Dustin Poirier Vs. Chan Sung Jung Set For UFC On FX 3 Main Event
by Scott Haber on Feb 10, 2012 3:31 PM EST
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Two of the UFC's most entertaining featherweights have engaged in a bit of mild trash talking on Twitter in the last few days and it appears that they'll now get to settle their dispute in the Octagon, as UFC.com announced that Dustin Poirier vs. Chan Sung Jung will serve as the main event for UFC on Fuel 3 in Virginia on May 15th:
"The Korean Zombie" Chan Sung Jung takes on Dustin "The Diamond" Poirier in a three-round main event, set for May 15th in Fairfax, VA.
Jung, "The Korean Zombie" has quickly become a fan-favorite with an impressive highlight reel, including his legendary brawl with Leonard Garcia, the first ever Twister submission in the UFC, and his shocking 7-second knockout of heavy favorite, Mark Hominick, back in December. Although he's 3-3 in his last six fights, the Zombie's popularity and propensity for ending fights in exciting fashion could propel him to a title shot with a win over the equally fast-rising Poirier.
It wasn't too long ago that Louisiana's Dustin Poirier was a heavy underdog to Josh Grispi, who had first been penciled in for a title shot against Jose Aldo, before an injury paved the way for Poirier to step in as a replacement. Poirier, who had previous flown under the radar in the WEC, sure didn't look like an underdog as he thrashed Grispi for three rounds, marking the start of a undefeated run in his first four UFC fights. Now hot on the heels of two impressive submission wins over Pablo Garza and Max Holloway, Poirier could see himself leap-frog the injured Erik Koch, who he was expected to fight for #1 contender status, and instead turn the fight with Jung into a bout that will determine Jose Aldo's next challenger.
Chan Sung Jung "The Korean Zombie" (12-3)
W Mark Hominick (TKO) - UFC 140
W Leonard Garcia (submission) - UFN 24
L George Roop (KO) - WEC 51
Dustin "Diamond" Poirier (12-1)
W Max Holloway (submission) - UFC 143
W Pablo Garza (submission) - UFC on Fox 1
W Jason Young (unam. decision) - UFC 131
UPDATE: The UFC has apparently decided to switch the broadcast plans for this event from FX to Fuel, so it will now be the third UFC on Fuel show.
The card for UFC on Fuel 3 now includes:
-Dustin Poirier vs. Chan Sung Jung
-Thiago Silva vs. Igor Pokrajac
-Donald Cerrone vs. Yves Edwards
-Jason MacDonald vs. Tom Lawlor
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The key is to hit the guy in the jaw really hard before the other guy does it to you.
by FreeLightningLee on Feb 10, 2012 3:32 PM EST reply actions 9 recs
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by Our Bovine Public on Feb 10, 2012 3:34 PM EST reply actions
This is shaping up to be
a RIDICULOUS free card
Please no injuries
Please no injuries
Please no injuries
by HeadKickLegSweep on Feb 10, 2012 3:34 PM EST reply actions
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just penis, dong
by OneFitchTwoFitchRedFitchBlueFitch on Feb 10, 2012 8:12 PM EST up reply actions
Well that was fast.
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by OneFitchTwoFitchRedFitchBlueFitch on Feb 10, 2012 8:12 PM EST up reply actions
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by MicahtheCynic on Feb 10, 2012 3:37 PM EST up reply actions 6 recs
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by MicahtheCynic on Feb 10, 2012 11:00 PM EST up reply actions
Apparently this card is going to be UFC on FUEL 3
Not FX 3
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Balls! really?
Good fights on a channel I can’t get for any amount of money is not a development of this Fox thing that I’m enjoying.
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by Dave Strummer on Feb 10, 2012 3:40 PM EST up reply actions
This better not be true
You don’t put title contenders on a TV channel nobody’s got.
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by wonderfulspam on Feb 10, 2012 3:43 PM EST up reply actions
I've got it. Get a better cable provider.
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by Chris Hall on Feb 10, 2012 3:50 PM EST via Android app up reply actions
I can watch it for free
On UFC.tv, so that’s not got anything to do with it.
I am talking about putting underexposed prospects & contenders on the platform that as many people as possible have access to. It’s bad enough that Ellenberger vs Sanchez is on Fuel but in that case Sanchez is a pretty big name and his inclusion on the card is probably due to the UFC thinking he can lure more subscribers to Fuel. I don’t see Dustin Poirier convincing very many people to make an extra effort to get Fuel – hardcores probably already found a way to get Fuel and casuals don’t know him.
