On paper, the UFC Fight Night primary occasion in between featherweights Brian Ortega and “The Korean Zombie” Chan Sung Jung was set to be among the biggest action battles of the year. That thinking didnt take into consideration a much better Ortega coming off almost two years out of the Octagon as “T-City” shut down Jungs offense to take a broad consentaneous decision triumph on Fight Island in Abu Dhabi.
From the opening round, it was clear Ortega was not the exact same fighter who fought in a title shot versus then-featherweight champion Max Holloway in December 2018. Ortega nullified the pressure and counterpunch-heavy game of Jung with constant footwork around the exterior of the cage and a steady diet plan of leg kicks. Jung would attempt to advance and cut off the cage just to be satisfied by straight punches and leg kicks from Ortega, who would then relapse out of range.
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Jung began to come on a bit in Round 2, however he was captured with a back elbow from Ortega that dropped him to the canvas. While Jung tried to turn up and fire back with powerful mixes, Ortega once again was the man getting in the much better strikes.
The pattern would repeat throughout the battle. Jung would walk forward, only to see Ortega strike and slide out of threat before Jung might get off any significant strikes.
Jung never actually started offensively as Ortega merely put together a much better gameplan that kept Jung from being able to muffle counter shots and do any significant work.
” We got to work, man,” Ortega stated after his success. “Everybody believed I took some time off. No, man. I had surgeries and got right back to work. I stated, you understand what? I require whatever new. I need to end up being a brand-new guy and get better at MMA. I did the very best I could to mix it up and show everyone that Im back.”
By the end of five rounds, there was little doubt who had done enough to make the triumph. The official judges all turned in identical 50-45 scorecards, acknowledging the shutout pitched by Ortega.
Next up, according to all pre-fight talk, will be another shot at the featherweight championship, now held by Alexander Volkanovski. Ortega went to war with Holloway in his first chance at the belt before medical professionals stopped the battle due to swelling around his eye.
After his win, Ortega stated there was just one way to discover out if his fortunes would be better in his 2nd shot at the belt.
Ortega stated. The thought of battling you is an enjoyment. Ive got an entire group and were all set, man.”
In the co-main occasion, Jessica Andrade looked every bit the part of flyweight competitor in her debut at 125 pounds. Andrade snapped a heavy body shot on Katlyn Chookagian in the opening round that forced her to retreat and audibly scream in pain before Andrade had the ability to finish the battle. Andrade could be near to a title chance against Valentina Shevchenko after dropping her strawweight belt to Weili Zhang and after that dropping her rematch with Rose Namajunas previously this year.
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UFC Fight Night card and results.
Brian Ortega def. Chan Sung Jung through consentaneous decision (50-45, 50-45, 50-45).
Jessica Andrade def. Katlyn Chookagian through first-round TKO (punches).
Jimmy Crute def. Modestas Bukauskas through first-round TKO (punches).
James Krause def. Claudio Silva via consentaneous choice (30-27, 30-27, 30-27).
Jonathan Martinez def. Thomas Almeida through unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27).
From the opening round, it was clear Ortega was not the same fighter who went to war in a title shot against then-featherweight champ Max Holloway in December 2018. Ortega nullified the pressure and counterpunch-heavy video game of Jung with constant footwork around the exterior of the cage and a stable diet plan of leg kicks. Jung would try to step forward and cut off the cage just to be met by straight punches and leg kicks from Ortega, who would then move back out of range.
” We got to work, guy,” Ortega said after his victory. Ortega stated.
