February - 2016
SCRAPP! FIGHT MAGAZINE
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Middleweight Championship
in 2009. Fukuda won his ROAD
FC Middleweight Champion-
ship last July by stopping Uh
Jin Jeon with strikes at ROAD
FC 24.
Welterweight Champion – this
title is currently vacant. The
promotion has featured fights
in the welterweight division
but never a title fight. Former
ROAD FC Middleweight Cham-
pion Eun Soo Lee has dropped
down in weight to compete in
the welterweight division.
Lightweight Champion – A-Sol
Kwon 20-8 in MMA overall,
4-1 ROAD FC
He trains out of the ROAD FC
Official Apgujeong Gym (Team
ONE/Doo Won Seo Gym) in
Gangnam, Seoul, Korea. Kwon
won his title by defeating Ta-
kasuke Kume by decision at
ROAD FC 17.
Featherweight Champion –
Mu-Gyeom Choi 6-4 overall in
MMA, 4-2 ROAD FC
Choi trains out of the MMA
Story gym in Seoul, South Ko-
rea. He won the title by defeat-
ing Bae Yong Kwon by split de-
cision at ROAD FC 14.
Bantamweight Champion –
Yun-Jun Lee 10-2 overall in
MMA, 9-1 ROAD FC
Lee trains out of the ROAD FC
Official Apgujeong Gym (Team
ONE/Doo Won Seo Gym) in
Gangnam, Seoul, Korea. He
won the title by defeating Lee
Gil Woo with a head kick and
punches at ROAD FC 20.
Flyweight Champion – Min-
Jong Song 9-7 overall in MMA,
7-4 ROAD FC
Song trains out of Team Max in
South Korea. He won the title
by defeating Nam Jin Jo by de-
cision at ROAD FC 26 in a re-
match of their 2014 battle that
also ended in decision.
5 ROAD FC FIGHTS YOU
SHOULD SEE
ROAD FC 1: Yui-Chul Nam vs.
Kouta Okazawa
Nam is a beast. It’s no wonder
the UFC picked him up. This is
obviously his first fight in ROAD
FC but he was 8-0 in Spirit MC
and was a 3-time veteran of
the M-1 Challenge. Okazawa
spent his entire pro career in
the ZST promotion (plus a win
in DEEP). He never fought for
ROAD FC again but he went
on to spend 4 years in the Pan-
crase promotion.
Nam was in Okazawa’s face
right from the stare down. He
knocked Okazawa down with
a left straight to the face to
open the action. Okazawa shot
in for a takedown but Nam
sprawled and worked his way
behind him using some impres-
sive wrestling. From there Nam
controlled their movement on
the mat and kept Okazawa
grounded with a mix superior
movement and punches to the
face. Okazawa eventually spun
to guard and slapped on a tri-
angle choke but Nam sat back
in guard and escaped the sub-
mission. Nam actually laughed,
landed two hard shots to the
head and repositioned the pair
near the cage fence. From there
Nam stood up in Okazawa’s
guard, blasting him with strikes
until he turned to his stomach.
A series of thundering rights to
the head from Nam bought the
ref in for the stoppage.
ROAD FC 3: Denis Kang vs. Wi
Seung Bae
Kang has an extensive MMA
fighting history. He went 6-1
in PRIDE Bushido (losing in the
final of the 2006 Welterweight
Grand Prix) and 1-2 in the UFC
but the half-Korean fighter re-
ally made his name in Spirit MC
promotion where he went 10-
0-0-1 and won the Spirit MC
Heavyweight Championship
in 2004. This fight took place
at the tail end of Kang’s fight-
ing career. Bae was also a Spirit
MC veteran. He went 5-1 in
the promotion so he and Kang
were certainly aware of each
other back then.
The bout was back and forth
early. Wi scored the first
takedown but Kang quickly
brought him to the mat and
they were quickly back to their
feet. After a brief exchange
Wi landed a hard knee to the
body that dropped Kang to his
knees. The ref jumped in and
waived off the bout, even rais-
ing Wi’s hand in victory. Mean-
while Kang was protesting the
stoppage and a video replay
showed it was an illegal knee
