Chan Sung Jung and Brian Ortega have been going at through social media and interviews over the last year or so, and so, it’s not surprising the two had an intense face-off today on Fight Island.

‘The Korean Zombie’ versus Ortega

 ‘The Korean Zombie’ and Ortega were originally supposed to fight last December, but the latter had to drop out due to a knee injury. Jung (16-5) ended up facing Frankie Edgar instead, and stopped the former lightweight champ in the opening round.

Jung proceeded to take some verbal pokes at Ortega in the coming weeks about ‘T-City’ pulling out. That ratcheted up tensions and it all culminated in Ortega (14-1) allegedly slapping Jung’s friend and translator, Jay Park.

Well, fast forward to today, and the featherweight contenders are booked to fight in the main event of UFC Fight Island 6, Saturday. As you can see by watching the clip below, the rivals had a pretty intense face-off today for the media.

UFC Fight Island 6 line-up

Here is the complete line-up for Saturday’s event, which is taking place on Yas Island in Abu Dhabi (via MMA Mania).

UFC Fight Island 6 Main Card ESPN+ (7 p.m. ET)

145 lbs.: Brian Ortega vs. Chan Sung Jung
125 lbs.: Jessica Andrade vs. Katlyn Chookagian
205 lbs.: Modestas Bukauskas vs. Jimmy Crute
170 lbs.: Claudio Silva vs. James Krause
145 lbs.: Thomas Almeida vs. Jonathan Martinez

UFC Fight Island 6 Prelims Card ESPN+ (4 p.m. ET)

155 lbs.: Mateusz Gamrot vs. Guram Kutateladze
125 lbs.: Poliana Botelho vs. Gillian Robertson
185 lbs.: Yong Jin Park vs. John Phillips
155 lbs.: Jamie Mullarkey vs. Fares Ziam
205 lbs.: Gadzhimurad Antigulov vs. Maxim Grishin
135 lbs.: Said Nurmagomedov vs. Mark Striegl

*card subject to change

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