October 27, 2017 – ROAD Fighting Championship announces the official weigh in results for Xiaomi ROAD FC 043, which took place at the MVL Hotel Convention Hall in Seoul, Korea on October 27, 2017.
All fighters on the main card and the preliminary card, Young Guns 37, made weight with the exception of Kim Hoon, who was 1.7kgs over in his final weight check. His match with Choi Young is still on for the interim Middleweight title, but Kim will have 10 points per round deducted from the start.
Kim Hoon, “I apologize to Choi Young for not making weight. Since it’s the main event, I will put on a great performance unlike any other match.”
Choi Young, “I don’t want to say anything about tomorrow, I’ll let the result speak for itself.”
Xiaomi ROAD FC 043 quotes
Asakura Mikuru, “As I always do, I’ll finish it in the first round.”
Lee Kil-Woo, “I’m happy to be back in the cage, thanks to my health. This is my first challenge coming back to ROAD FC so it should be a win for me. I’ll do my best, and I look forward to fight more big bouts.”
Jung Doo-Jae, “It’s an honor to fight ROAD FC’s best fighter, Nam. Tomorrow I will thrash him.”
Nam Yui-Chul, “Thanks to Jung Mun-Hong for giving me another chance. There are a lot of skilled fighters in the ROAD FC cage. I’m very fortunate to fight them. I’ve watched my opponent for a long time, and he’s a skilled strong fighter. I’ll give my best performance for the fans.”
Kim Seung-Yeon, “I will be entertaining.”
Arman Tsarukyan, “I didn’t like rubbing noses with him, it was irritating. I will do my best to not let it go to the judges, I will knock him out.”
Arman Tsarukyan, “I’m very happy to be here. I’ll try my best to bring an entertaining fight.”
Kim Kyoung-Pyo, “I’m excited to fight someone of his caliber. I want show my best performance.”
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Xiaomi ROAD Fighting Championship 043
Saturday, October 28, 2017
Jangchung Arena, Seoul, South Korea
17:00 KST Young Guns 37 start
20:00 KST Main Card start
Live on MBC Sports +1, Youtube, SportsFix.tv and Panda.tv
http://roadfc.com/main/live/
Official Weight Ins Results
6 Interim Middleweight Championship
Choi Young 83.6 vs Kim Hoon 85.4 (900g over – fail first try) 86.2 (final, fail – deduct 10 points each round, deduct all purse)
5 Featherweight Match
Lee Kil-Woo 65.9 vs Asakura Mikuru 65.9
4 Lightweight Match
Nam Yui-Chul 70.5 vs Jung Doo-Jae 70.4
3 $1 Million Lightweight Tournament Reserve Match
Kim Seung-Yeon 70.3 vs Alexander Merezhko 70.3
2 Lightweight Match
Kim Kyeong-Pyo 70.5 vs Arman Tsarukyan 70.4
1 Featherweight Match
Marcio Cesar 66 vs Lee Jeong-Yeong 65.7
Young Guns 37
7 Flyweight Match
Evgeniy Ryazanov 66 vs Min Kyeong-Chul 65.7
6 Women’s Atomweight Match
Hong Yun-Ha 52.1 vs Jeon Seul-Gi 52.4
5 Flyweight Match
Kim Sung-Jae 57.4 vs Jeong Won-Hee 57.2
4 Middleweight Match
Hwang In-Su 84 vs Zdenek Polivka 84.2
3 Flyweight Match
Go Gi-Won 57.4 vs Ko Dong-Hyuk 57.3
2 Openweight Match
Choi Won-Jun 102.1 vs Lee Ho-Jun 117.8
1 Featherweight Match
Min Kyung-Min 65.8 vs Kim Tae-Sung 65.8