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ROAD Fighting Championship announces the ROAD FC homecoming of Nam Yui-Chul, former ROAD FC Lightweight Champion. He has been invited into the International Trials for the $1 Million Lightweight Tournament.



Nam Yui-Chul (18-6-1, Team Posse) began his promising MMA career by going undefeated and winning the Spirit MC 70kg Championship in 2006. He then competed in M-1 and Legend FC, and fought on the very first ROAD FC card in 2010. Nam won the ROAD FC Lightweight title by defeating Masahiro Toryu, Vuyisile Colossa and current Pancrase King Kume Takasuke in the 2012-13 Lightweight Tournament.



Nam versus Kume was an incredible fight from two strong fighters with great heart, therefore Kume was given the first chance to challenge Nam for the belt. The second meeting proved why Nam was the champion. He delivered a masterful and dominating performance. Subsequently, he was released and allowed to sign with UFC. Nam's first challenge was against Kazuki Tokudome in what ended up earning him Fight of the Night honors. He fought twice more in UFC in the featherweight division, and lost both by closely contested split decisions, then was released by the promotion.



After over one year off for injury rehabilitation, Nam Yui-Chul will return to ROAD FC as a participant in the International Trials. He is expected to debut in the second round in April, having earned a bye.
 
Awesome, maybe we will finally get to see the long awaited climax of the Yui Chul Nam/A Sol Kwon beef
 
Is there anyone who doesn't have beef with Kwon? Maybes it's fitting that A-Sol sounds like asshole.
 
Kwon goes out of his way to start beef, idk if it's so much he's a dick as it is he understands how to bring interest to him. Kwon vs Nam was a particularly notable beef though and at one point was the fight to make in Korea.
 
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ROAD continues to add to the depth of the tournament
 
Nice addition. Plus,with one of the trials happening in Russia, who knows what other Russian stud may end up in it.

This tournament has the potential to be the biggest thing to happen in the sport this year outside the UFC. Watch it get completely shut out of the MMA media, and the only people talking about it on Sherdog will be the usual, while everyone is jacking off to the latest pointless freak fight in Rizin.
 
After his loss last month to A-Sol Kwon in a lightweight title bid, Shinji Sasaki expressed his hope to participate in the $1million tournament and help the growth of Road FC. Looks like he got his wish, as Sasaki will face Albert Cheng next month in the 1st round of international trials at Road FC 36.

 
leto1776 said:
Nice addition. Plus,with one of the trials happening in Russia, who knows what other Russian stud may end up in it.

This tournament has the potential to be the biggest thing to happen in the sport this year outside the UFC. Watch it get completely shut out of the MMA media, and the only people talking about it on Sherdog will be the usual, while everyone is jacking off to the latest pointless freak fight in Rizin.
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What a snobbism lol!
 
Gyu Ho Song pulled out of the TFC Tournament with an injury, 2015 TOP FC Lightweight tournament finalist Jung Min Kang replaces him. Kang is far and away the most experienced guy in the tournament now and probably the favorite to win.
 
leto1776 said:
Nice addition. Plus,with one of the trials happening in Russia, who knows what other Russian stud may end up in it.

This tournament has the potential to be the biggest thing to happen in the sport this year outside the UFC. Watch it get completely shut out of the MMA media, and the only people talking about it on Sherdog will be the usual, while everyone is jacking off to the latest pointless freak fight in Rizin.
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I don't know about your Rizin FF vs Road FC narrative. If a person would make a Venn diagram of Rizin and Road fans it would look like a solar eclipse.
 
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The International Trials so far:
Chang Hyun Kim vs Andy Main
Melvin Guillard vs Seung Yeon Kim
Shinji Sasaki vs Albert Cheng
Yui Chul Nam
Shamil Zavurov

Half filled now, 8 spots left to be announced
 
Asurah said:
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Hope Road announces this officially soon. Would love to know if he's seeded, or gonna fight in one of the trials.
 
leto1776 said:
Hope Road announces this officially soon. Would love to know if he's seeded, or gonna fight in one of the trials.
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Ask and you shall receive
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Zavurov should win this one but Kim did give Bruno Miranda all he could handle awhile back and he trains out of one of Korea's top teams in Team MMA Story.
 
Pop idol DoA of the group Sol-T is debuting in kickboxing for MAX FC in June

I guess she was a track and field athlete and participated in triathlons and marathons but injuries ended her career. She's training at the official MAX FC gym. Not sure if she plans on taking up MMA as well or not.

 
Angles Fighting 2 goes down tomorrow night. The blonde Korean girl who won last time is fighting again, and from the use of the characters 켝투기, I believe it will be MMA this time.
 
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