March 10, 2017 – ROAD Fighting Championship announces the official results for ROAD FC XX, South Korea’s historic first all-female MMA league. ROAD FC XX takes place tomorrow, Saturday, March 11, in Seoul, South Korea on Xiaomi ROAD FC 037.
The co-main events will be rematches between legends and rookies, as Japan’s boxing legend Raika faces “Female Kwon A-Sol Kang Jin-Hee, and the “Princess” of MMA Shinashi Satoko takes on “High School Fighter” Lee Ye-Ji.
All ROAD FC XX main card fighters made weight successfully. On the Young Guns 32 preliminary card, all but one fighter made weight successfully. Jeon Young-Jun came in 1.2kgs over the limit and will have 10 points deducted per round and a 50% purse deduction.
Quotes from the fighters:
Raika said, “Tomorrow I will Hadouken Kang Jin-Hee.”
Kang Jin-Hee said, “Your face is more ugly than my face. I will break your hand on my face. ”
Shinashi Satoko said, “Hi, I’m Shinashi Satoko. I’ve wanted to fight in Korea for a long time. Thank you.”
Lee Ye-Ji said, “I’ve grown up since my debut. I will get my revenge and win.”
Natalya Denisova said, “I’m very glad to be here in Korea, I like this country very much. This fight will be difficult, for all please watch. This will be a very challenging fight for me, I will do my best”
Fujino Emi said. “I’m very happy to be on ROAD FC XX. The first all-female card is very exciting. I will show you all tomorrow in the cage.”
Jang Ik-Hwan said, “I hate Nezu because in the bus on the way to the event he was noisy. So tomorrow I will knock him out.”
Nezu Yuta said, “I have no comments. Let’s fight in the cage.”
Event: Xiaomi ROAD Fighting Championship 037
Date: Saturday, 11 March, 2017
Place: Grand Hilton Convention Centre, Seoul, South Korea
Young Guns start: 17:30KST
Main Card start: 20:00KST
Korea: MBC
China: CCTV
Japan: Abema
International: YouTube
OFFICIAL WEIGH IN RESULTS
ROAD FC XX Main Card
Kang Jin-Hee (57.4) vs Raika Emiko (57.3)
#6 Women’s -46.5kg Catchweight Match
Lee Ye-Ji (46.8) vs Shinashi Satoko (43.4)
#5 Women’s Atomweight Match
Park Jeong-Eun (49.5) vs Park Na-Young (49.7)
#4 Women’s Atomweight Match
Lim So-Hee (48.3) vs Hana Date (47.5)
#3 Women’s Strawweight Match
Fujino Emi (52.3) vs Natalya Denisova (51.9)
#2 Women’s Strawweight Match
Shim Yu-Ri (52.1) vs Harada Shiho (51.7)
#1 Women’s -50.5kg Catchweight Match
Hong Yun-Ha (50.7) vs Wang Xiangjie (50.6)
Young Guns 32 Preliminary Card
#8 Bantamweight Match
Nezu Yuta (61.7) vs Jang Ik-Hwan (61.9)
#7 Flyweight Match
Alatengheili (57.5) vs Asakura Kai (57.3)
#6 Middleweight Match
Jeon Young-Jun (85.7 – over 1.2kg, fail) vs Kim Su-Won (83.9)
#5 Featherweight Match
Shin Seung-Min (65.5) vs Yang Junkai (65.8)
#4 Featherweight Match
Oh Du-Seok (65.9) vs Asakura Mikuru (65.9)
#3 Flyweight Bout
Kim Tae-Gyun (57.5) vs Wang Deyu (57.4)
#2 Flyweight Match
Yun Ho-Young (57.4) vs Go Gi-Won (57.4)
#1 Middleweight Match
Choi In-Yong (84.2) vs Lim Dong-Hwan (83.3)
New Wave MMA ROAD FC is the stage where legends shine, rookies thrill, and epic battles are waged that determine the future of MMA. From the pageantry of the grand entrance to the final crunch of the KO, ROAD FC showcases the very best of Mixed Martial Arts sports and entertainment. As we say in Korea, “Fighting!”