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by wonderfulspam on Feb 10, 2012 4:04 PM EST up reply actions
In principle
I agree completely. What seems to be fairly clear from the Fox deal so far, however, is that the names on the cards aren’t driving viewership. Does a casual fan know the difference between Jake Ellenberger and Josh Koscheck? Maybe, but I wouldn’t bet my life on it.
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by Patrick Wyman on Feb 10, 2012 4:15 PM EST up reply actions
Based on what?
We’ve had one (and a half) Fox card(s) and one FX card.
In any case my main point was the one about building Poirier/KZ and the featherweights into potential PPV draws. Placing what is presumably a #1 contender bout on a channel where nobody will see them just means that no one will clamour for an Aldo vs Poirier/KZ title fight.
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by wonderfulspam on Feb 10, 2012 4:51 PM EST up reply actions
Let's try this again
I wasn’t trying to contradict your point, just build on it a little bit. The fights that have been put on free TV since the start of the Fox deal have given great exposure to the guys the UFC is trying to build into PPV draws – that’s where I agree with you. The point I was trying to make is that the UFC doesn’t need to worry so much about name recognition in terms of the fights they put on free TV; based on our admittedly small sample size, people will watch regardless. As you pointed out, though, putting those fights on Fuel (which doesn’t have the reach among casuals that FX or Fox does) is defeating the purpose.
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by Patrick Wyman on Feb 10, 2012 5:10 PM EST up reply actions
Sorry if my reply came off as defensive, that wasn’t my intention. I think there’s a big difference between Fox cards and Fuel cards; the most relevant part of it being the fact that everybody’s got Fox, nobody’s got Fuel. It’s not going to take a lot to get people to watch free MMA but it takes a whole lot to get people to switch from Comcast to DirecTV. Putting on fights that are both a) relevant and b) featuring big names (eg. Sanchez vs Ellenberger) is probably a necessary evil because it increases the number of Fuel subscribers.
I think everyone (apart from Chris) can agree that Poirier vs KZ on Fuel is a terrible idea.
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by wonderfulspam on Feb 10, 2012 7:54 PM EST up reply actions
Not at all
Good points. If I had to put myself in the UFC’s shoes, I’d follow exactly your line of reasoning for the first Fuel card, with the hope that by the time Gustafsson-Lil Nog and Poirier-KZ come around the number of subscribers will have jumped. For those of us with access, Fuel is pretty awesome, but I can’t imagine that people would actually switch cable providers just to get one channel.
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by Patrick Wyman on Feb 10, 2012 11:50 PM EST up reply actions
haha
I spent like a whole minute trying to figure out why there were 3 (or more) Fuel channels and why the fuck they wouldn’t put this care on the main Fuel channel.
This is an oule.
by some schmuck in texas on Feb 10, 2012 7:07 PM EST up reply actions
*gasp* really?!?!?! Don't you mess with my emotions like that!
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Perfect matchmaking
KZ has a bit of name value already and both fighters are constantly in exciting fights. What with the Cruz/Faber TUF season and the FLW tourney also on FX, it sure looks like the UFC is making a concerted effort to really market the lower weight classes on free TV.
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Poirier by murder
From prelims to headliner, interesting.
This card is wicked.
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The injuries were a big contributing factor
by Afrotikiman on Feb 10, 2012 5:37 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
Oh shit
I just saw this was in my neck of the woods. I might have to head on over and see it.
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Me too... Definately going.
do you think KZ is a big name in the Korean community?
We have a fairly substantial Korean community in NoVA, and he,s been on those Variety shows, fighting Fedor,etc.
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Main event of UFC on FX 3
Do it…
by rscott94 on Feb 8, 2012 12:14 PM PST via mobile
I gotchu
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by dgonz on Feb 10, 2012 3:48 PM EST up reply actions 3 recs
So what's next for Jose Aldo?
The No. 1 contender fight isn’t for more than three months? That suggests Aldo is going to be on the shelf for a long time.
by MichaelDavidSmith on Feb 10, 2012 3:50 PM EST reply actions
Hioki/Palaszewski winner?
Aren’t really many options…
by The Burning Scheyer Jersey on Feb 10, 2012 3:57 PM EST up reply actions
But that's out of the question
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I get the feeling they're banking on Hioki to wow... anybody, really.
Either that or give Guyborg a shot at the title in international waters? I dunno…
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by Paulo Filho's Psychiatrist on Feb 10, 2012 4:55 PM EST up reply actions
Gonna be awesome
I love both of these guys. Should be a war, especially on the ground. Side note – Aldo doesn’t have a fight booked, and presumably this is a number one contender match; the LW title eliminator isn’t for a few months, either. Is there a better time to do Aldo vs. Edgar, either at 145 (if Frankie loses to Bendo) or a 150 pound catchweight?
