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Fighters react to tonight's Korean Zombie vs. Yair Rodriguez UFC Denver main event

Chris Taylor - November 10, 2018

Tonight’s UFC Fight Night 139 event in Denver was headlined by a key featherweight bout featuring “The Korean Zombie” Chan Sung Jung taking on Yair Rodriguez. Jung was initially slated to face former lightweight title holder Frankie Edgar at tonight’s UFC Denver event, but “The Answer” was forced to pullout due to injury.

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UFC Denver Results: Yair Rodriguez KO's The Korean Zombie (Highlights)

Chris Taylor - November 10, 2018

Featherweights headlined tonight’s historic UFC Fight Night 139 event in Denver as “The Korean Zombie” squared off with Yair Rodriguez. Jung was initially slated to face former lightweight title holder Frankie Edgar at tonight’s UFC Denver event, but “The Answer” was forced to pullout due to injury.

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Fighters react to Donald Cerrone submitting Mike Perry

Chris Taylor - November 10, 2018

A welterweight fight between dangerous strikers Donald Cerrone and Mike Perry co-headlined tonight’s UFC Fight Night 139 even in Denver. Donald Cerrone (33-11 MMA) entered tonight’s contest looking to rebound, this after suffering a unanimous decision loss to surging welterweight contender Leon Edwards at June’s UFC Fight Night event in Singapore. Prior to the setback, “Cowboy” was coming off a spectacular first-round finish of Hawaiian Yancy Medeiros.

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UFC Denver Results: Donald Cerrone submits Mike Perry (VIDEO)

Chris Taylor - November 10, 2018

A highly anticipated welterweight fight between former teammates Donald Cerrone and Mike Perry served as the co-main event of UFC Denver. Donald Cerrone (33-11 MMA) was last seen in action at June’s UFC Fight Night event in Singapore, where he suffered a unanimous decision loss to surging welterweight contender Leon Edwards. Prior to the setback, “Cowboy” was coming off a spectacular first-round finish of Hawaiian Yancy Medeiros.

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UFC Denver Results: Korean Zombie vs. Yair Rodriguez

Chris Taylor - November 10, 2018

Stay glued to bjpenn.com this evening for all of tonight’s UFC Denver Results. The event, UFC Fight Night 139, will serve as the promotions 25th anniversary show.

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UFC Fight Night Denver: Three reasons why you should tune in

Mike Straus - November 7, 2018

The UFC brings it back to where it all began – Denver, Colorado which will serve as the backdrop for the promotions 25th-anniversary event that goes down this Saturday night. Denver – With MMA events seemingly every weekend it can be an arduous task trying psych yourself up for some of the smaller Fight Night cards. With the big year-end PPV card approaching and Jon Jones returning to the Octagon again, UFC Denver could easily fall between the proverbial cracks.

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PHOTO | The Korean Zombie looks absolutely shredded one week out of UFC Denver

Chris Taylor - November 3, 2018

The Korean Zombie Chan Sung Jung appears to be in phenomenal shape just one week away from his highly anticipated octagon return at UFC Denver. The fan favorite, Jung, will be taking on Yair Rodriguez in the main event of the promotions 25th anniversary show which takes place November 10 live from the Pepsi Center in Denver, Colorado.

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Frankie Edgar issues statement after being forced out of UFC Denver fight with KZ

Chris Taylor - October 27, 2018

Former UFC lightweight champion Frankie Edgar was expected to face fan favorite Chan Sung Jung in the headliner of the UFC’s 25th Anniversary show next month in Denver. Unfortunately for fight fans, a showdown between “The Answer” and “The Korean Zombie” will have to wait, as Edgar was forced to withdraw from the November 10 fight card with a torn bicep.

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Maia Stevenson out, Maycee Barber now faces newcomer Hannah Cifers at UFC Denver

James Lynch - October 21, 2018

UFC Fight Night 139 kicks off next month and will now feature a strawweight matchup pitting two female fighters making their promotional debuts. TUF 26 competitor Maia Stevenson has been removed from the card due to undisclosed reasons and as a result, Maycee Barber will now face newcomer Hannah Cifers. Barber revealed the news in a recent interview with Fightful.

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UFC Fight Night 139: Frankie Edgar vs. Korean Zombie Fight Card

Chris Taylor - October 20, 2018

The octagon will return to Denver’s Pepsi Center on November 10 for the promotions 25th anniversary show UFC Fight Night 139. The historic event is headlined by a key featherweight bout featuring former lightweight champion Frankie Edgar taking on “The Korean Zombie” Chan Sung Jung.

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PHOTO | Donald Cerrone has bulked up for his UFC Denver fight with Mike Perry

Christopher Taylor - October 18, 2018

Fan favorite Donald Cerrone will be looking to bounce back into the win column next month in Denver when he squares off with knockout artist Mike Perry at UFC Fight Night 139. “Cowboy” was most recently see in action at June’s UFC Fight Night event in Singapore, where he suffered a unanimous decision loss Leon Edwards.

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Mike Perry sends intense message to 'oblivious' Donald Cerrone

Drake Riggs - August 31, 2018

It’s been a wild and dramatic past couple of days for the members and former members of the world-renowned JacksonWink MMA gym. And it’s unlikely to ease up now. Earlier this week on the Joe Rogan Experience podcast, Donald ‘Cowboy’ Cerrone went in deep on the tension that had built up between him and his longtime home base in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

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EXCLUSIVE | Mike Perry says Cowboy Cerrone asked JacksonWink not to train him

Drake Riggs - August 22, 2018

When two fighters train under the same roof are set to fight each other, there can often be some drama to follow. And this isn’t the first time we’ve seen that.

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Germaine De Randamie returns to face Raquel Pennington at UFC Denver

Drake Riggs - August 9, 2018

After a year and a half away from the Octagon, the first-ever UFC female featherweight champion is now officially back and set to do battle. The Netherlands’ greatest female striker Germaine De Randamie essentially vanished from MMA after her big title win over Holly Holm at UFC 208 to continue pursuing her career as a police officer.

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UFC Denver gets flyweight showdown between Joseph Benavidez and Ray Borg

Drake Riggs - August 7, 2018

The UFC’s return to Denver is slowly but surely being put together fight by fight. And it’s off to quite the solid start. After having UFC Denver’s main event and co-main events recently announced, a third top-ranked matchup has been added to the November 10th card.