Max Holloway and “The Korean Zombie” Chan Sung Jung entered their UFC Combat Evening major tournament in Singapore on Saturday with expectancies they’d ship a vintage fight. That’s precisely what took place, with the 2 featherweights buying and selling obese pictures till Holloway scored a proper hand that put Jung to amusement early within the 3rd spherical.

Within the opening spherical, Jung and Holloway made it sunny that enthusiasts’ goals of a dramatic and action-packed combat would come true. Jung landed the primary impactful punch of the combat, seeming to buzz Holloway somewhat. As Jung attempted to fee ahead nearest the punch, he was once stuck cleanly by means of go back fireplace from Holloway and just about knocked to the canvas.

Holloway did rating the knockdown in the second one spherical, touchdown a glancing proper hand that despatched Jung tumbling to the canvas. Holloway adopted him to the field and locked in a deep anaconda choke however Jung lived as much as his “Korean Zombie” nickname by means of surviving and preventing his as far back as status or even latter out the body with some reliable assaults of his personal.

Jung opened the 3rd spherical able to deserted the tank, charging at Holloway with punches coming from each fingers. Jung was once in a position to secured with some blank energy pictures as Holloway attempted to circle and to find range to counter.

That counter would are available in a obese means as Holloway landed a bomb of an overhand proper that despatched Jung crashing to the canvas for the knockout.

“He’s the Korean Zombie for a reason,” Holloway stated nearest the combat of Jung’s all-out assault within the 3rd spherical. “The man’s a myth. The man’s a legend. I’m just lucky my right hand landed before his did.”

Within the wake of the loss, Jung declared his preventing profession had come to an finish as he now not believed he may turn into international champion.

“I’m going to stop fighting,” Jung stated thru an interpreter. “I’ve always aimed to become a champion. I’m not here to be ranked third, fourth or fifth. I tried my absolute best to prepare for Max Holloway. I really, really believed I could beat him and I ended up failing. I don’t think I have the opportunity anymore. I think I’m going to stop fighting for now.”

An emotional Jung walked from the cage wiping away tears because the society sang alongside to “Zombie” by means of The Cranberries, the similar music that accompanied such a lot of of Jung’s iconic walks to the Octagon.