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I wouldn't mind seeing Urijah...
getting the tan kicked out of his legs again. That was fun.
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It's Ufc on Fuel 3 not Ufc on Fox 3
but awesome fight nonetheless.
by mcpeepants23200 on Feb 10, 2012 4:02 PM EST reply actions
I’d prefer FX since I don’t have Fuel, but I’ll live. This card is just full of fun fights.
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Wow.
This is shaping up to be a wonderful card for Fuel TV.
okay comcast....
i will be a fios customer if comcast does not have this channel in the pittsburgh area by may….im sick of these fuckers
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by Sir Jacob of Ortingham on Feb 10, 2012 4:27 PM EST up reply actions
Another DirecTV benefit
If you’re ordering PPVs from home is that they now seem to be showing what would be Facebook prelims on the PPV channel, or at least they did for 143. Watching Thompson’s awesome kick in HD on my TV > my laptop.
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by Patrick Wyman on Feb 10, 2012 4:38 PM EST up reply actions
Directv is awesome. Ive had it for 2 yeards and couldnt be happier. Gets every single channel known to man and the HD DVR is literally like 25 times bigger then Comcasts
Oh yeah
Best investment I’ve ever made. My DVR is big enough that I have every major fight card from the last six months saved, with more than enough space for everything else. It makes researching fights incredibly easy.
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by Patrick Wyman on Feb 10, 2012 6:21 PM EST up reply actions
fios>directv
At least my tv won’t go out in shitty weather. Was with directv for 5 years, but humped ship to fios. smartest decision ever made.
Medium-rare, just how I like it.
by Sonnenmeister on Feb 10, 2012 6:09 PM EST up reply actions
"humped ship to fios"
Sounds like a good deal.
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Porier should win...
but you just never know….
Props to KZ, what’s he gonna do this time?
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by rscott94 on Feb 10, 2012 4:19 PM EST via mobile reply actions 2 recs
I am excite about this card. Also nice to see the featherweights getting some love as headliners
by jammin.. on Feb 10, 2012 4:20 PM EST reply actions 2 recs
YUS!!!!!
Except why the fuck is this a 3 round fight? This NEEDS to be a 5 round Main Event. I don’t like how some are 3 and some are 5 now (main events). I thought the point of changing all of them to 5 rounds is so that ALL OF THEM can be 5 rounds… I is confused.
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by Sir Jacob of Ortingham on Feb 10, 2012 4:24 PM EST reply actions 4 recs
There’s a good chance this one won’t go the distance anyway.
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by mburtoni on Feb 10, 2012 6:52 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
No kidding.
I takes me a couple of minutes just to find the damn channel.
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He lost...
And now he’s main eventing another card. That doesn’t seem too bad to me.
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Gonna blame this mistake much work this week.
Or maybe I’m just allergic to sympathetic Cerrone sentiments. He wears a TapOut cowboy hat, for fuck’s sake. I can’t abide by that.
Carry on.
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It's about damn time that they gave the lighter weights top billing,
even if it is on a Fuel TV card.
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by Earl Montclair on Feb 10, 2012 6:45 PM EST up reply actions
So... Fuel...
Does this mean another Wednesday card like Ellenberger vs. Sanchez?
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midweek drinking FTW
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by Our Bovine Public on Feb 10, 2012 7:58 PM EST up reply actions
C'mon, Sung!
This is an oule.
by some schmuck in texas on Feb 10, 2012 6:57 PM EST reply actions 1 recs
Korean WAR!! ZOmBIE!!
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Good fight.
Poirier’s good, but he’s not as good as he’s getting credit for. Holloway was lighting him up on the feet, and let’s not forget it wasn’t that long ago that Poirier was just a live body Grispi was supposed to beat on.
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Let's also not forget that Poirier withstood the onslaught of Jason Young and came out a winner.
KZ has nowhere near the striking as Young. And I believe Poirier is better on the ground.
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This fight is very interesting. On the feet, I think that Poirier is the more technical striker, but KZ has a great chin, and we don’t know how the fight could turn out if it becomes more of a brawl. On the ground, Poirier has shown some very good ground skills as of late, but KZ is not bad on the ground either.
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This fight is going to be violent
And this is probably the start of the lighter getting higher exposure. It sucks when these guys are buried on the prelims.
by discoandherpes on Feb 11, 2012 11:01 AM EST reply actions
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