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Korean Zombies, Korean Zombies

UFC Fight Night results, highlights: Brian Ortega shines in return to action with decision over Korean Zombie Chan Sung Jung never got anything going offensively thanks to a pitch-perfect Ortega gameplan On paper, the UFC Fight Night main event between featherweights Brian Ortega and "The Korean Zombie" Chan Sung Jung was set to be one of the biggest action fights of the year. That thinking didn't take into account a much improved Ortega coming off nearly two years out of the Octagon as "T-City" shut down Jung's offense to take a wide unanimous decision victory on Fight Island in Abu Dhabi. From the opening round, it was clear Ortega was not the same fighter who went to war in a title shot against then-featherweight champion Max Holloway in December 2018. Ortega nullified the pressure and counterpunch-heavy game of Jung with constant footwork around the outside of the cage and a steady diet of leg kicks. Jung would try to step forward and cut off the cage on

Vasyl Lomachenko • Teófimo López • Boxing

Vasiliy Lomachenko vs. Teofimo Lopez Jr. fight predictions: Undercard, odds, expert picks, date The massive lightweight unification bout is set for Saturday night in Las Vegas Trash-talking time having now come and gone as it pertains to the bad blood boiling between lightweight champions  Vasiliy Lomachenko and Teofimo Lopez Jr.  (and their respective father/trainers), the focus turns to the matchup itself entering Saturday's must-see clash to crown an undisputed champion at 135 pounds.  Lomachenko (14-1, 10 KOs) for one is excited about that fact as he brings his trio of world lightweight titles (WBA, WBO, WBC) to face off against Lopez's IBF crown inside the MGM Grand Conference Center in Las Vegas ( Live on ESPN and fuboTV, which you can  try for free , at 10 p.m. ET ) following nearly an entire year of insults slung between them.  "I feel great and I'm saving my emotions for Saturday night," Lomachenko said during an interview with CBS Sports' "Morni

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