List of Road FC champions explained

List of Road FC (Road Fighting Championship) champions is a list of fighters who have won Road FC championships.

Current champions

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Champion!SinceDefenses
Openweight Tae In KimApril 13, 20240
Light Heavyweight Tae In KimDecember 18, 20220
Middleweight In Su HwangJuly 3, 20210
Lightweight Si Won ParkJuly 23, 20222
Featherweight Hae Jin ParkDecember 18, 20220
BantamweightVacantN/AN/A
FlyweightVacantN/AN/A
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Champion!SinceDefenses
Atomweight Yu Ri ShimSept. 4, 20210

Men's championship history

Openweight championship

no weight limit

No.NameEventDateReign
(total)
Defenses
1 Mighty Mo
def. Hong Man Choi
Road FC 033
Seoul, South Korea
September 24, 2016 days1. def. Carlos Toyota at Road FC 035 on December 10, 2016
2. def. Dong Kook Kang at Road FC 040 on July 15, 2017
Mo vacated the title in 2018
2 Tae In Kim
def. Taisi Sekino
Road FC 068
Seoul, South Korea
April 13, 2024 days

Light Heavyweight championship

~ 93 kg (205.3 lb)

Middleweight championship

~ 84 kg (185.2 lb)

No.NameEventDateReign
(total)
Defenses
1 Shungo Oyama
def. Hye Suk Son
Road FC 006
Seoul, South Korea
February 5, 2012294 days
2 Eun Soo Lee
def. Shungo Oyama
Road FC 010
Busan, South Korea
November 24, 2012585 days
Lee vacated the title in July 2014 after dropping down to welterweight.[1]
3 Riki Fukuda
def. Uh Jin Jeon
Road FC 024
Tokyo, Japan
July 25, 2015190 days
4 Jung Hwan ChaRoad FC 028
Seoul, South Korea
January 31, 2016890 days1. def. Young Choi at Road FC 035 on December 10, 2016
- Young Choi
def. Hoon Kim for interim title
Road FC 043
Seoul, South Korea
October 28, 2017254 days
Cha was stripped of the title in July 2018 due to injury. Choi was promoted to undisputed status.[2]
5 Young ChoiJuly 9, 201820 days
6 In Jae La
def. Young Choi
Road FC 048
Wonju, South Korea
July 28, 2018323 days
7 Hae Jun Yang
def. In Jae La
Road FC 054
Wonju, South Korea
June 15, 2019 days
Title was left vacant in April 2021, following Yang's retirement.[3]
8 In Su Hwang
def. Il Hak Oh
Road FC 058
Changwon, South Korea
July 3, 2021
(incumbent)

Lightweight championship

~ 70 kg (154.3 lb)

No.NameEventDateReign
(total)
Defenses
1 Yui Chul Nam
def. Takasuke Kume
Road FC 011
Seoul, South Korea
April 13, 2013295 days
1. def. Takasuke Kume at Road FC 013 on October 12, 2013
Nam vacated the title in February 2014 after signing a contract with Las Vegas based Zuffa's Ultimate Fighting Championship.[4]
2 A Sol Kwon
def. Takasuke Kume
Road FC 017
Seoul, South Korea
August 17, 20141735 days
1. def. Kwang Hee Lee at Road FC 022 on March 21, 2015
2. def. Shinji Sasaki at Road FC 035 on December 10, 2016
3 Mansour Barnaoui Road FC 053
Jeju, South Korea
May 18, 2019594 days
In January 2021, due to the unfavourable circumstances of COVID-19, the game could not be played, and the contract was terminated by mutual agreement with Road FC and the title returned.
4 Si Won Park
def. Seung Mo Park
Road FC 061
Wonju, South Korea
July 23, 2022
(incumbent)
1. def. Je Woo Yeo at Road FC 062 on December 18, 2022
2. def. Yota Hayashi at Road FC 068 on April 13, 2024

Featherweight championship

~ 66 kg (145.5 lb)

No.NameEventDateReign
(total)
Defenses
1 Mu Gyeom Choi
def. Bae Yong Kwon
Road FC 014
Seoul, South Korea
February 9, 20141728 days1. def. Doo Won Seo at Road FC 021 on February 1, 2015
2. def. Marlon Sandro at Road FC 029 on March 12, 2016

3. def. Murat Kazgan at Road FC 034 on November 19, 2016
2 Jung Young LeeRoad FC 050
Seoul, South Korea
November 3, 20181. def. Hae Jin Park at Road FC 055 on September 8, 2019
Lee was stripped of the title due to inactivity.
3 Hae Jin Park
def. Soo Chul Kim
Road FC 059
Wonju, South Korea
September 4, 2021252
4 Soo Chul Kim Road FC 060
Daegu, South Korea
May 14, 2022??? days
Kim vacated the title in 2022 after signing with Rizin FF
5 Hae Jin Park (2)
def. Seung Mo Park
Road FC 062
Seoul, South Korea
December 18, 2022
(incumbent)

Bantamweight championship

~ 61 kg (134.5 lb)

