ROAD Fighting Championship Announces Full Fight Card for ROAD FC 013 in Gumi, South Korea and Live Streaming via UStream

(Press Release)

October 8, 2013 – ROAD Fighting Championship announces the full thrilling line up of twelve fights for another action-packed MMA event. ROAD FC 013 and Young Guns 9 will take place this coming Saturday, October 12th, 2013 in the J.H. Park Stadium in Gumi, South Korea.  The Main Event will be Lightweight Champion Nam Yui-Chul’s first title defense against Kume Takasuke.  Both fighters were the Finalists in the ROAD FC Lightweight Tournament.  At ROAD FC 011, Nam won the title after going into a fourth overtime round in a very close and hard-fought battle with Kume.  The future of the ROAD FC Lightweight Champion will be determined in this highly anticipated rematch between two of the best and most exciting lightweight fighters.

The first of four Superfights will be a lightweight challenge between Korea’s icon Kwon A-Sol, who is returning to MMA after two years of military service, against Japan’s KO artist Koji Nakamura.  The second Superfight will be a bantamweight contest between Issei Tamura, a recent UFC veteran, and Song Min-Jong, the recent Championship Contender.  An exciting and historic middleweight Superfight features Japanese super star Ikuhisa Minowa in the 100th fight of his career against the very tough Kim Hoon.  The final Superfight of the Main Card will be a welterweight clash between heavy hitting Karate Champion Andrews Nakahara and grappling ace Cha Jung-Hwan.

The Young Guns 9 Undercard will be the Semifinal matches for the Featherweight tournament, Kwon Bae-Yong versus Kosuke Umeda and Kil Yong-Bok versus Choi Moo-Gyum.  All four fighters have the capability of winning the entire tournament, so the Semifinals will be hotly contested bouts with a lot riding on the outcome.  Future featherweight contenders meet in two more matches: Yoon Heo versus Jo Byoung-Oak and Yoon Jae-Oon versus Jeon Uh-Jin.  A Bantamweight Superfight sees the ongoing rivalry between ROAD FC and DEEP FC continue as “Little Korean Zombie” Lee Yun-Jun returns to take on the “Korean Killer”, Makoto Kamaya from DEEP.  Rounding out the Young Guns 9 Card is 2-time “Crying Fist” competitor Han Ee-Moon taking on wild horse Kim Hyoo-Ryong, and bantamweight kickboxing pro Kim Seong-Jae dropping to flyweight to face ROAD FC Into League top four finalist Kim Gyu-Hwa.

On October 12th, the Young Guns 9 Undercard will begin at 4:30 KST and the ROAD FC 013 Main Card will begin at 7:30.  ROAD FC 013 will be broadcast on SuperAction Live in South Korea, and live on Ustream at http://www.ustream.tv/roadfc.  Tickets for the event can still be purchased at Interpark online at http://ticket.interpark.com/search/ticket.asp?kind=othersite&search=%B7%CE%B5%E5FC&sc.shopNo=0000100000&sch=t_catebox&sbn=ticket.

For updates please visit the ROAD FC website at www.ROADFC.com and the Official Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/roadfightingchampionship.
ROAD Fighting Championship 013 in Gumi, South Korea
12th October, 2013 – J.H. Park Stadium

MAIN FIGHT CARD

5 – Lightweight Championship Challenge
Nam Yui-Chul vs Kume Takasuke

4 – Welterweight Superfight
Andrews Nakahara vs Cha Jung-Hwan

3 – Middleweight Superfight
Ikuhisa Minowa vs Kim Hoon

2 – Bantamweight Superfight
Song Min-Jong vs Issei Tamura

1 – Lightweight Superfight
Kwon A-Sol vs Koji Nakamura

Young Guns 9 Card

7 – Featherweight Tournament Semifinal Match #2
Kwon Bae-Yong vs Kosuke Umeda

6 – Featherweight Tournament Semifinal Match #1

Kil Young-Bok vs Choi Moo-Gyum

5 – Bantamweight Superfight
Makoto Kamaya vs Lee Yun-Jun

4 – Featherweight
Yoon Heo vs Jo Byoung-Oak

3 – Featherweight
Yoon Jae-Oon vs Jeon Uh-Jin

2 – Middleweight
Kim Hyoo-Ryong vs Han Ee-Moon

1 – Flyweight
Kim Seong-Jae vs Kim Gyu-Hwa

Seo Doo Won to Joachim Hansen: “Joachim Hansen is my hero but i don’ have plan to lose.”

 

Joachim “Hellboy” Hansen (22-11-1) will make his debut in ROAD FC 011 against “Korean Pitbull” Seo Doo Won (9-6). He joins other top foreign fighters in the ranks such as Ikuhisa Minowa, Jeff Monson, Vuyisile Colossa, Melvin Manhoef, Shungo Oyama, Shoko Sato, Roan Carneiro, and Kume Takasuke.

