Seven mixed martial arts (MMA) combatants of Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) have struggled to solve the riddle that is Featherweight champion and pound-for-pound great Jose Aldo, including well-rounded South Korean Chan Sung Jung.
"Korean Zombie" was the fifth representative from ZUFFA-owned promotion to get a crack at "Junior," who is slated to defend his belt for the eighth consecutive time against interim 145-pound titleholder Conor McGregor at the UFC 194 pay-per-view (PPV) extravaganza on Dec. 12, 2015.
Jung and Aldo met back at UFC 163 in Aug. 2013 and put together an entertaining scrap (recap).
Surprisingly, both men were tentative to start, waiting for each other to fire off the first strike. It was Aldo connecting first with a big flurry that was punctuated by an overhand right.
Then, in the weirdest of circumstances, it seemed like the Brazilian tweaked his foot or leg because he wasn't able to throw much in the way of kicks outside of a couple, which came up short in the opening round. Jung was able to capitalize on the less mobile Aldo in the fourth round, only after being taken down in round two.
Before Jung was able to really put together any meaningful offense, after ending round three on a high note with a flurry of strikes, the former's shoulder popped out after he threw a strike that caught Aldo on the temple. That was the champion's cue to pounce and he promptly seized the opportunity, rattling off a few high kicks to the injured arm of his challenger.
Aldo then put down Jung with right hands on the ground for the finish at the 2:00 mark of round four.
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