No.NameEventDateReign
(total)
Defenses
1 Kyung Ho Kang
def. Andrew Leone
Road FC 008
Wonju, South Korea
Jule 16, 201216 days
Kang vacated the title in July 2012 after signing with Ultimate Fighting Championship.[5]
2 Kil Woo Lee
def. Min Jong Song
Road FC 012
Wonju, South Korea
June 22, 2013540 days
3 Yoon Jun Lee
def. Kil Woo Lee
Road FC 020
Seoul, South Korea
December 14, 2014593 days
1. def. Je Hoon Moon at Road FC 023 on May 2, 2015
Lee vacated the title in July 2016 suffering cerebral infarction.[6]
4 Soo Chul Kim
def. Min Woo Kim
Road FC 038
Seoul, South Korea
April 15, 2017253 days
Kim vacated the title in December 2017 due to retirement.[7]
5 Min Woo Kim
def. Ik Hwan Jang
Road FC 052
Seoul, South Korea
February 23, 2019??? days1. def. Ik Hwan Jang at Road FC 056 on Nov 9, 2019
Kim vacated the title in ????.
6 Je Hoon Moon
def. Ik Hwan Jang
Road FC 062
Seoul, South Korea
December 18, 2022
(incumbent)
Moon vacated the title in June 2023 due to retirement.[8]

Flyweight championship

~ 57 kg (125.7 lb)

No.NameEventDateReign
(total)
Defenses
1 Nam Jin Jo
def. Min Jong Song
Road FC 016
Gumi, South Korea
July 27, 2014439 days
- Min Jong Song
def. Takeshi Kasugai for interim title
Road FC 021
Seoul, South Korea
February 1, 2015250 days
2 Min Jong Song
def. Nam Jin Jo
Road FC 026
Seoul, South Korea
October 9, 2015
Title was left vacant on April 2, 2019, as Song didn't renew his contract with Road FC.[9]

Women's championship history

Women's Atomweight championship

~ 48 kg (105.8 lb)

No.NameEventDateReign
(total)
Defenses
1 Seo Hee Ham
def. Mina Kurobe
Road FC 039
Seoul, South Korea
June 10, 2017741 days1. def. Jinh Yu Frey at Road FC 045 on Dec. 23, 2017
2. def. Jung Eun Park at Road FC 051 on Dec. 12, 2018
Ham vacated the title in June 2019 after signing with Rizin FF.[10]
2 Yu Ri Shim
def. Jeong Eun Park
Road FC 59
Wonju, South Korea
September 4, 2021
(incumbent)

Tournament winners

Road FC held its first tournament in the middleweight division in 2012. Since then, it has held tournaments in the bantamweight, featherweight, lightweight and openweight divisions, which have all led to a championship.

EventDateDivisionWinnerRunner-up
Road FC 006: Final 4Feb 5, 2012Middleweight Shungo Oyama Hye Seok Son
Road FC 008: Final 4 Bitter RivalsJun 16, 2012Bantamweight Kyung Ho Kang Andrew Leone
Road FC 011Apr 13, 2013Lightweight Yui Chul Nam Takasuke Kume
Road FC 012Jun 22, 2013Bantamweight Kil Woo Lee Min Jong Song
Road FC 014Feb 9, 2014Featherweight Mu Gyeom Choi Bae Yong Kwon
Road FC 033Sep 21, 2016Openweight Mighty Mo Hong Man Choi
Road FC 052Feb 23, 2019Lightweight Mansour Barnaoui[11] Shamil Zavurov

See also

References

  1. News: ROAD FC Middleweight Champ Lee Eun-Su relinquishes title, plans drop to welterweight - Asia MMA. 2014-07-23. Asia MMA. 2018-03-15. en-US.
  2. Web site: Moon . Soo-kyung . 로드FC 차정환 또 부상…최영, 잠정 꼬리표 떼고 미들급 챔프 . nocutnews.co.kr . 9 July 2018 . 5 July 2021.
  3. Web site: Park . Chan-hyeong . 로드FC 챔피언 양해준 종합격투기 은퇴…배우 도전 . mk.co.kr . 28 April 2021 . 5 July 2021.
  4. News: More new fighters?. Bloody Elbow. 2018-03-15.
  5. News: Report: UFC Signs Korean Bantamweight Champ, Kyung Ho Kang For Macau Event. Bloody Elbow. 2018-03-15.
  6. Web site: 로드 FC 밴텀급 챔피언 이윤준, 뇌경색으로 벨트 반납 . yna.co.kr . 28 July 2016 . 5 July 2021.
  7. Web site: 2017 ROAD FC Awards Ceremony Winners. roadfc.com. 2018-03-15.
  8. Web site: 태권도를 가슴에 새긴 남자…로드FC 마지막 밴텀급 챔피언 문제훈, 은퇴 선언. spotvnews.co.kr. 2023-06-25.
  9. Web site: Jeong . Seong-wook . [원챔피언십] '더블 하츠' 송민종, 원 워리어 시리즈 5 출전…러시아 ACA 출신과 대결 ]. rank5.kr . 5 July 2021.
  10. Web site: [로드FC 영건즈]펀치를 작렬시키는 박정은, 김은혜는 너무 어렸어[포토] ]. daum.net . 20 December 2022.
  11. Web site: KWON A-SOL(권아솔) VS MANSOUR BARNAOUI(만수르 바르나위) 풀경기 FULL FIGHT 굽네몰 ROAD FC 053 제주 . YouTube . 2019-05-18 . 2021-11-19.

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