Chan Sung Jung was on top of his game in front of the home folks, and as a result, he received a little boost to his bank account.
“The Korean Zombie” garnered a $50,000 “Performance of the Night” bonus for his first-round technical knockout win over Frankie Edgar in the UFC Fight Night 165 headliner in Busan, South Korea, on Saturday. After dominating the entire fight, Jung finished off the former lightweight champion with a multi-punch combination and follow-up ground strikes at the 3:18 mark of Round 1.
Elsewhere, Charles Jourdain and Doo Ho Choi received “Fight of the Night” honors and $50,000 apiece for their wild bantamweight scrap. The returning Choi appeared to have Jourdain reeling early in the opening stanza, but the Canadian fighter rallied to drop “The Korean Superboy” at the end of the period. Jourdain put a final stamp on the fight in Round 2, when he dropped his foe with a straight left to the chin followed by a right hook to the side of the head. Jourdain sealed his win with a couple more follow-up blows on the mat at the 4:32 mark of the period.
Finally, flyweight contender Alexandre Pantoja captured the card’s other $50,000 “Performance of the Night” check thanks to a quick finish of Matt Schnell. The two combatants traded furiously in the abbreviated affair, but it was Pantoja who countered Schnell with a perfectly timed counter right that made his opponent fall face-first to the canvas. The Brazilian landed just one more punch on the ground before the fight was halted at the 4:17 mark of Round 1.