{"id":363485,"date":"2020-10-04T13:36:35","date_gmt":"2020-10-04T20:36:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=363485"},"modified":"2020-10-04T13:36:35","modified_gmt":"2020-10-04T20:36:35","slug":"the-korean-zombie-apologizes-for-trash-talking-brian-ortega-and-alex-volkanovski","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/the-korean-zombie-apologizes-for-trash-talking-brian-ortega-and-alex-volkanovski\/","title":{"rendered":"The Korean Zombie apologizes for trash talking Brian Ortega and Alex Volkanovski"},"content":{"rendered":"

UFC featherweight contender The Korean Zombie says he regrets trash-talking Brian Ortega and Alex Volkanovski and has issued a public apology.<\/p>\n

The Korean Zombie has always been a quiet and cerebral fighter, but in the past year or so he has become more outspoken and getting more involved in back-and-forth trash-talking with both Ortega and Volkanovski on social media. In the case of Volkanovski, The Korean Zombie was not a fan of his recent title fights against Max Holloway and called him “shameful.”<\/a> As for Ortega, The Korean Zombie’s friend Jay Park had a run-in with Ortega back at UFC 248 earlier this year that lead to The Zombie having choice words for Ortega<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Speaking to MMAjunkie.com<\/a> recently, The Korean Zombie says that the trash-talking is not in his nature and he wants to publicly apologize to Ortega and Volkanovski for his words.<\/p>\n

\u201cI am not a person who enjoys trash-talking, but I tried some of them recently because I thought my fans would like them. But the result was not good and my friend was affected, so I won\u2019t be doing trash talking anymore. I apologize for all the trash talking I did to Ortega and the champion, so I hope Ortega won\u2019t continue trash talking to me anymore,” The Korean Zombie said.<\/p>\n

However, The Korean Zombie did say he is confused by what Ortega said in his recent interview with ESPN<\/a>. The Korean Zombie thought that Ortega had apologized to Park for the incident, but the ESPN interview makes the Zombie wonder if he was sincere.<\/p>\n

\u201cEveryone makes mistakes, and I accepted his apology because he sounded sincere when he apologized. But a recent interview he had with ESPN made me confused if he was sincere for his apology. To be honest, I feel sympathy for him because it seems he still lives in the past as he mentioned \u2018the rule\u2019 where he was from,” The Korean Zombie said.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t think it is good for Ortega to keep trash talking this way. I believe he does not want me to go back to the issue deeper. The fact is that he hit a singer, not a fighter. The martial arts he trains in has fame in preventing school violence and bullying. I believe he does not want me to go into more detail about it, so I won\u2019t.\u201d<\/p>\n

Do you think The Korean Zombie vs. Brian Ortega winner should get the next title shot against Alex Volkanovski?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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