{"id":343935,"date":"2020-03-10T05:55:35","date_gmt":"2020-03-10T12:55:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=343935"},"modified":"2022-02-04T17:11:32","modified_gmt":"2022-02-05T01:11:32","slug":"jay-park-reacts-to-alleged-brian-ortega-attack-at-ufc-248","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc-248\/jay-park-reacts-to-alleged-brian-ortega-attack-at-ufc-248\/","title":{"rendered":"Jay Park reacts to alleged Brian Ortega attack at UFC 248"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Jay Park has given his thoughts and reaction to the alleged incident that took place between him and <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/chan-sung-jung-the-korean-zombie\/brian-ortega-releases-statement-following-altercation-with-the-korean-zombie-and-jay-park-at-ufc-248\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Brian Ortega<\/a> at UFC 248 this past weekend.<\/p>\n<p>Over the course of the last few days, more details have emerged regarding the supposed altercation between South Korean music star Jay Park and UFC featherweight star Brian Ortega. &#8220;T-City&#8221; is said to have slapped Park after he was unhappy with his involvement in trying to talk trash about him on behalf of Chan Sung Jung aka The Korean Zombie.<\/p>\n<p>During an interview with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=VRsVVgkA-l0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">ESPN<\/a> on Monday, Park opened up and provided fans with his side of the story.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"UFC 248 Recap | Ariel Helwani&#039;s MMA Show (March 9, 2020)\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/VRsVVgkA-l0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t know what he was tripping about,\u201d Park said (vi <a href=\"https:\/\/mmajunkie.usatoday.com\/2020\/03\/ufc-248-jay-park-reacts-alleged-brian-ortega-slap-attack\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">MMA Junkie<\/a>). \u201cHe was just mad for no reason, but I didn\u2019t pay no mind. I was cool. I was just chilling. I was jet lagged just spacing out (after flying from South Korea), and then when \u2018Zombie\u2019 went to the bathroom all of a sudden I see someone pull up all of a sudden, and he\u2019s like, \u2018Hey, dog, are you Jay Park?\u2019 And it just kind of caught me by surprise, and I was like, \u2018Yeah?\u2019 As I stood up, he smacked me. As I was standing up he smacked me. It was very narrow. There was chairs behind me so I kind of fell back, then I got up, and I pushed him. Whatever. There was a little scuffle or whatever, and people broke it up.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf it was just for attention \u2014 it\u2019s good,\u201d Park said. \u201cTo be honest, cool. I\u2019ll take it on the chin for \u2018Zombie.\u2019 If it builds up the fight, cool. But if it was about the translation, I don\u2019t know. He needs to reassess his life. That\u2019s not it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI felt I literally did nothing wrong,\u201d Park said. \u201cI didn\u2019t know he was going to try and actually cause physical harm to me. I\u2019m a singer, bro. I weigh 143 pounds. I\u2019m like 40 pounds lighter than you. He\u2019s the No. 2 UFC dude in the world. It doesn\u2019t make you look tough. It was just weird. It was very, very weird.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>What do you make of this issue involving Brian Ortega, Jay Park and the Korean Zombie?<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><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 3\/9\/2020. <\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jay Park has given his thoughts and reaction to the alleged incident that took place between him and Brian Ortega at UFC 248 this past weekend. 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