{"id":334174,"date":"2019-12-04T20:04:23","date_gmt":"2019-12-05T04:04:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=334174"},"modified":"2019-12-04T20:06:19","modified_gmt":"2019-12-05T04:06:19","slug":"breaking-brian-ortega-out-of-ufc-busan-main-event-against-the-korean-zombie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/breaking-brian-ortega-out-of-ufc-busan-main-event-against-the-korean-zombie\/","title":{"rendered":"Breaking! Brian Ortega out of UFC Busan main event against The Korean Zombie"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Brian Ortega&#8217;s long-awaited return to the Octagon will have to wait.<\/p>\n<p>Ortega, <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/max-holloway\/ufc-231-results-max-holloway-tkos-brian-ortega-highlights\/\">who has not fought since losing to Max Holloway at UFC 231 <\/a>last December, was scheduled to fight Chan Sung Jung aka The Korean Zombie at UFC Busan on Dec. 21. But, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/mma\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">ESPN&#8217;s<\/a> Ariel Helwani, Ortega has been forced to pull out of the scrap due to an undisclosed injury.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Brian Ortega is out of the Dec. 21 main event fight against Chan Sung Jung due to an undisclosed injury, according to multiple sources. More coming shortly.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Ariel Helwani (@arielhelwani) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/arielhelwani\/status\/1202432483691769856?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 5, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>It is obviously disappointing news for Brian Ortega <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/chan-sung-jung-the-korean-zombie\/brian-ortega-responds-to-the-korean-zombie\/\">as he wanted this fight for quite some time<\/a>. Back in the summer, he spoke to BJPENN about this fight and matchup.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe fight isn\u2019t official yet, but it\u2019s one I\u2019m interested in,\u201d Ortega told BJPENN.com when asked about this matchup. \u201cHe\u2019s coming off an impressive win against [Renato] Moicano, but if you look at his last five fights, it\u2019s win, loss, win, loss, win. Looks like he\u2019s due for another L.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ortega, as mentioned, is coming off of his first professional loss. He was looking to rebound in a big way against a top-ranked opponent. Before the Holloway loss, he knocked out Frankie Edgar and submitted Cub Swanson and Renato Moicano.<\/p>\n<p>The Korean Zombie, meanwhile, was looking to make his case for the next title shot. Many assumed if he got past Ortega <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/max-holloway\/max-holloway-vs-alexander-volkanovski-booked-for-ufc-245\/\">he would fight the winner of Holloway-Alexander Volkanovski<\/a>. Jung returned to the win column last time out with a quick knockout win over Renato Moicano.<\/p>\n<p>Given this news just broke, there is no word on if the UFC will find a replacement for the main event. The fight is three weeks away so there is time to find a new opponent.<\/p>\n<p>What do you make of Brian Ortega having to pull out of his UFC Busan main event against The Korean Zombie? And, who do you want to replace him? Sound off in the comment section, PENN Nation!<\/p>\n<p><i>This article first appeared on\u00a0<\/i><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/\"><span class=\"s1\"><i>BJPENN.com<\/i><\/span><\/a><i>\u00a0on 12\/4\/2019.\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Brian Ortega&#8217;s long-awaited return to the Octagon will have to wait. Ortega, who has not fought since losing to Max Holloway at UFC 231 last December, was scheduled to fight Chan Sung Jung aka The Korean Zombie at UFC Busan on Dec. 21. But, according to ESPN&#8217;s Ariel Helwani, Ortega has been forced to pull [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54463,"featured_media":294351,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[39410,10250,39610],"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! Brian Ortega out of UFC Busan main event against The Korean Zombie | BJPenn.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Brian Ortega&#039;s long-awaited return to the Octagon will have to wait, as he is out of his UFC Busan main event against The Korean Zombie.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/breaking-brian-ortega-out-of-ufc-busan-main-event-against-the-korean-zombie\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Breaking! Brian Ortega out of UFC Busan main event against The Korean Zombie | BJPenn.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Brian Ortega&#039;s long-awaited return to the Octagon will have to wait, as he is out of his UFC Busan main event against The Korean Zombie.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/breaking-brian-ortega-out-of-ufc-busan-main-event-against-the-korean-zombie\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"| BJPenn.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/bjpenn\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2019-12-05T04:04:23+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2019-12-05T04:06:19+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/Brian-Ortega-7.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"696\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"399\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Cole Shelton\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@bjpenndotcom\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@bjpenndotcom\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Cole Shelton\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/breaking-brian-ortega-out-of-ufc-busan-main-event-against-the-korean-zombie\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/breaking-brian-ortega-out-of-ufc-busan-main-event-against-the-korean-zombie\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Cole Shelton\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#\/schema\/person\/700e11a4d77666aed250058808e16134\"},\"headline\":\"Breaking! Brian Ortega out of UFC Busan main event against The Korean Zombie\",\"datePublished\":\"2019-12-05T04:04:23+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2019-12-05T04:06:19+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/breaking-brian-ortega-out-of-ufc-busan-main-event-against-the-korean-zombie\/\"},\"wordCount\":335,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#organization\"},\"articleSection\":[\"Brian Ortega\",\"Chan Sung Jung 'The Korean Zombie'\",\"UFC\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/breaking-brian-ortega-out-of-ufc-busan-main-event-against-the-korean-zombie\/#respond\"]}],\"copyrightYear\":\"2019\",\"copyrightHolder\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#organization\"}},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/breaking-brian-ortega-out-of-ufc-busan-main-event-against-the-korean-zombie\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/breaking-brian-ortega-out-of-ufc-busan-main-event-against-the-korean-zombie\/\",\"name\":\"Breaking! Brian Ortega out of UFC Busan main event against The Korean Zombie | BJPenn.com\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2019-12-05T04:04:23+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2019-12-05T04:06:19+00:00\",\"description\":\"Brian Ortega's long-awaited return to the Octagon will have to wait, as he is out of his UFC Busan main event against The Korean Zombie.