UFC Fight Night: Edgar vs. The Korean Zombie

UFC Fight Night: Edgar vs. The Korean Zombie
The poster for UFC Fight Night: Edgar vs. The Korean Zombie
Promotion	Ultimate Fighting Championship
Date	December 21, 2019 (2019-12-21)
Venue	Sajik Arena
City	Busan, South Korea
Attendance	10,651[1]
Event chronology
UFC 245: Usman vs. Covington UFC Fight Night: Edgar vs. The Korean Zombie UFC 246: McGregor vs. Cowboy

UFC Fight Night: Edgar vs. The Korean Zombie (also known as UFC Fight Night 165 and UFC on ESPN+ 23) was a mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that took place on December 21, 2019 at Sajik Arena in Busan, South Korea.^[2][3]

Background

The event marked the promotion's first visit to Busan and the second in South Korea, after UFC Fight Night: Henderson vs. Masvidal in November 2015.^[2]

A featherweight bout between former UFC Featherweight Championship challengers Brian Ortega and Chan Sung Jung was originally slated as the event headliner.^[4] However, Ortega pulled out of the fight in early December, citing a knee injury.^[5] He was replaced by former UFC Lightweight Champion Frankie Edgar.^[6] The two were previously scheduled to meet on November 10, 2018 at UFC Fight Night: The Korean Zombie vs. Rodríguez.^[7] However, Edgar was forced to pull out of that bout after tearing his bicep.^[8]

A flyweight bout between Ji Yeon Kim and Sabina Mazo was scheduled for the event. However, it was reported on November 1 that Kim was forced to pull out of the fight due to an undisclosed injury.^[9]

A flyweight bout between Veronica Macedo and Amanda Lemos was scheduled for the event. However, Macedo was removed from the event in favor of a matchup with Ariane Lipski on November 16 at UFC Fight Night: Błachowicz vs. Jacaré.^[10] Lemos instead fought Miranda Granger.^[11]

Results

Main Card (ESPN+)
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
Featherweight	Chan Sung Jung	def.	Frankie Edgar	TKO (punches)	1	3:18
Light Heavyweight	Volkan Oezdemir	def.	Aleksandar Rakić	Decision (split) (29–28, 28–29, 29–28)	3	5:00
Featherweight	Charles Jourdain	def.	Choi Doo-ho	TKO (punches)	2	4:32
Light Heavyweight	Da Un Jung	def.	Mike Rodríguez	KO (punches)	1	1:04
Middleweight	Jun Yong Park	def.	Marc-André Barriault	Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 29–28, 29–28)	3	5:00
Bantamweight	Kang Kyung-ho	def.	Liu Pingyuan	Decision (split) (28–29, 29–28, 30–27)	3	5:00
Preliminary Card (ESPN)
Heavyweight	Ciryl Gane	def.	Tanner Boser	Decision (unanimous) (30–26, 30–26, 30–26)	3	5:00
Featherweight	Seung Woo Choi	def.	Suman Mokhtarian	Decision (unanimous) (29–26, 29–26, 29–25)	3	5:00	[a]
Lightweight	Omar Morales	def.	Dong Hyun Ma	Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–26, 29–28)	3	5:00
Flyweight	Alexandre Pantoja	def.	Matt Schnell	KO (punches)	1	4:17
Bantamweight	Raoni Barcelos	def.	Said Nurmagomedov	Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 29–28, 29–28)	3	5:00
Women's Strawweight	Amanda Lemos	def.	Miranda Granger	Technical Submission (rear-naked choke)	1	3:43
Bantamweight	Alateng Heili	def.	Ryan Benoit	Decision (split) (28–29, 29–28, 29–28)	3	5:00

1. Choi was deducted a point in round 1 due to repeatedly grabbing the fence.

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Bonus awards

The following fighters received $50,000 bonuses.^[13]

• Fight of the Night: Charles Jourdain vs. Doo Ho Choi
• Performance of the Night: Chan Sung Jung and Alexandre Pantoja

See also

• List of UFC events
• 2019 in UFC
• List of current UFC fighters

References

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7. Newswire (2018-07-20). "Frankie Edgar-Chan Sung Jung bout set for UFC Fight Night on Nov. 10". espn.com. Archived from the original on 2018-07-21. Retrieved 2018-07-20.
8. Staff (2018-10-27). "Frankie Edgar out, Yair Rodriguez in for UFC Fight Night 139 headliner vs. 'Korean Zombie'". mmajunkie.com. Archived from the original on 2018-10-27. Retrieved 2018-10-27.
9. David Tees (2019-11-01). "Report: Ji Yeon Kim Off UFC Fight Night Busan". fightful.com. Archived from the original on 2019-11-01. Retrieved 2019-11-01.
10. Alexander K Lee (2019-11-06). "Veronica Macedo steps in to fight Ariane Lipski at UFC Sao Paulo". mmafighting.com. Archived from the original on 2019-11-07. Retrieved 2019-11-07.
11. Redactie (2019-11-21). "Undefeated Miranda Granger takes short notice fight against Amanda Lemos during UFC Busan". mmadna.nl. Archived from the original on 2019-12-04. Retrieved 2019-11-21. (in Dutch)
12. "UFC Fight Night: Edgar vs. The Korean Zombie". Ultimate Fighting Championship. 24 July 2019. Archived from the original on 2019-12-25. Retrieved 2019-12-22.
13. Farah Hannaun (2019-12-21). "UFC Busan bonuses: Charles Jourdain moving out of his parents' basement". mmajunkie.com. Retrieved 2019-12-21.