2024 Wonju MMA Sports Festival Road FC Global Tournament Bantamweight, Yang Ji-yong finishes with victory
Dec 30, 2024
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Yang Ji-yong defeated Kim Soo-chul (33, Road FC Wonju), the strongest player in Asia, by a punch KO in 1:02 of the first round in the Bantamweight Final of the Road FC Global Tournament held at Wonju Chiak Gymnasium on the 29th. As a result, Yang Ji-yong washed away his disappointment of eliminating the quarterfinals last year and won the road FC global tournament bantamweight title, standing tall as a new powerhouse.
The bantamweight final was a game that drew great attention not only from Korea but also from Japan. Both Kim Soo-chul and Yang Ji-yong participated in Japan's largest group Raizin FFF and are popular with Japanese fans. Japanese reporters also visited Korea to cover Kim Soo-chul and Yang Ji-yong.
Kim Soo-chul is ahead in objective power, but there were many opinions that it was difficult to predict the match due to Yang Ji-yong's rise. In particular, Kim Soo-chul was strong in grappling and Yang Ji-yong in hitting, making the game even more difficult to know.
The game ended in one minute and two seconds. Yang Ji-yong hit a left-handed punch to Kim Soo-chul, who was bending down to enter the tackle. Kim Soo-chul collapsed and Yang Yang-yong consecutively put in the foundation to decide the game. The disappointing result came out, but Kim Soo-chul acknowledged the result of the game and showed his seniority congratulating Yang Ji-yong.
Yang Ji-yong wearing his dream champion belt thanked Soo-cheol " (Kim) from the bottom of my heart. It's been 10 years since he made his professional debut, and he promised 10 years ago that he would put a belt around the waist of director Yoo Seong-ok. I haven't shown it, but I love you so much. I invited my parents for the first time in 10 years while playing. I've never told my parents that I love you, but I love you, mom and dad" he left a comment.
In the middleweight provisional title match, Lim Dong-hwan (29, Team Strong Wolf) knocked out former middleweight champion Rhin Jae (38, Life Gym) 10 seconds into the extended round to become a provisional middleweight champion. At the scene, Lim Dong-hwan called out Hwang In-soo (30), the 「middleweight champion」, and asked for a unified middleweight title match.
In addition, Taisei Sekino (24), a Japanese villain, will have Shim Gun-oh (35, Kim Dae-hwan MMA) in the 24th second round of the second round, and will play a heavyweight title match against Kim Tae-in (30, Kim Tae-in-jim), a champion of the two weight classes, at ROAD FC 072 in Gupne on March 16 next year.
On this day, Road FC announced a surprise two matches. It is a match between 'Eating YouTuber' Banzz and 'Gagman' Yoon Hyung-bin, 'Yakuza Fighter' Kim Jae-hoon and 'Movie Actor' Kim Gwang-san, where the confrontation structure has been created. The four accepted the fight in the cage and received loud cheers and applause from the crowd.
It also held a 2024 award ceremony, with Kim Si-wang winning the Rookie of the Year award, referee Kim Sung-min winning the Judgment of the Year award, WhiteVision's deputy Oh Gwang-sun winning the Achievement Award, Park Hyung-geun winning the Submission of the Year award, and Park Si-won winning the K of the Year.O Award, Kim Tae-in won Player of the Year Award.
Road FC, which successfully finished its last competition this year, will hold its first competition in 2025 at Jangchung Gymnasium in Seoul on March 16, 2025.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
