The Korean Zombie (17-8, 13) was born in Pohang, South Korea on March 17, 1987. At the age of 20 years on June 24, 2007, he made his professional MMA debut against Hyung-Geol Lee, winning the fight via 2nd-round submission.
On March 26, 2011, 24-year old The Korean Zombie made his UFC debut on his 14th professional MMA fight at UFC Fight Night: Nogueira vs. Davis against a 31-year old Leonard Garcia, winning the fight in the 2nd round via submission.
Zombie's last fight was a 3rd-round KO loss to Max Holloway at UFC Fight Night: Holloway vs. The Korean Zombie at age 36 on August 26, 2023. He retired on a 2-fight losing streak.
He has fought 12 times in the UFC, and has a record of 7 wins and 5 losses in the promotion.
Some of The Korean Zombie's best fights have been against Dennis Bermudez, Frankie Edgar, Mark Hominick, Leonard Garcia, Renato Moicano, Shintaro Ishiwatari and In-Seok Yoo. For details about these fights refer to "Best fights of The Korean Zombie".
Zombie has 8 losses on his MMA record. For details about these losses refer to "The Korean Zombie Losses".
| # | Date | Opponent | Promotion | Weight | Round | Method | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
25  | Aug 26, 2023 36 years, 5 months 17-8 (13) | 31 years, 8 months 24-7 (12) | UFC | FT | 3 | KO | Loss Punch |
24  | Apr 9, 2022 35 years 17-7 (13) | 33 years, 6 months 23-1 (14) | UFC | FT | 4 | TKO | Loss Punches For UFC featherweight title |
23  | Jun 19, 2021 34 years, 3 months 17-6 (13) | 29 years, 10 months 15-3 (9) | UFC | FT | 5 | UD | Win |
22  | Oct 18, 2020 33 years, 7 months 16-6 (13) | 29 years, 7 months 14-1 (10) | UFC | FT | 5 | UD | Loss |
21  | Dec 21, 2019 32 years, 9 months 16-5 (13) | 38 years, 2 months 23-7-1 (10) | UFC | FT | 1 | TKO | Win Punches |
20  | Jun 22, 2019 32 years, 3 months 15-5 (12) | 30 years, 1 month 13-2-1 (6) | UFC | FT | 1 | TKO | Win Punches |
19  | Nov 10, 2018 31 years, 7 months 14-5 (11) | 26 years, 1 month 15-2 (10) | UFC | FT | 5 | KO | Loss Elbow |
18  | Feb 4, 2017 29 years, 10 months 14-4 (11) | 30 years, 1 month 16-5 (7) | UFC | FT | 1 | KO | Win Punch |
17  | Aug 3, 2013 26 years, 4 months 13-4 (10) | 26 years, 10 months 22-1 (15) | UFC | FT | 4 | TKO | Loss Punches For UFC featherweight title |
16  | May 15, 2012 25 years, 1 months 13-3 (10) | 23 years, 3 months 12-1 (10) | UFC | FT | 4 | CKO | Win D'Arce choke |
15  | Dec 10, 2011 24 years, 8 months 12-3 (10) | 29 years, 4 months 20-9 (15) | UFC | FT | 1 | KO | Win Punches |
14  | Mar 26, 2011 24 years 11-3 (9) | 31 years, 8 months 15-6-1 (12) | UFC | FT | 2 | SUB | Win Twister |
13  | Sep 30, 2010 23 years, 6 months 10-3 (8) | 28 years, 10 months 10-6-1 (5) | WEC | FT | 2 | KO | Loss Head kick |
12 | Apr 24, 2010 23 years, 1 months 10-2 (8) | 30 years, 9 months 13-5-1 (12) | WEC | FT | 3 | SD | Loss |
11 | Aug 2, 2009 22 years, 4 months 10-1 (8) | Matt Jaggers | FT | 2 | SUB | Win Triangle choke | |
10  | May 2, 2009 22 years, 1 months 9-1 (7) | 26 years, 5 months 12-4-5 (10) | FT | 3 | UD | Loss | |
9  | Mar 20, 2009 22 years 9-0 (7) | 24 years 6-1-3 (4) | FT | 1 | SUB | Win Rear-naked choke | |
8 | Dec 10, 2008 21 years, 8 months 8-0 (6) | Fanjin Son | DEEP | FT | 1 | KO | Win Punch |
7 | Aug 16, 2008 21 years, 4 months 7-0 (5) | Michihiro Omigawa | DEEP | FT | 2 | UD | Win |
6 | May 31, 2008 21 years, 2 months 6-0 (5) | Jung-Hun Cho | FT | 3 | UD | Win | |
5 | May 31, 2008 21 years, 2 months 5-0 (5) | Dae-Han Choi | FT | 1 | SUB | Win Triangle choke | |
4 | May 31, 2008 21 years, 2 months 4-0 (4) | Jung-Beom Choi | FT | 1 | SUB | Win Armbar | |
3 | Dec 16, 2007 20 years, 8 months 3-0 (3) | Hyung-Geol Lee | Pancrase | LT | 1 | TKO | Win Punches Won Pancrase Korea Neo-Blood Tournament |
2 | Dec 16, 2007 20 years, 8 months 2-0 (2) | In-Seok Yoo | Pancrase | LT | 1 | SUB | Win Rear-naked choke |
1 | Jun 24, 2007 20 years, 3 months 1-0 (1) | Hyung-Geol Lee | LT | 2 | SUB | Win Reverse armbar |
