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

Current champions

Men
Division Champion Since Defenses
Openweight Vacant N/A N/A
Light Heavyweight South Korea Tae In Kim December 18, 2022 0
Middleweight South Korea In Su Hwang July 3, 2021 0
Lightweight South Korea Si Won Park July 23, 2022 1
Featherweight South Korea Hae Jin Park December 18, 2022 0
Bantamweight Vacant N/A N/A
Flyweight Vacant N/A N/A
Women
Division Champion Since Defenses
Atomweight South Korea Yu Ri Shim Sept. 4, 2021 0

Men's championship history

Openweight championship

no weight limit

No. Name Event Date Reign
(total)		 Defenses
1 American Samoa Mighty Mo
def. Hong Man Choi 		Road FC 033
Seoul, South Korea 		September 24, 2016 723 days 1. def. Carlos Toyota at Road FC 035 on December 10, 2016
2. def. Dong Kook Kang at Road FC 040 on July 15, 2017

Light Heavyweight championship

~ 93 kg (205.3 lb)

No. Name Event Date Reign
(total)		 Defenses
1 South Korea Tae In Kim
def. Daniel Gomez 		Road FC 062
Seoul, South Korea 		December 18, 2022 410
(incumbent)

Middleweight championship

~ 84 kg (185.2 lb)

No. Name Event Date Reign
(total)		 Defenses
1 Japan Shungo Oyama
def. Hye Suk Son 		Road FC 006
Seoul, South Korea 		February 5, 2012 294 days
2 South Korea Eun Soo Lee
def. Shungo Oyama 		Road FC 010
Busan, South Korea 		November 24, 2012 585 days
Lee vacated the title in July 2014 after dropping down to welterweight.[1]
3 Japan Riki Fukuda
def. Uh Jin Jeon 		Road FC 024
Tokyo, Japan 		July 25, 2015 190 days
4 South Korea Jung Hwan Cha Road FC 028
Seoul, South Korea 		January 31, 2016 890 days 1. def. Young Choi at Road FC 035 on December 10, 2016
- South Korea Young Choi
def. Hoon Kim for interim title 		Road FC 043
Seoul, South Korea 		October 28, 2017 254 days
Cha was stripped of the title in July 2018 due to injury. Choi was promoted to undisputed status.[2]
5 South Korea Young Choi July 9, 2018 20 days
6 South Korea In Jae La
def. Young Choi 		Road FC 048
Wonju, South Korea 		July 28, 2018 323 days
7 South Korea Hae Jun Yang
def. In Jae La 		Road FC 054
Wonju, South Korea 		June 15, 2019 683 days
Title was left vacant, following Yang's retirement.[3]
8 South Korea In Su Hwang
def. Il Hak Oh 		Road FC 058
Changwon, South Korea 		July 3, 2021 943
(incumbent)

Lightweight championship

~ 70 kg (154.3 lb)

No. Name Event Date Reign
(total)		 Defenses
1 South Korea Yui Chul Nam
def. Takasuke Kume 		Road FC 011
Seoul, South Korea 		April 13, 2013 295 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 South Korea A Sol Kwon
def. Takasuke Kume 		Road FC 017
Seoul, South Korea 		August 17, 2014 1735 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 France Mansour Barnaoui Road FC 053
Jeju, South Korea 		May 18, 2019 594 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 South Korea Si Won Park
def. Seung Mo Park 		Road FC 061
Wonju, South Korea 		July 23, 2022 558
(incumbent) 		1. def. Je Woo Yeo at Road FC 062 on December 18, 2022

Featherweight championship

~ 66 kg (145.5 lb)

No. Name Event Date Reign
(total)		 Defenses
1 South Korea Mu Gyeom Choi
def. Bae Yong Kwon 		Road FC 014
Seoul, South Korea 		February 9, 2014 1728 days 1. 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 South Korea Jung Young Lee Road FC 050
Seoul, South Korea 		November 3, 2018 1036 1. def. Hae Jin Park at Road FC 055 on September 8, 2019
Lee was stripped of the title due to inactivity.
3 South Korea Hae Jin Park
def. Soo Chul Kim 		Road FC 059
Wonju, South Korea 		September 4, 2021 252
4 South Korea 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 South Korea Hae Jin Park (2)
def. Seung Mo Park 		Road FC 062
Seoul, South Korea 		December 18, 2022 410
(incumbent)

Bantamweight championship

~ 61 kg (134.5 lb)

No. Name Event Date Reign
(total)		 Defenses
1 South Korea Kyung Ho Kang
def. Andrew Leone 		Road FC 008
Wonju, South Korea 		Jule 16, 2012 16 days
Kang vacated the title in July 2012 after signing with Ultimate Fighting Championship.[5]
2 South Korea Kil Woo Lee
def. Min Jong Song 		Road FC 012
Wonju, South Korea 		June 22, 2013 540 days
3 South Korea Yoon Jun Lee
def. Kil Woo Lee 		Road FC 020
Seoul, South Korea 		December 14, 2014 593 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 South Korea Soo Chul Kim
def. Min Woo Kim 		Road FC 038
Seoul, South Korea 		April 15, 2017 253 days
Kim vacated the title in December 2017 due to retirement.[7]
5 South Korea Min Woo Kim
def. Ik Hwan Jang 		Road FC 052
Seoul, South Korea 		February 23, 2019 ??? days 1. def. Ik Hwan Jang at Road FC 056 on Nov 9, 2019
Kim vacated the title in ????.
6 South Korea Je Hoon Moon
def. Ik Hwan Jang 		Road FC 062
Seoul, South Korea 		December 18, 2022 410
(incumbent)
Moon vacated the title in June 2023 due to retirement.[8]

Flyweight championship

~ 57 kg (125.7 lb)

No. Name Event Date Reign
(total)		 Defenses
1 South Korea Nam Jin Jo
def. Min Jong Song 		Road FC 016
Gumi, South Korea 		July 27, 2014 439 days
- South Korea Min Jong Song
def. Takeshi Kasugai for interim title 		Road FC 021
Seoul, South Korea 		February 1, 2015 250 days
2 South Korea Min Jong Song
def. Nam Jin Jo 		Road FC 026
Seoul, South Korea 		October 9, 2015 1271
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. Name Event Date Reign
(total)		 Defenses
1 South Korea Seo Hee Ham
def. Mina Kurobe 		Road FC 039
Seoul, South Korea 		June 10, 2017 741 days 1. 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 South Korea Yu Ri Shim
def. Jeong Eun Park 		Road FC 59
Wonju, South Korea 		September 4, 2021 880
(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.

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

See also

References

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

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