{"id":328509,"date":"2019-10-16T19:33:51","date_gmt":"2019-10-17T02:33:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=328509"},"modified":"2019-10-16T19:33:51","modified_gmt":"2019-10-17T02:33:51","slug":"breaking-the-korean-superboy-set-to-return-at-ufc-busan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/breaking-the-korean-superboy-set-to-return-at-ufc-busan\/","title":{"rendered":"Breaking! The Korean Superboy set to return at UFC Busan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>One of the most popular fighters on the UFC roster, &#8220;The Korean Superboy&#8221; Doo Ho Choi is set to return later this year at UFC Busan. But <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/doo-ho-choi-accepts-cub-swansons-offer-of-a-rematch\/\">while he was rumored to fight rival Cub Swanson in a rematch<\/a>, he has been given a different opponent.<\/p>\n<p>The UFC announced late Wednesday night that The Korean Superboy will take on Canadian Charles Jourdain at UFC on ESPN+ 23, which takes place December 21 at Sajik Arena in Busan, South Korea.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s what the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/UFC_Asia\/status\/1184650234464485377\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">UFC announced<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/UFC_Asia\/status\/1184650234464485377<\/p>\n<p>The matchup comes as a bit of a surprise as <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/cub-swanson-wants-a-rematch-with-doo-ho-choi\/\">Choi was rumored to be fighting Cub Swanson in a rematch<\/a>. Both men asked for the fight, and fans seemed to be intrigued by a potential rematch of the 2016 MMA &#8220;Fight of the Year.&#8221; The problem is that Swanson was injured during his fight at UFC Tampa against Kron Gracie, and won&#8217;t be able to fight until 2020.<\/p>\n<p>The UFC wanted to keep The Korean Superboy on the UFC Busan card and so they needed to find another opponent. That man will be &#8220;Air&#8221; Jourdain.<\/p>\n<p>The Korean Superboy hasn&#8217;t fought since a January 2018 TKO loss to Jeremy Stephens, and before that he lost a decision to Swanson at UFC 206. But he remains a fan favorite due to his exciting fighting style win, lose, or draw. Overall he holds a 3-2 record in the UFC with the aforementioned losses and TKO wins over Thiago Tavares, Sam Sicilia and Juan Puig. His overall MMA record is 14-3.<\/p>\n<p>Jourdain has only fought once in the UFC, losing a decision to Desmond Green earlier this year at UFC Rochester. He is a former champion in the TKO organization in Quebec but he is still looking to collect his first win inside the Octagon. He holds a 9-2 record in MMA.<\/p>\n<p>Are you excited to see the return of The Korean Superboy?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of the most popular fighters on the UFC roster, &#8220;The Korean Superboy&#8221; Doo Ho Choi is set to return later this year at UFC Busan. But while he was rumored to fight rival Cub Swanson in a rematch, he has been given a different opponent. The UFC announced late Wednesday night that The Korean [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54474,"featured_media":328511,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[10408,39610],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v19.7 (Yoast SEO v19.14) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Breaking! 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