Chan
Sung Jung doesn’t have much recollection of the latter stages
of his
UFC Fight Night 180 loss to Brian
Ortega on Saturday night.
“The Korean Zombie” never got going against a rejuvenated Ortega in
a five-round decision defeat at the Flash Forum in Abu Dhabi, and
as a result, lost out on a chance to challenge for Alexander
Volkanovski’s featherweight title.
“I don’t remember the third, fourth and fifth rounds,” Jung wrote
in a statement on Instagram (translation via
MMAjunkie.com). “I can’t remember, but it’s amazing to see how
I’m fighting..haha.. I have to find out why I lost when I lose the
game. Right, I’m just a fool. Ortega was so good… I just feel so
embarrassed about me now. Still, thank you for supporting me a lot.
I’m sorry.”
Jung entered the bout riding the momentum of back-to-back first
round stoppages of Renato
Carneiro and Frankie
Edgar and would have been on a four-bout winning streak were it
not for a last second KO loss to Yair
Rodriguez in the fifth round of their UFC Fight Night 139
headlining bout. “The Korean Zombie” challenged for 145-pound gold
in 2013, losing to Jose Aldo via
fourth-round TKO at UFC 163.