Brian Ortega will go the whole of 2019 without a UFC fight.
The one-time featherweight title challenger was scheduled to face Chan Sung Jung, aka “The Korean Zombie,” in the main event of UFC Fight Night in Busan, South Korea, but ESPN’s Ariel Helwani reported on Wednesday that an undisclosed injury has forced him to withdraw from the card.
Officials are looking at finding a late replacement to take on Jung, although there’s no guarantee it will materialize. Other featherweight bouts on that event are Doo Ho Choi vs. Charles Jourdain and Seung Woo Choi vs.