Brian Ortega is out of the Dec. 21 main event fight against Chan Sung Jung due to an undisclosed injury, according to multiple sources. More coming shortly.
— Ariel Helwani (@arielhelwani) December 5, 2019
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UFC: Brian Ortega tears ACL, out of Korean Zombie fight in Busan – ‘risk of full rupture was high’
- ‘T-City’ suffers partial tear of ACL but plans to be back to ‘100 per cent’ in two to three months
- Ortega says he ‘strongly considered’ pushing through to fight Jung Chan-sung but could have been sidelined for a year
Max Holloway takes a punch to the face from Brian Ortega at UFC 231. Photo: AP
Brian Ortega is out of the UFC Busan main event against “The Korean Zombie” Jung Chan-sung after tearing his ACL in training.
ESPN’s Ariel Helwani first reported on Wednesday night that “T-City” had withdrawn from the December 21 bout with an undisclosed injury.
Ortega later confirmed the news in an Instagram post, and said he plans to be back to 100 per cent in two to three months.
“I won’t be fighting in Korea,” Ortega wrote. “Thankfully it was only a partial tear so I’m already rehabbing it.
“I didn’t want to let down the fans, the Zombie, and the UFC, so I strongly considered pushing through it and fighting anyways.
“But according to the doctors, the risk of a full rupture in the fight was high and that would put me out for up to a year. Sorry guys I gotta take care of this right now, but I’ll make it up to all of you 2020 I promise.”
A replacement has yet to be found but Helwani said the UFC is keen to keep Jung on the card, given his popularity in his home country.
Ortega (14-1, 1 no contest) last fought in July 2018, losing a featherweight title match against champion Max Holloway via medical stoppage after the fourth round.
Jung (15-5) beat Renato Moicano via 58-second TKO in his last outing in July.