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leto1776 said:
TFC 18 will have a special “guest host” and ring girl, spokesmodel Ra Ra Kim, whose sister, Sera, is a TFC girl.
http://m.sports.naver.com/general/news/read.nhn?oid=575&aid=0000000263

Obligatory pics of Ra Ra:
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RaRa with her sister TFC girl Sera
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Is she one of those girls in korea who have the plastic surgery to look like a creepy doll?
 
Dsfdandan said:
Is she one of those girls in korea who have the plastic surgery to look like a creepy doll?
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Chances are she's had at least double eyelid surgery, but she doesn't look very plasticky compared to a lot of girls.
 
Somehow this escaped my notice, but Dae Seong Park, former Road FC $1milliln tournament contestant, is one of the winners of the ONE Warrior Series ran by Rich Franklin.

Actually, Rich passed on him at first, but brought him back as a replacement.

 
Haven’t bothered updating this in a while, as I was the only one posting anything. Now it’s more for me to keep track of everything going on.

It’s a busy time for the Korean scene right now. Angel’s Fighting just held their 8th event: https://www.tapology.com/fightcenter/events/54473-angel-s-fighting-8
https://www.tapology.com/fightcenter/events/54473-angel-s-fighting-8

Road FC 50 goes down November 3rd, their first ever event in the city of Daejeon: https://www.tapology.com/fightcenter/events/55244-road-fc-50

Also, Road’s Central League for amateurs will start venturing out beyond Seoul and it’s suburbs to make it more accessible to gyms in other areas: http://m.roadfc.co.kr/mobile/news/news_view.php?key=JTI1MjUzREF6TnhJVE0=

TFC 19 goes down November 16 in Seoul: https://www.tapology.com/fightcenter/events/55731-tfc-19


Finally, UFC is targeting a February date for Seoul: http://rank5.kr/archives/24374
 
Double G FC held their first event over the weekend:
https://asianmma.com/yang-dongi-lim-hyun-gyu-impress-at-inaugural-double-g-fc-event/

Also, TFC results from Friday: https://www.tapology.com/fightcenter/events/55731-tfc-19

Road FC vet Won-Bin Ki took home a win at Saturday’s Shooto event:
https://www.tapology.com/fightcenter/bouts/396636-shooto-the-danger-won-bin-ki-vs-daisuke-hoshino

“Parky,” who now goes by “Korean Gangsta,” got his first win in North America Saturday night at Combate Americas, winning by TKO in the first round. Seems like he’s moved Stateside.
 
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Parky calling out Enrique Marin. Says he’ll make him regret the rising sun tattoo.

 
So the May Road FC event is the first event under Goobne chicken instead of Xiaomi, which may explain the rumored money issues.

When Xiaomi came on as their title sponsor, Road FC had 8 events in 2016, then 10 events in 2017. Third or fourth quarter of 2017 is when China and S. Korea started having diplomatic and economic issues. Suddenly, Road FC dropped to 6 events in 2018, and only 2 so far in 2018. My guess is that Road was stuck using Xiaomi's name until the contract ran out, even without the funds coming in. I also have a source who said they were having money issues the last event.
 
From Xiaomi to Goobne chicken? Ouch. MMA org and money issue, name a more iconic duo.
 
leto1776 said:
So the May Road FC event is the first event under Goobne chicken instead of Xiaomi, which may explain the rumored money issues.

When Xiaomi came on as their title sponsor, Road FC had 8 events in 2016, then 10 events in 2017. Third or fourth quarter of 2017 is when China and S. Korea started having diplomatic and economic issues. Suddenly, Road FC dropped to 6 events in 2018, and only 2 so far in 2018. My guess is that Road was stuck using Xiaomi's name until the contract ran out, even without the funds coming in. I also have a source who said they were having money issues the last event.
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too bad, but not really surprising, and that seems like a really good guess to me.
 
Goobne is one of their earliest sponsors, so I can’t knock them. I did find it weird how Road has ramped up plugging the brand across all of their platforms, so probably should have seen this coming. Still, sucks to lose that Chinese tech money just as you are making big strides. Then the ceo retires all of a sudden while this was happening, not a good look for Road all around.

In other news, Angels Fighting has two new champs after their last event. Myoung Ho Bae lost in the main event.
https://www.tapology.com/fightcenter/events/58311-afc-10-challenge-for-new-champions
 
Min Jong Song returned after 4 years to beat Alan Philpott at ONE Warrior Series 5 by neck crank.
 
I have yet to see any results from URCC’s event in Incheon, starting to wonder if it even happened.........

Zeus FC 2 went down Sunday. Ye-Dam Seo took the vacant strawweight title via TKO http://rank5.kr/archives/29720

Won-Bin Ki won the Gladiator title over in Japan: http://rank5.kr/archives/29731

Dad Sung Park will be in action at ONE Championship this weekend, rematching Kimihiro Eto. Park knocked him out in the first round of ONE Warrior Series 1. https://www.tapology.com/fightcente...nship-crazy-dog-dae-sung-park-vs-kimihiro-eto

UFC will hold a Fight Night event in Busan Dec 21st. https://forums.sherdog.com/threads/ufc-fight-night-busan-s-korea-dec-21.3983295/#post-153315779
 
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