Within the fourth of its five-event stint on Battle Island, the UFC noticed Brian Ortega dominate Korean Zombie (Chan Sung Jung) to earn a featherweight title shot.

Jessica Andrade could very effectively have punched her personal ticket to a championship problem within the flyweight division along with her win over Katlyn Chookagian within the co-main occasion.

Brian Ortega places on putting show to finest Korean Zombie

After a brief feeling out course of, it was clear that Ortega was trying to make use of his improved putting in opposition to Jung. He regularly landed leg kicks from the opening bell, as Jung was extra intent on hanging again, in search of highly effective counter pictures.

Ortega stepped it up within the latter half of the primary spherical, cracking Jung with onerous punches and even sending him to the canvas at one level. Jung began swinging more durable, however acquired caught with a head kick.

Spherical one was positively a robust opener for Ortega.

Jung began shortly within the second body, touchdown numerous punch combos. The injury he was stealthily doing to Ortega’s lead leg with low kicks was additionally starting to point out.

However simply because the momentum appeared to be in Jung’s favor, Ortega blasted him with a spinning elbow. Ortega stormed him, touchdown a number of extra punches and put him on the canvas however couldn’t discover the end earlier than the second spherical horn, though he stole the spherical.

Going into the third body seemingly having gained the primary two, Ortega stayed at distance all through the spherical, including to his benefit. He remained out of Jung’s energy vary, slowly chipping away with an ever-more-effective jab and kicks that had been conserving Jung from discovering a rhythm.

Realizing he needed to be down on the scorecards, Jung began urgent extra within the fourth spherical. Ortega, nevertheless, didn’t let himself get overwhelmed, remained calm, and fended off the higher a part of Jung’s assaults.

Avoiding most of Jung’s punches, Ortega caught a kick and landed a punch as he drove Jung throughout the cage and to the canvas. He opened a minimize over Jung’s left eye, although it wasn’t clear if it was the punch or an unintended conflict of heads, however Jung shortly acquired up, consuming one other shot as he did.

Ortega continued to look sharp, stinging Jung together with his jab. Jung tried to discover a solution to land, however Ortega was so fluid at this level, Jung couldn’t discover any openings.

Jung wanted to overwhelm Ortega within the ultimate body, however he couldn’t. Ortega merely stored beating him to the punch and giving him completely different seems that stored Jung off kilter. Any time Jung moved ahead to assault, Ortega nullified him with stinging punches, his jab specifically consuming him alive.

Not one to surrender, Jung stored transferring ahead, stored looking for a house for that highly effective blow that may steal the battle, nevertheless it wasn’t to be. Ortega was too elusive, his putting rather more fluent than he’d ever proven earlier than.

Ortega fought the right battle in opposition to Jung, incomes unanimous scores of 50-45 from the judges, concurrently incomes a shot at UFC featherweight champion Alexander Volkanovski.

It had been almost two years since Ortega final fought, dropping his bid to take the belt from then-champion Max Holloway.

“I wanted to grow to be a brand new man. In the present day, I attempted to do the most effective I may to combine all of it up and present everybody that I’m again,” Ortega stated after the battle.

“We’re gonna discover out if I’m prepared (to face Volkanovski). On this recreation, you are taking possibilities. You don’t develop within the consolation zone. Alexander Volkanovski, you’re the champ, the considered combating you is thrilling.”

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Jessica Andrade takes out prime contender in UFC flyweight debut

Jessica Andrade wasted no time making her presence identified within the UFC flyweight division. With one battle at 125 kilos, the previous UFC strawweight champion put the division on discover.

Andrade stormed Chookagian from the opening bell, utilizing her energy and energy to negate her opponent’s dramatic attain benefit. She took Chookagian down early, however ended up keeping off varied submission assaults.

After regularly urgent her to the cage and dealing Chookagian with punches and knees to the physique all through the spherical, Andrade scooped Chookagian up and slammed her to the canvas within the ultimate minute of the body.

They regained their footing, however a short while later, Andrade blasted her opponent with a punch to the midsection. Chookagian turned away and yelped in ache. Andrade, realizing she was damage, stormed after Chookagian and landed a pair extra pictures to the physique that despatched her to the canvas. The referee instantly stepped in and stopped the battle.

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And similar to that, Andrade catapulted to the highest of her new division.

“Now I’m No. 1 and let’s see if I can get an opportunity at combating Valentina (Shevchenko),” she declared after the battle.

Shevchenko, the present UFC flyweight champion, is presently slated to defend in opposition to Jennifer Maia at UFC 255 on Nov. 21 in Las Vegas.

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Jimmy Crute lays out Modestas Bukauskas

Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu black belt Jimmy Crute continues to impress within the Octagon. In his 5 UFC bouts, all however one have ended within the first spherical.

Crute completed Modestas Bukauskas in spectacular trend at UFC Battle Island 6, leaving him laying on the canvas. Crute blasted Bukauskas with a proper hand, sending him down, after which adopted with a pair extra pictures to shut it out simply over two minutes into the battle.

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UFC Battle Island 6: Ortega vs. Korean Zombie outcomes

UFC Battle Island 6 Primary Card

Brian Ortega def Chan Sung Jung by unanimous choice (50-45, 50-45, 50-45)Jessica Andrade def Katlyn Chookagian by TKO (physique punches) at 4:57, R1Jim Crute def Modestas Bukauskas by KO (punches) at 2:01, R1James Krause def Claudio Silva by unanimous choice (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)Jonathan Martinez def Thomas Almeida by unanimous choice (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)

UFC Battle Island 6 Preliminary Card

Guram Kutateladze def Mateusz Gamrot by break up choice (29-28, 28-29, 29-28)Gillian Robertson def Poliana Botelho by unanimous choice (29-28, 29-27, 29-27)Jun Yong Park def John Phillips by unanimous choice (30-25, 30-25, 30-25)Fares Ziam def Jamie Mullarkey by unanimous choice (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)Maxim Grishin def Gadzhimurad Antigulov by TKO (punches) at 4:58, R2Mentioned Nurmagomedov def Mark Striegl by KO (punches) at 0:51, R1