Korean Zombie” had his crosshairs set on fellow featherweight contender Ricardo Lamas. Just spoke with Korean Zombie's manager who revealed to me that KZ is targeting former title challenger Ricardo Lamas for his next fight

Chris Taylor - February 18, 2017

“The Korean Zombie” Chan Sung Jung made a successful return to the octagon earlier this month in Houston, scoring a first-round knockout victory over Dennis Bermudez in the main event of UFC Fight Night 104. Jung caught Bermudez with a devastating uppercut midway through the opening round that sent Dennis crashing to the canvas which prompted referee Herb Dean to quickly call a stop to the fight.

Russell Ess - February 15, 2017

Even after three-and-a-half years, “The Korean Zombie” Chan Sung Jung didn’t skip a beat in his return to competition in the UFC. Jung stepped into the Octagon to take on then-#9 UFC ranked featherweight Dennis Bermudez after taking time off to fulfill his mandatory service in the military for South Korea. Jung took the opportunity that was broadcasted on FOX Sports 1 to showcase his skillset that has garnered him a cult-like following.