{"id":109658,"date":"2014-08-26T07:12:24","date_gmt":"2014-08-26T14:12:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=109658"},"modified":"2022-02-04T20:37:32","modified_gmt":"2022-02-05T04:37:32","slug":"breaking-korean-zombie-injured-forced-out-of-ufc-fight-night-53","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/breaking-korean-zombie-injured-forced-out-of-ufc-fight-night-53\/","title":{"rendered":"Breaking: Korean Zombie injured, forced out of UFC Fight Night 53"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/pettis-injured-korean-zombie-steps-in-to-fight-aldo-at-ufc-163\/ufc-on-fuel-tv-korean-zombie-v-poirier-weigh-in-9\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-28693\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-28693\" title=\"UFC On Fuel TV: Korean Zombie v Poirier - Weigh In\" src=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/zombie-wins.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"390\" height=\"270\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The Korean Zombie&#8221; Chan Sung Jung (13-4 MMA, 3-1 UFC) has been forced out of his scheduled &#8220;UFC Fight Night 53&#8221;\u00a0co-main event bout with Akira Corassani (12-4 MMA, 3-1 UFC), this according to his agent Brian Rhee.<\/p>\n<p>Rhee told BJPenn.com&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/author\/chris-taylor\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Chris Taylor<\/a> that &#8220;shoulder issues&#8221; were to blame for KZ&#8217;s decision to withdraw from the fight and added that he was\u00a0hopeful that Jung may be able to return to action before the end of the year.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Korean Zombie\u201d\u00a0suffered a TKO loss (shoulder injury) to Jose Aldo in his last octagon appearance at August of 2013&#8217;s UFC 163 event\u00a0in Brazil. That injury required Chan to undergo surgery and he has been on the shelf ever since\u00a0the operation.<\/p>\n<p>Prior to his loss to Aldo, Jung had strung together three-straight octagon victories over opponents Leonard Garcia, Mark Hominick and Dustin Poirier. \u201cKZ\u201d was awarded \u201cPerformance of the night\u201d bonuses for all three of those wins.<\/p>\n<p>With the news, Swedish featherweight fighter Akira Corassani is now without an opponent for the October 4 event which takes place at\u00a0Ericsson Globe Arena in\u00a0Stockholm, Sweden.<\/p>\n<p>The \u201cUFC Fight Night 53\u201d lineup now\u00a0looks as follows:<\/p>\n<p>Main Card<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Gunnar Nelson vs. Rick Story<br \/>\n\u2022 Akira Corassani vs. TBA<br \/>\n\u2022 Jan Blachowicz vs. Ilir Latifi<br \/>\n\u2022 Niklas Backstrom vs. Mike Wilkinson<\/p>\n<p>Prelims<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Scott Askham vs. Magnus Cedenblad<br \/>\n\u2022 Nico Musoke vs. Alexander Yakovlev<br \/>\n\u2022 Dennis Siver vs. Robert Whiteford<br \/>\n\u2022 Cathal Pendred vs. Gasan Umalatov<br \/>\n\u2022 Marcin Bandel vs. Mairbek Taisumov<br \/>\n\u2022 Krzysztof Jotko vs. Tor Troeng<br \/>\n\u2022 Ernest Chavez vs. Zubaira Tukhugov<\/p>\n<p>Stay tuned to BJPENN.com for all your MMA News!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;The Korean Zombie&#8221; Chan Sung Jung (13-4 MMA, 3-1 UFC) has been forced out of his scheduled &#8220;UFC Fight Night 53&#8221;\u00a0co-main event bout with Akira Corassani (12-4 MMA, 3-1 UFC), this according to his agent Brian Rhee. 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