1 minute and 2 seconds until the birth of the new champion. Jeju's Yang Ji-yong wins the KO victory over Asia's strongest Kim Soo-chul in the bantamweight tournament in 2024 Finale
Dec 29, 2024
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Yang Ji-yong (28, Jeju Team The King) defeated Kim Soo-chul (33, Road FC Wonju), who had been the strongest player in Asia.
Yang Ji-yong won against Kim Soo-chul with a KO by a punch of 1:02 of the first round in the final round of the Goobne ROAD FC 071 Bantamweight Tournament held at Chiak Gymnasium in Wonju on the 29th.
When Kim Soo-chul was in middle school, he started mixed martial arts while attending a gym run by Chung Moon-hong, the current chairman of Road FC. Since he was 19 years old, he has been a professional player and lifted four championship belts, including the rising on featherweight champion of Japan, the first champion of the one-championship bantamweight division, the road FC bantamweight division and the featherweight champion.
Retired due to panic disorder in 2017 and returned to cage four years later. He also participated in Japan's Raizin FFF and is being treated as a champion by beating the winner of the Bantamweight Grand Prix, Hiromasa Ogikubo. He played the title match against Naoki Inoue on September 29, but failed to win the championship.
There were concerns that aging progressed rapidly, but Kim Soo-chul, who showed off his robustness by beating Kim Hyun-woo in the semifinal, said he had difficulty raising his condition ahead of this game, but he vowed to win for his family.
Yang Ji-yong is a bantam-class star from Jeju Island who grew up in the Road FC Central League. He emerged as a star who will lead the bantamweight division with 11 wins and 1 losses in kickboxing and 11 wins and 2 losses in mixed martial arts.
Yang Ji-yong, who brought victory with strong power and batting, participated in the Bancomweight Tournament last year, but was eliminated after losing to Rajabal Seidulaev in the quarterfinals with a rear-naked choke.
In this year's quarterfinals, he showed strength by beating Alexei Indenko, Russia's No. 1 MFP, in 35 seconds. Luck followed in the semifinals. The opponent, Urskeldi Duiseyev, was changed to Kosen Akanov due to injury, but even this one came to the finals as a bye due to the failure of the weight loss.
He showed confidence in beating Kim Soo-chul to achieve a bantam-class generational change.
The match was expected to be between Yang's strike and Kim's submission. However, Yang first grabbed Kim's waist and attempted a tackle. But soon, standing was declared.
And the game was decided right away. Yang Ji-yong's left-handed punch hit Kim Soo-chul's head as Kim Soo-chul bent down to try to tackle, and Kim Soo-chul was shocked. Yang Ji-yong continued to throw punches soon after, giving Kim Soo-chul no time to recover. In the end, the referee stopped Yang Yang-yong, resulting in a new champion.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
