One of the gutsiest fighters in the history of the 145lb division may well find himself facing off against one of the division’s scariest for his next walk to the octagon.

Chan-Sung Jung is a man who embodies the term ‘fan-favourite’ as much as anyone in recent MMA memory. His pair of Fight of the Year-winning showdowns with Leonard Garcia and Dustin Poirier proved his mettle to the masses and despite his lengthy absence from the sport due to mandatory military service in his home country of South Korea, his emphatic return earlier this year proved that his status as a top-10 145lb-r has not changed even slightly.

Dennis Bermudez welcomed Jung back into the octagon in February after he his three-and-a-half-year absence from the sport and though ‘Zombie’ was clipped early and often, he did what he so often did in the past and walked his opponent down before putting him away with a beautiful uppercut in the very first round.

Jung’s return was a triumphant one and though his last outing before that was a title-shot against then-champ José Aldo back in 2013, he will most certainly know that he is at least one more fight away from firmly re-establishing his name amongst those in title-contention.

Now, following his thrilling UFC 215 win over featherweight-debutant Gilbert Melendez, Jung’s fellow featherweight Jeremy Stephens has also found himself on the fringes of the top-5 and with that in mind, took to Twitter to call out the Korean Zombie, something Jung himself responded to in humourous, albeit predictable fashion.

Hearing Jose doesn’t want none..??‍♂️What’s up w/ Korean Zombie? I’d like to fight him too. Any translators that can get him to step up? — Jeremy Stephens (@LiLHeathenMMA) September 18, 2017

It would be the hard-handedness of Stephens against the legendary chin of the Zombie. Be it three rounds or even a five-round main event, I think I can speak for everyone when I say that this fight is the next natural step for both of these guys and should certainly be signed for some time over the coming Winter months.

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