Saturday’s UFC Busan event is in the books, and now that the dust has settled in South Korea, it’s time to go to the scorecard to see who the big winners were at Sajik Arena.
After a wild submission win over Khadis Ibragimov in August and a decisive knockout of Mike Rodriguez last weekend, South Korea’s Da-un Jung looks like he may just be the latest addition to a list of up and coming light heavyweights making that division very interesting again. And speaking of interesting, Jung wants to fight Gian Villante in 2020. I’m in!
Volkan Oezdemir may have come up short in his first UFC title shot against Daniel Cormier nearly two years ago, but patient, yet effective, wins over Ilir Latifi and Aleksandar Rakic have him closing in on another crack at the crown, and it’s hard to count him out if he does get a title shot in late-2020.