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This is a Korean name; the family name is Jung.

Jung Chan Sung
Born	March 17, 1987 (1987-03-17) (age 22)
Other names	The Korean Zombie
Nationality	South Korea
Height	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Weight	143.1 lb (64.9 kg)[1]
Style	Hapkido, Kickboxing[2]
Team	Korean Top Team[2]
Kickboxing record
Total	21
Wins	15
By knockout	11
Losses	6
MMA record
Total	8
Wins	7
By knockout	2
By submission	4
By decision	1
Losses	1
By decision	1
Other information
Mixed martial arts record from Sherdog
last updated on: September 11, 2009

Jung Chan Sung (born March 17, 1987) is a South-Korean professional mixed martial arts fighter. He made his professional début in June 2007 and in December the same year he won a lightweight tournament arranged by Pancrase Korea. In 2008 he won both his fights for Japanese promotion Deep. He then entered the 2009 Sengoku Featherweight Grand-Prix where he won his first-round fight but ended up getting eliminated from the tournament by the eventual winner Masanori Kanehara. His latest fight was a reserve-bout for the tournament at Sengoku 9.

Biography

Jung trained Hapkido before joining a kickboxing-gym at 18-years-old.^[2] In June 2007 he won a Sambo tournament arranged by the Korean Sambo Association, and in December the same year he won the lightweight division of the Pancrase Korea Neo-Blood Tournament after defeating fellow South Koreans Yoo In Seok and Lee Hyung Geol.^[2][3] In May the next year he participated in and won KOREA-FC's 8-man MMA tournament contested at 65kg.^[2]

On August 16, 2008 he defeated Michihiro Omigawa at Deep - Gladiator by unanimous decision. His next fight was against Fanjin Son at Deep - 39 Impact where he won by KO after 17 seconds.^[3]

Sengoku

Jung then entered the 2009 Sengoku Featherweight Grand-Prix and was matched up with Shintaro Ishiwatari in his first-round fight at Sengoku 7.^[4] After slugging it out on the feet with Jung dropping Ishiwatari once, Jung hit Ishiwatari with a right hand forcing him to give up his back. From there Jung sunk in a rear naked choke forcing Ishiwatari to submit at 4:29 of the first round.^[5] In his second-round fight at Sengoku 8 on May 2, 2009, he lost via unanimous decision to Masanori Kanehara officially eliminating him from the tournament.^[6] On June 7, 2009, it was announced Jung would face American Matt Jaggers at Sengoku 9 in a reserve bout for the tournament with the winner stepping in as a replacement should some of the remaining fighters be unable to continue.^[7] Jung ended up winning the fight by triangle choke submission at 1:25 of the second round, but was not required to step in as a replacement.^[8]

It's Showtime

Chan Sung Jung made his Showtime debut against highly regarded Thai striker Pajonsuk. The bout ended with a spinning back fist KO, rendering Pajonsuk unconscious and not able to continue. Spinng back fist are not permitted under the It's Showtime rules resulting in Disqualification loss to the "Korean Zombie" Chan Sung Jung.

WEC Career

Chan Sung Jung recently signed with World Extreme Cagefighting.^[9] He is scheduled to make his WEC debut against Cub Swanson on April 24, 2010 at WEC 48.^[10]

MMA record

Result	Opponent	Method	Round (time)	Event	Weight	Location	Date	Notes
	Swanson Cub Swanson			WEC 48: Aldo vs. Faber	FW (65.0 kg (143 lb))	USA Sacramento, California, USA	02010-04-24 April 24, 2010
Win	Jaggers Matt Jaggers	Submission (triangle choke)	Round 2 (1:25)	Sengoku 9	FW (65.0 kg (143 lb))	Japan Saitama Super Arena, Saitama, Japan	02009-08-02 August 2, 2009
Loss	Kanehara Masanori Kanehara	Decision (unanimous)	Round 3 (5:00)	Sengoku 8	FW (65.0 kg (143 lb))	Japan Yoyogi National Gymnasium, Tokyo, Japan	02009-05-02 May 2, 2009
Win	Ishiwatari Shintaro Ishiwatari	Submission (rear-naked choke)	Round 1 (4:29)	Sengoku 7	FW (65.0 kg (143 lb))	Japan Yoyogi National Gymnasium, Tokyo, Japan	02009-03-20 March 20, 2009
Win	Son Fanjin Son	KO (punches)	Round 1 (0:17)	Deep - 39 Impact	??	Japan Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan	02008-12-10 December 10, 2008
Win	Omigawa Michihiro Omigawa	Decision (unanimous)	Round 2 (5:00)	Deep - Gladiator	??	Japan Momotaro Arena, Okayama, Japan	02008-08-16 August 16, 2008
Win	Jo Jo Jung Hun	Decision (Unanimous)	Round 3 (5:00)	Korea FC - Tournament Series	??	South Korea Gangwon, South Korea	02008-05-31 May 31, 2008
Win	Choi Choi Dae Han	Submission (Triangle Choke)	Round 1 (3:38)	Korea FC - Tournament Series	??	South Korea Gangwon, South Korea	02008-05-31 May 31, 2008
Win	Choi Choi Jung Beom	Submission (Armbar)	Round 1 (2:15)	Korea FC - Tournament Series	??	South Korea Gangwon, South Korea	02008-05-31 May 31, 2008
Win	Lee Lee Hyung Geol	TKO (punches)	Round 1 (3:27)	Pancrase - 2007 Korea Neo-Blood Tournament	??	South Korea Busan, South Korea	02007-12-16 December 16, 2007
Win	Yoo Yoo In Seok	Submission (rear-naked choke)	Round 1 (2:34)	Pancrase - 2007 Korea Neo-Blood Tournament	??	South Korea Busan, South Korea	02007-12-16 December 16, 2007
Win	Lee Lee Hyung Geol	Submission (armbar)	Round 2 (3:07)	SSF - Super Sambo Festival	??	South Korea Gyeongju, North Gyeongsang, South Korea	02007-06-24 June 24, 2007

Kickboxing record

15 Wins (11 (T)KO's, 4 decisions), 6 Losses
Date	Result	Opponent	Event	Method	Round	Time
2010-02-13	DQ	Pajonsuk	It's Showtime 2010 Prague, Prague, Czech Republic	DQ (Left spinning backfist)	1	2:05

References

External links

• Professional MMA record for Jung Chan Sung from Sherdog