Doo Won is currently on a six-fight win streak and is ready to keep his streak alive against a talented veteran in Joachim “Hellboy” Hansen.

Headlining the card is a scrap between Ikuhisa Minowa (55-34-8) vs. Eun Soo Lee (16-4-0) for the ROAD FC middleweight championship

Also on the card, South Korean Whi Seung-Bae (7-3-0) will face a physically talented fighter, Thierry Sokoudjou (12-10).

Whi Seung-Bae (7-3) is a Spirit MC Inter League Champion and M-1 Veteran.  He last fought at ROAD FC 03 in 2011 where he handed PRIDE and UFC veteran Denis Kang a devastating TKO with vicious knees from the north-south position.  Whi is the Founder and Head Coach of Team Posse, the team of current Middleweight Champion Lee Eun-Soo and current Lightweight Championship Contender Nam Yui-Chul among other top international fighters.

Thierry “The African Assassin” Sokoudjou (13-11) is the former KSW Light Heavyweight Champion, and a veteran of UFC, WEC, Affliction,Strikeforce, and DREAM. He last fought a title match of five rounds against Ryan Jimmo at Maximum FC where he lost a controversial decision after clinching and cutting the Champion.  The judoka from Cameroon is a Team Quest stand out and a fan favorite because of his aggressiveness and knock out power.

Both Wi and Sokoudjou have their win column dominated by knock outs, so this is expected to be a match of fireworks. 

Road Fighting Championship Signs MMA Vet Joachim “Hellboy” Hansen

March 6, 2013 – ROAD Fighting Championship is very excited to announce the latest international addition to the roster, Norwegian Joachim Hansen, former Shooto and DREAM Champion.  Hansen (22-11-1) holds a black belt in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu and is a veteran of many major international MMA promotions.  He started his career in FinnFight, became the first foreigner to hold a title in Shooto Japan, then competed in K-1 Hero’s, PRIDE, and DREAM.  Hansen has notable wins over Shinya Aoki, Rumina Sato, Takanori Gomi, Hideo Tokoro, and Caol Uno.

Hansen will make his debut in ROAD FC 011 and his opponent will be announced soon.  He joins other top foreign fighters in the ranks such as Ikuhisa Minowa, Jeff Monson, Vuyisile Colossa, Melvin Manhoef, Shungo Oyama, Shoko Sato, Roan Carneiro, and Kume Takasuke.  As announced previously, other foreign fighters who are signed to ROAD FC for 2013 are Thierry Soukoudju and Luis Ramos.

Road Fighting Championship Announces The “ROAD FC COLISEUM” And New League Format

ROAD Fighting Championship announces the opening of the new “ROAD FC Coliseum” which will be the venue for future events. The Young Guns League will come to a close at ROAD FC 13, and a new league format will begin.
Here’s their official press release:

ROAD Fighting Championship is ready to race into 2013 with the purchase, development, and opening of the new ROAD FC Coliseum. It is located in Paju, Gyeonggi-Do just north of Seoul. This will facility open in March of 2013, and will be the venue to host regular league events. It will also contain a fully-outfitted Mixed Martial Arts training gym. At ROAD FC 013, the Young Guns events will come to a close. A new league format has been developed and will be held every month in the new ROAD FC Coliseum. All events hosted in the ROAD FC Coliseum will be broadcast.

Founder and CEO of ROAD FC, Mr Jung Moon-Hong, proudly states, “I have been preparing for this for ten years. The ROAD FC Coliseum is the first of its kind. It is the first time in MMA history that an arena and gym have been purposely built for an MMA promotion.”

ROAD FC 011

ROAD FC numbered events will continue take place in stadiums across South Korea, including ROAD FC 011 at the Olympic Hall in Seoul. ROAD FC 011 will see one of South Korea’s strongest lightweights ever, Nam Yui-Chul, face one of Japan’s best submission masters, Kume Takasuke, in a highly-anticipated match that will see the winner crowned ROAD FC’s first ever Lightweight Champion. A second title will be on the line, as the ROAD FC Middleweight Champion Lee Eun-Soo will make his first title defense against none other than top contender and MMA legend Ikuhisa “Minowaman”.

ROAD FC in 2013

ROAD Fighting Championship has produced ten events in just over two years. 2013 will see an increase in events and exciting new developments to promote Mixed Martial Arts in Korea, Asia, and internationally. ROAD FC’s Into League, Central League, and Young Guns series have proved a deep commitment to the growth of Mixed Martial Arts. ROAD FC has a South Korean television broadcast, and in 2012 a Video On Demand agreement with the world’s top MMA website Sherdog.com brought ROAD FC to an international audience. 2013 will see this broadcast expand even further. The signing of international MMA superstars like Minowaman, Jeff Monson, Melvin Manhoef and most recently Thierry Sokoudjou have added talent and international appeal to ROAD FC. ROAD FC will make 2013 a year to remember for Mixed Martial Arts in Asia.