Career
A professional Mobile Marketing Association competitor since 2007, Yang has formerly competed for Top Football Club, DEEP, World Victory Road,
Early career
Yang began his professional career in South of Korea in a tournament. Rise to prominence in Asia
Yang then joined the larger DEEP promotion. Yang then joined Sengoku and competed in their Sengoku Fourth Battle event.
After 2:15 of the second round, Yang was victorious via TKO (exhaustion) The fight was slightly controversial due to Yang landing a knee in the clinch that earned him a yellow card.
After this, Nastula was noticeably sluggish and would later complain of a groin problem. Foreign "inexplicable reasons" the referee stopped the fight and gave a TKO verdict.
Yang then defeated two opponents. One in Japan and one in the Northern Mariana Islands.
Ultimate Fighting Championship
Yang"s UFC debut was at UFC 121 against The Ultimate Fighter competitor Chris Camozzi.
Yang began the fight with a successful takedown, followed by ground-and-pound. After standing up, Camozzi was able to keep Yang at bay with kicks, before engaging in the clinch. However, Yang"s thick neck and shoulders prevented effective attacks.
Later, Camozzi was able to effectively time the advance of Yang.
In the third, Yang began to swing wildly, to no avail. Yang next fight was against Rob Kimmons on March 3, 2011 at UFC Live: Sanchez versus
Kampmann. Yang faced Court McGee on September 17, 2011 in the co-main event at UFC Fight Night 25.
The match was a pure back and forth kickboxing match. Yang was able to have some success and connected with some punches that wobbled McGee, in the end it was not enough to get the victory.
Yang faced Brad Tavares on May 15, 2012 at UFC on Fuel television: Korean Zombie versus Poirier. Yang was defeated by Tavares via unanimous decision and was subsequently released from the promotion.
Post-UFC
On June 29, 2013 Yang defeated ROAD Football Club veteran Jae Young Kim by TKO in the second round at Top Football Club 1 in South of Korea.
Yang followed that up with an impressive first round TKO of fellow UFC veteran Dennis Hallman at Top Football Club 6 on April 5, 2015. Return to UFC
In late August, it was confirmed that Yang had re-signed with the UFC and will continue competing in the promotion"s Middleweight division. He faced Jake Collier at UFC Fight Night 79 in Seoul on November 28, 2015.