UFC Fight Night Frankie Edgar vs. Korean Zombie At The End Of 2019

The UFC Busan main event pits former lightweight champion Frankie Edgar against home country hero Chan Sung Jung (aka The Korean Zombie).

The final UFC Fight Night for 2019 takes place at Sajik Arena in Busan, South Korea this Saturday, December 21. MMA event on ESPN+ features the 13-fight bill.

Edgar (23-7-1 MMA, 17-7-1 UFC) steps in on short notice this Saturday, when he takes on Chan Sung Jung (15-5 MMA, 5-2 UFC) in the UFC on ESPN+ 23 headliner in Busan, South Korea. The full card streams live on ESPN+.

The UFC Busan co-main event features two light heavyweight fighters trying to find their way into a title fight. Volkan Oezdemir lost to Daniel Cormier in his only UFC title fight to date, and is trying to earn another crack at gold. He lost bouts to Anthony Smith and Dominick Reyes after failing to take the belt from Cormier, but rebounded with a knockout of Ilir Latifi earlier this year.

UFC Fight Night 165 Main Card on ESPN+ (5 a.m. ET):

145 lbs.: Frankie Edgar vs. “Korean Zombie” Chan Sung Jung
205 lbs.: Volkan Oezdemir vs. Alexander Rakic
145 lbs.: Doo Ho Choi vs. Charles Jourdain
205 lbs.: Da Un Jung vs. Mike Rodriguez
185 lbs.: Marc-Andre Barriault vs. Jun Yong Park
135 lbs.: Kyung Ho Kang vs. Liu Pingyuan

UFC Fight Night 165 ‘Prelims’ Card on ESPN+ (2 a.m. ET):

265 lbs.: Tanner Boser vs. Ciryl Gane
145 lbs.: Suman Mokhtarian vs. Seungwoo Choi
155 lbs.: Dong Hyun Ma vs. Omar Morales
125 lbs.: Alexandre Pantoja vs. Matt Schnell
135 lbs.: Raoni Barcelos vs. Said Nurmagomedov
115 lbs.: Miranda Granger vs. Amanda Lemos
135 lbs.: Heili Alateng vs. Ryan Benoit

Edgar stepping in against Jung makes for an excellent fight, but it us an odd move in the greater scheme of things, especially given where the American’s career stands at the moment. After losing to Max Holloway in a featherweight title in July, Edgar announced his intent to cut down to bantamweight and in fact still has a fight on the books at 135 pounds next month.

“I would absolutely take a fight against Volkanovski,” Edgar said in an interview with Rank5. “I’m in it to fight the best guys; that’s why I’m fighting Chan. I came into this sport to be a champion, and if it’s not at ’45 or ’35 or ’55, then what am I doing?”