{"id":220546,"date":"2017-02-01T10:04:20","date_gmt":"2017-02-01T18:04:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=220546"},"modified":"2017-02-01T10:04:20","modified_gmt":"2017-02-01T18:04:20","slug":"chan-sung-jung-discusses-korean-zombie-return-saturday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/chan-sung-jung-the-korean-zombie\/chan-sung-jung-discusses-korean-zombie-return-saturday\/","title":{"rendered":"Chan Sung Jung discusses Korean Zombie return this Saturday"},"content":{"rendered":"

Saturday February 4th, in the main event of ‘UFC Fight Night: Texas’, fan favorite featherweight Chan Sung Jung, also known as ‘The Korean Zombie’, will make his highly anticipated return to the Octagon <\/a>almost 4 years after his last scrap.<\/p>\n

Jung rode a 3-fight win streak into a featherweight scrap with Jose Aldo, which saw Jung drop a 4th round TKO to the featherweight champ in an inspiring performance<\/a> that saw The Korean Zombie continue to fight despite dislocating his shoulder earlier in the night.<\/p>\n

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Ahead of his return to the Octagon this Saturday, where he will fight Dennis Bermudez, Jung spoke to MMAFighting<\/a> to discuss now only the Korean Zombie return this Saturday, but also his training, and military service in the time since his last fight.<\/p>\n

“Since I started work early in the morning, I was able to finish early enough to make it to team practice most days. I didn’t train as intensely as I normally would have, so I focused more heavily on improving my skills in the different disciplines.”<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Of course, a lot has changed in the 4 years since Jung’s last fight. In addition to Jose Aldo losing the UFC featherweight championship to Conor McGregor<\/a>, before then once again being promoted to the featherweight champ a year later<\/a>, the UFC was sold to WME-IMG.<\/p>\n

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“I followed things pretty closely. I think with the new ownership, the UFC is on its way to becoming a more professional, bigger sport. Also, you see more fighters who are able to leverage what they can to make more money.”<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

While a lot has changed, Jung’s desire for UFC gold has not. Despite the lengthy layoff, Jung isn’t concerned about ring rust, and believes a win over Bermudez puts him one win away from a title shot:<\/p>\n

It’s been a while, but since I was able to continue to workout and stay in shape, I’m not too worried about it. The time away was good for me in that I was able to heal a lot of old injuries and really improve on a lot of my skills, so in that way, it may have been a blessing in disguise. I guess we’ll find out when I get into the Octagon.”<\/p>\n

“If I get a win over Bermudez, I’m hoping one more win will get me a title shot. Of course, we’ll have to see how everything goes, but that would be my ideal scenario.”<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

This article first appeared on BJPenn.com<\/a> on 2\/1\/2017.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Saturday February 4th, in the main event of ‘UFC Fight Night: Texas’, fan favorite featherweight Chan Sung Jung, also known as ‘The Korean Zombie’, will make his highly anticipated return to the Octagon almost 4 years after his last scrap. Jung rode a 3-fight win streak into a featherweight scrap with Jose Aldo, which saw […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":207697,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[10250],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\nChan Sung Jung discusses Korean Zombie return this Saturday | BJPenn.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"What can we expect from this Saturday's Korean Zombie return? 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