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The Real Zombie

Marlon Vera has never been stopped in twenty-six UFC fights. The Korean Zombie earned the nickname; the record says the name is on the wrong man.

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The nickname
Will the real
Korean
Zombie
please
stand up
One of the great nicknames in the sport. He earned it.

Chan Sung Jung A.K.A. The Korean Zombie. One of the great nicknames in the sport, and he earned it.

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Chan Sung Jung A.K.A. The Korean Zombie. One of the great nicknames in the sport, and he earned it.

Chan Sung Jung, face marked, exchanging with Alexander Volkanovski.
Chan Sung Jung · what it cost him
Knockdowns absorbed
Four of his five defeats ended with the referee stepping in
2013 Jose Aldo UFC 163: Aldo vs Jung Punches · R4
2018 Yair Rodriguez UFC Fight Night: Korean Zombie vs. Rodriguez Elbows · R5
2022 Alexander Volkanovski UFC 273: Volkanovski vs. The Korean Zombie Punches · R4
2023 Max Holloway UFC Fight Night: Holloway vs. The Korean Zombie Punches · R3

But his record shows that he's not as hard to finish as the name suggests. Six knockdowns absorbed, and of his five UFC defeats, four ended with stoppages.

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But his record shows that he's not as hard to finish as the name suggests. Six knockdowns absorbed, and of his five UFC defeats, four ended with stoppages.

Marlon Vera
Twenty-six fights
in the UFC
Never once
stopped

Marlon Vera on the other hand, might be an actual zombie. He's had twenty-six fights in the UFC, and he has never been stopped once.

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Marlon Vera on the other hand, might be an actual zombie. He's had twenty-six fights in the UFC, and he has never been stopped once.

Every significant strike that has landed on him
1,886 landed Knocked down once
2 August 2024 · the only one Deiveson Figueiredo UFC Fight Night: Sandhagen vs. Nurmagomedov
He got up, and went the distance.

Almost nineteen hundred significant strikes have landed on him — nearly three times what the Korean Zombie has absorbed — and in all of that, he has been knocked down just one time. He got up, and went the distance.

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Almost nineteen hundred significant strikes have landed on him — nearly three times what the Korean Zombie has absorbed — and in all of that, he has been knocked down just one time. He got up, and went the distance.

Marlon Vera, blood on his face, hands low, walking forward.
Eleven defeats
“The Zombie” is
a nickname.
Marlon Vera
might be
the real thing.
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Nine unanimous, two split — every one on the scorecards

Eleven defeats, but every one of them on the judges' scorecards. "The Zombie" is a nickname. Marlon Vera, might be the real thing.

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Eleven defeats, but every one of them on the judges' scorecards. "The Zombie" is a nickname. Marlon Vera, might be the real thing.