February - 2016
SCRAPP! FIGHT MAGAZINE
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and knee. An exchange in the
center of the cage saw Hansen
land a solid right straight. As
Hansen loaded up for a hook,
he was caught with a left-
right from Seo that buckled his
knees. He was hurt and strug-
gled to clinch and knee while
trying to clear his head. Seo
was on the attack and took
Hansen down with less than a
minute left in the round. With
15 seconds on the clock, Seo
stood to throw strikes down
into Hansen’s open guard
while Hansen threw kicks up
at his face. When Hansen sat
up to attempt a takedown, Seo
snatched his head and rolled
him over for a choke moments
before the sound of the bell.
Hansen came out very aggres-
sive for Rd 2, landing kicks and
knees to the body before seizing
a clinch. They grappled in the
fence until Seo got a takedown,
landing in Hansen’s guard. Han-
sen worked for a series of arm-
bar submissions from the bot-
tom and Seo appeared to slow
down. Hansen used a failed
armbar attempt as a sweep and
landed on top of Seo in side
control. There he worked to full
mount and sunk the arm trian-
gle choke for the win.
Though he lost this bout, Seo
met Hansen again a year later
(at ROAD FC 15) and KO’d him
just 15 seconds into the match
ROAD FC 27: Zhang Lipeng vs.
Hong Young-Ki
Zhang won the 2013-2014
TUF China Welterweight Tour-
nament. He went 2-2 in the
UFC (not counting tournament
competition) and was released
from the promotion. After a
3-fight stint in Kunlun Fight
(all wins by submission), he
signed with ROAD FC last Oc-
tober. Hong is a 5-time veteran
of ROAD FC (3-2) and fights
out of the Apgujeong Gym
in Seoul, Korea under Head
Coach Doo Won Seo.
This was Zhang’s debut fight
for ROAD FC. From the bell,
Zhang caught a kick and at-
tempted a takedown but Hong
kept them standing against
the fence. He eventually got
the takedown and landed on
top in half mount. After 30
seconds of mild activity the ref
stood them up and gave Hong
a penalty card. Hong – now
charged up – stepped in with
a front leg round kick and a
series of punches but nothing
landed cleanly. They contin-
ued to spar and Hong blasted
Zhang with a front leg round
kick to the groin. They resumed
and Hong was on the attack.
Zhang follows Hong’s momen-
tum and grabbed his back.
He worked for the rear naked
choke but Hong was fighting it
all the way. With less than 90
seconds, left Zhang sunk the
choke and Hong tapped his leg
as they tumbled to the mat.
Zhang’s arrival to ROAD FC
gives them another interna-
tionally recognized fighter to
build up and likely signals a
new era for the promotion’s
popularity worldwide.
NOTE: these are just 5 fights I
would recommend viewing. A
hardcore fan of the promotion
may have a totally different list.
Do you have a ROAD FC fight
you think everyone should see?
Let me know at jhirthmma@ya-
hoo.com and I’ll put together
another Top 5 ROAD FC Fights
voted on by the readers.
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