Brian Ortega pulled off a dominant five-round decision win over ‘The Korean Zombie’ Chan Sung Jung. All three judges gave every single round to ‘T-City’, as the former title challenger blitzed his opponent. Ortega ended a two-year layoff by returning with this win after his brutal title fight loss to former champion Max Holloway.
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Now Ortega is in a position to get another title shot, this time against current champion Alexander Volkanovski. While some may call for him to rematch Holloway, it seems the title shot is set for Ortega. Even the champ knows that, as he kept a close eye on the proceedings of tonight.
Oh daaaaamn!! @BrianTcity looking good, I’ve got him two rounds up. #UFCFightIsland6
Finally we have some direction in this division, get in there and take that #1 spot....that’s all I wanted!! #ufcfightisland6
Former bantamweight and flyweight champion Henry Cejudo was watching and tried to give some corner advice to The Zombie on Twitter.
Zombie 🧟♂️ has to pick up the pace this next round. #UFCFightIsland
Another top featherweight, Yair Rodriguez, was watching closely. Dana White recently confirmed that the UFC is trying to book him against Zabit Magomedsharipov, which will be another top contenders matchup.
Ortega. 4-0 #UFCFightIsland6
Top bantamweight contender Aljamain Sterling commented on the nasty elbow that Ortega landed in the fight, which knocked ‘TKZ’ down, before the Zombie rose right back up to trade more punches.
I’m having that elbow was NASTY!! TKZ gets up, and starts swinging, I’m the pocket, with his hands down?! Bruuuh! #UFCFightIsland6
Other prominent UFC names also kept a close eye on the main event of Fight Island 6.
I’m very impressed by the improvements @BrianTcity has made in his time off. He looks amazing tonight.
My Daughter said I’ll beat both these guys easy! 😬😬🤔🤔😂😂#UFCFightIsland6
En mi opinion veo ganar a TKZ pero ojalá me pruebe mal. Quiero verle ganar. #ufcenvivo
Told y’all @BrianTcity was winning tonight! Congrats. Hard work pays off buddy! #UFCFightIsland6
Ortega is looking great! Love it !
T city been doin a great job, in the free time he got better !
Brian Ortega is next in line for Alexander Volkanovski
While Ortega did lose to ‘Blessed’, one cannot forget everything that happened before that. ‘T-City’ was a favorite heading into that fight because of the tear he went on in the division.
He was undefeated heading into his fight against Holloway. Ortega lost via doctor’s stoppage after absorbing a record number of strikes in a title fight. This was possibly the most brutal way an undefeated streak could end.
However, the time off has really worked wonders for Ortega. He was dominant against a high-level striker like ‘TKZ’ and didn’t even have to rely on his jiu-jitsu game. Now, it will be interesting to see whether he tries to face Holloway again or makes his way directly into the next title match against ‘The Great’. Either way, Ortega looks dangerous once again. What did you make of his dominance to close out the night?