96 Days Out: Dustin Poirier Vs Chan Sung Jung Booked For UFC On FUEL 3
by Luke Nelson on Feb 10, 2012 5:25 PM EST
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On a day that saw the top executive at FUEL TV gush to Mike Chiapetta of MMAFighting over the early returns from their UFC related programming, the UFC annouced that featherweights Dustin Poirier and Chan Sung Jung would be the combatants in the main event of the third UFC on FUEL offering, currently scheduled for May 15th in Fairfax, Virginia.
Poirier is one of the organizations rising stars in the 145 pound division, sporting a perfect 4-0 record since he joined the UFC. He had fought exclusively as a 155 pounder prior to the move, making him an undefeated featherweight. His last fight out saw him submit newcomer Max Holloway in the first round with a beautiful triangle-armbar. As for Jung, he has been a massive fan favorite since his fight of the year war with Leonard Garcia back at WEC 48. He is 2-0 in the UFC, with a recent 7 second knockout of Mark Hominick at UFC 140.
Poirier is the 7th ranked featherweight in the world. He fights out of Gladiator LA.
Jung is the 9th ranked featherweight in the world. He fights out of Korean Top Team.
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96 Days Out: Dustin Poirier vs Chan Sung Jung. Featherweight division.
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I love Jung but Porier is going to murder him
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I actually think it's a pretty close fight.
His Hominick KO will get overvalued by many heading into the fight, but I think he’ll cause Poirier problems on the feet and can mix it up with his under-rated wrestling.
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I should clarify
I think the fight is close but I think Porier will win decisively.
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by Earl Montclair on Feb 10, 2012 6:44 PM EST up reply actions
Pretty nice card.
Especially for Fuel. Got a few potential barnburners.
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Poirier didn't look great against Holloway.....
….until he wrestled him. Then he looked fantastic, but Holloway is a white belt, so he should have looked fantastic. The rest of his fights have been against only okay competition.
Jung hasn’t really fought anyone good except Hominick and that fight wasn’t a true fight, since he simply landed his one and only counter punch and that was that.
So I think both guys are currently rated a little higher than they should be. Interesting fight.
Would pick Poirier at this point.
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