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/breaking-brian-ortega-out-of-ufc-busan-main-event-against-the-korean-zombie\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/breaking-brian-ortega-out-of-ufc-busan-main-event-against-the-korean-zombie\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/breaking-brian-ortega-out-of-ufc-busan-main-event-against-the-korean-zombie\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"MMA News\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"UFC\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":4,\"name\":\"Breaking! Brian Ortega out of UFC Busan main event against The Korean Zombie\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/\",\"name\":\"| BJPenn.com\",\"description\":\"MMA &amp; UFC News, Results &amp; Fight Videos\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#organization\",\"name\":\"| BJPenn.com\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/bj_penn_logo_amp.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/bj_penn_logo_amp.png\",\"width\":600,\"height\":148,\"caption\":\"| BJPenn.com\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/instagram.com\/bjpenn\",\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/bjpenn\",\"https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/bjpenndotcom\/\",\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/0fficialbjpenn\",\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/bjpenn\",\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/bjpenndotcom\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#\/schema\/person\/700e11a4d77666aed250058808e16134\",\"name\":\"Cole Shelton\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/author\/cole-shelton\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Breaking! Brian Ortega out of UFC Busan main event against The Korean Zombie | BJPenn.com","description":"Brian Ortega's long-awaited return to the Octagon will have to wait, as he is out of his UFC Busan main event against The Korean Zombie.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/breaking-brian-ortega-out-of-ufc-busan-main-event-against-the-korean-zombie\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Breaking! Brian Ortega out of UFC Busan main event against The Korean Zombie | BJPenn.com","og_description":"Brian Ortega's long-awaited return to the Octagon will have to wait, as he is out of his UFC Busan main event against The Korean Zombie.","og_url":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/breaking-brian-ortega-out-of-ufc-busan-main-event-against-the-korean-zombie\/","og_site_name":"| BJPenn.com","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/bjpenn","article_published_time":"2019-12-05T04:04:23+00:00","article_modified_time":"2019-12-05T04:06:19+00:00","og_image":[{"width":696,"height":399,"url":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/Brian-Ortega-7.png","type":"image\/png"}],"author":"Cole Shelton","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@bjpenndotcom","twitter_site":"@bjpenndotcom","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Cole Shelton","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/breaking-brian-ortega-out-of-ufc-busan-main-event-against-the-korean-zombie\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/breaking-brian-ortega-out-of-ufc-busan-main-event-against-the-korean-zombie\/"},"author":{"name":"Cole Shelton","@id":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#\/schema\/person\/700e11a4d77666aed250058808e16134"},"headline":"Breaking! Brian Ortega out of UFC Busan main event against The Korean Zombie","datePublished":"2019-12-05T04:04:23+00:00","dateModified":"2019-12-05T04:06:19+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/breaking-brian-ortega-out-of-ufc-busan-main-event-against-the-korean-zombie\/"},"wordCount":335,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#organization"},"articleSection":["Brian Ortega","Chan Sung Jung 'The Korean Zombie'","UFC"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/breaking-brian-ortega-out-of-ufc-busan-main-event-against-the-korean-zombie\/#respond"]}],"copyrightYear":"2019","copyrightHolder":{"@id":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#organization"}},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/breaking-brian-ortega-out-of-ufc-busan-main-event-against-the-korean-zombie\/","url":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/breaking-brian-ortega-out-of-ufc-busan-main-event-against-the-korean-zombie\/","name":"Breaking! Brian Ortega out of UFC Busan main event against The Korean Zombie | BJPenn.com","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#website"},"datePublished":"2019-12-05T04:04:23+00:00","dateModified":"2019-12-05T04:06:19+00:00","description":"Brian Ortega's long-awaited return to the Octagon will have to wait, as he is out of his UFC Busan main event against The Korean Zombie.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/breaking-brian-ortega-out-of-ufc-busan-main-event-against-the-korean-zombie\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/breaking-brian-ortega-out-of-ufc-busan-main-event-against-the-korean-zombie\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/breaking-brian-ortega-out-of-ufc-busan-main-event-against-the-korean-zombie\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"MMA News","item":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"UFC","item":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":4,"name":"Breaking! Brian Ortega out of UFC Busan main event against The Korean Zombie"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#website","url":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/","name":"| BJPenn.com","description":"MMA &amp; UFC News, Results &amp; Fight Videos","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#organization","name":"| BJPenn.com","url":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/bj_penn_logo_amp.png","contentUrl":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/bj_penn_logo_amp.png","width":600,"height":148,"caption":"| BJPenn.com"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/instagram.com\/bjpenn","https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/bjpenn","https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/bjpenndotcom\/","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/0fficialbjpenn","https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/bjpenn","https:\/\/twitter.com\/bjpenndotcom"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#\/schema\/person\/700e11a4d77666aed250058808e16134","name":"Cole Shelton","url":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/author\/cole-shelton\/"}]}},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/334174"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/54463"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=334174"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/334174\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/294351"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=334174"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=334174"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=334174"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}