Yoo Joo Sang (유주상) is a Korean professional mixed martial artist fighting out of Uijeongbu, Gyeonggi, South Korea. This city is known for its budae-jjigae, a type of spicy stew made with various canned or processed ingredients including American cheese, baked beans, ham, instant noodles, kimchi, red chili paste, sausage and spam.

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BIOGRAPHY

Currently, Yoo is signed with the Ultimate Fighting Championship, which is based in Las Vegas, Nevada, United States. Here are 10 more things about him:

  1. He is a purple belt in Brazilian jiujitsu.
  2. His fight name is Little Zombie.
  3. He competes in the featherweight division.
  4. He trains at Pinnacle MMA on Jeju Island, South Korea and Vamos MMA in Nonhyeon-dong, Gangnam, Seoul, South Korea.
  5. Aside from MMA, he also enjoys playing soccer and reading books.
  6. He defeated all of his amateur MMA opponents.
  7. Before joining the UFC, he competed in Angel’s Fighting Championship, BRAVE Combat Federation and Z-Fight Night.
  8. He has one older brother.
  9. He is 5’9″ tall.
  10. He holds a professional MMA record of 9 wins and 0 loss.
  11. On May 31, 2021, he made his professional MMA debut.
  12. On January 21, 2025, he turned 31.
  13. On June 7, 2025, he made his UFC debut.
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TIMELINE

From 2021 to 2025, Yoo fought nine professional MMA opponents. Here are the results:

2021

  • On May 31, 2021, he defeated Baek Ho Jang via technical knockout at “AFC 16” in Guro, Seoul.
  • On October 15, 2021, he submitted June He Jung at “AFC 17” in Guro.

2022

  • On April 30, 2022, he defeated Doo Seok Oh at “BRAVE CF 58” in Incheon, South Korea.
  • On September 30, 2022, he defeated Gustavo Wurlitzer via unanimous decision at “AFC 20” in Gwangmeyong, Gyeonggi.
  • On December 30, 2022, he defeated Shunichi Shimizu via unanimous decision at “AFC 22” in Goyang, Gyeonggi.

2023

  • On August 19, 2023, he defeated Takuya Kuramoto via TKO at “AFC 27” in Minato, Tokyo, Japan.

2024

  • On June 29, 2024, he defeated Reinaldo Ekson via unanimous decision at “Z-Fight Night 1” in Seongbuk, Seoul.
  • On December 14, 2024, he knocked out Masuto Kawana at “Z-Fight Night 2” in Goyang.

2025

  • On June 7, 2025, he knocked out Jeka Saragih at “UFC 316” in Newark, New Jersey, USA.
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Published by Coco Altatis

Coco Altatis has been writing for CONAN Daily since 2009. He writes about beauty pageants, mixed martial arts, music and movies.

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