Chan Sung Jung

Chan Sung "The Korean War" Jung is the current #4 ranked UFC Featherweight Fighter with a professional MMA record of 17-wins and 6-losses. Jung won the Pancrase Korea Neo-Blood Lightweight Tournament and has a black belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, Taekwondo, Hapkido, and Judo.

1. Early Life and Career
2. Chan Sung Jung UFC
3. Chan Sung Jung Career Stats
4. Chan Sung Jung Last Fight
5. Chan Sung Jung Record

Early Life and Career

Chan Sung Jung started his MMA journey at 14 when he started learning kickboxing and later judo and Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. He added Taekwondo to his training regiment at age 18 and won a National Sambo Tournament in 2007.

Jung transitioned to MMA in the same year and made his professional MMA debut at SSF against Hyung Geol Lee. Jung won the fight via second-round armbar submission.

He then joined the 2007 Pancrase Korea Neo Blood Tour and defeated In-Seok via submission in the semifinals and Hyung-Geol Lee in the final via TKO to win the tournament. Jung built on this momentum as he entered the Korea FC 65Kg Tournament in 2008. Chan dominated the tournament as he submitted Jung Beom Choi and Dae-Han Choi in the quarter and semifinal to get a final-round berth where he defeated Jung-Hun Cho via unanimous decision to win the tournament.

Jung won his next 2-fights at Deep before entering the 2009 Sengoku Featherweight Grand Prix. He won the first round via unanimous decision but lost in the quarterfinals to Masanori Kanehara via unanimous decision. This was the first loss in his career. He bounced back and defeated Matt Jaggers via second-round submission in the Reserve bout.

Following the tournament, Chan signed with WEC and made his debut at WEC-48, where he lost a close split decision to Leonard Garcia. He lost his next fight at WEC 51 to George Roop via second-round KO(head kick). After the losses, Chan joined the UFC as they bought out WEC.

Chan Sung Jung UFC

Chan Sung Jung made his UFC debut at UFC Fight Night: Nogueira vs. Davis in a WEC rematch against Leonard Garcia. This time Chan got the better of Garcia and submitted him in the second round via twister with only 1-second left on the round-clock to get the submission of the night bonus. He next fought Mark Hominick at UFC 140 and KO'ed him in 7-seconds to get the knockout of the night bonus.

Jung fought Dustin Poirier at UFC on Fuel TV: The Korean Zombie vs. Poirier in Jung's first main-event fight. The fighters put on a back-and-forth brawl that ended with Jung putting Poirier to sleep with a D'Arce choke.

Chan next challenged Jose Aldo for the UFC Featherweight Championship as a replacement to Anthony Pettis. Jung suffered a dislocated shoulder during the fight and lost in the fourth round via TKO.

Chan went on a 2-year hiatus from the sport to complete his mandatory military service and returned in 2017 to fight Dennis Bermudez at UFC Fight Night: Bermudez vs. The Korean Zombie. Jung knocked out Bermudez in the first round to earn the performance of the night bonus.

He next fought Yair Rodriguez at UFC Fight Night: The Korean Zombie vs. Rodriguez in a fight of the year contender bout that ended with Yair KO'ing Jung in the last second of the 5th round with a KO elbow.

He bounced back from the loss and defeated Renato Moicano and UFC veteran Frankie Edgar via first-round TKO punches before fighting Brian Ortega at UFC Fight Night: Ortega vs. The Korean Zombie. The back-and-forth fight went to the distance and resulted in an Ortega win by unanimous decision.

Chan next fought Dan Ige at UFC on ESPN: Korean Zombie vs. Ige and secured a comfortable unanimous decision victory.

Chan Sung Jung Career Stats

Current Status:

Chan Sung Jung's current record stands at 17-6. He is on a 1-fight win streak in the UFC.

Win-Loss-Draw:

Matches	Wins	Losses	Draws
23	17	6	0

Wins by KO/TKO:

1. 6

Wins by Submission:

1. 8

Wins by Decision:

1. 3

Current Titles:

1. None

Reach:

1. 72 in (183cm)

Weight:

1. 145 lb / 66 kg

Weight Class:

1. Featherweight

Chan Sung Jung Last Fight

Chan Sung Jung fought Dan Ige at UFC on ESPN 25 - Korean Zombie vs. Ige. Jung won the fight via unanimous decision.

Chan Sung Jung Record

Below is the professional MMA record of Chan Sung Jung:

Result	Record	Opponent	Method	Event	Date
Win	17-6	Dan Ige	Decision (unanimous)	UFC on ESPN: The Korean Zombie vs. Ige	19/06/2021
Loss	16-6	Brian Ortega	Decision (unanimous)	UFC Fight Night: Ortega vs. The Korean Zombie	18/10/2020
Win	16-5	Frankie Edgar	TKO (punches)	UFC Fight Night: Edgar vs. The Korean Zombie	21/12/2019
Win	15-5	Renato Moicano	TKO (punches)	UFC Fight Night: Moicano vs. The Korean Zombie	22/06/2019
Loss	14-5	Yair Rodríguez	KO (elbow)	UFC Fight Night: The Korean Zombie vs. Rodríguez	10/11/2018
Win	14-4	Dennis Bermudez	KO (punch)	UFC Fight Night: Bermudez vs. The Korean Zombie	04/02/2017
Loss	13-4	José Aldo	TKO (punches)	UFC 163	03/08/2013
Win	13-3	Dustin Poirier	Technical Submission (D'Arce choke)	UFC on Fuel TV: The Korean Zombie vs. Poirier	15/05/2012
Win	12-3	Mark Hominick	KO (punches)	UFC 140	10/12/2011
Win	11-3	Leonard Garcia	Submission (twister)	UFC Fight Night: Nogueira vs. Davis	26/03/2011
Loss	10-3	George Roop	KO (head kick)	WEC 51	30/09/2010
Loss	10-2	Leonard Garcia	Decision (split)	WEC 48	24/04/2010
Win	10-1	Matt Jaggers	Submission (triangle choke)	World Victory Road Presents: Sengoku 9	02/08/2009
Loss	9-1	Masanori Kanehara	Decision (unanimous)	World Victory Road Presents: Sengoku 8	02/05/2009
Win	9-0	Shintaro Ishiwatari	Submission (rear-naked choke)	World Victory Road Presents: Sengoku 7	20/03/2009
Win	8-0	Fanjin Son	KO (punch)	Deep: 39 Impact	10/12/2008
Win	7-0	Michihiro Omigawa	Decision (unanimous)	Deep: Gladiator	16/08/2008
Win	6-0	Jung-Hun Cho	Decision (unanimous)	Korea FC	31/05/2008
Win	5-0	Dae-Han Choi	Submission (triangle choke)	Korea FC	31/05/2008
Win	4-0	Jung-Beom Choi	Submission (armbar)	Korea FC	31/05/2008
Win	3-0	Hyung-Geol Lee	TKO (punches)	Pancrase: 2007 Korea Neo-Blood Tournament	16/12/2007
Win	2-0	In-Seok Yoo	Submission (rear-naked choke)	Pancrase: 2007 Korea Neo-Blood Tournament	16/12/2007
Win	1-0	Hyung-Geol Lee	Submission (reverse armbar)	Super Sambo Festival	24/06/2007