For release on June 14, 2019 – ROAD Fighting Championship announces the official weigh-in results for ROAD FC 054 which will take place tomorrow, Saturday, June 15, 2019, in Wonju, South Korea. The Middleweight Championship between La In-Jae and Yang Hae-Jun is confirmed. Twelve bouts are set to go for the preliminary and main card.
Middleweight Championship
Middleweight Champion La In-Jae:
“Tomorrow is my wife’s birthday. I don’t want to get kicked out of the house, so I’m going to fight really hard.”
Challenger Yang Hae-Jun:
“I know I’m the challenger… but I like the champ a lot. Apart from that, I’ll show everyone a fight that qualifies me as a real challenger.”
ROAD FC 054
Kim Se-Young:
“It’s been a year and three months since I’ve fought, and I’m so excited!”
Evgeniy Ryazanov:
“I studied him a lot. Tomorrow I’m going to make him give up. I’m going to KO Kim and I want a championship shot.”
Hwang In-Su:
“It’s been a year and I’m excited to be fighting. I’ll show Choi what MMA is. Choi, even if I KO you, don’t retire. Come back and work harder.”
Choi Won-Jun:
“I’m thankful for this chance and I’ve worked the hardest in my life. Hwang’s talked a lot of shit on social media. It’s just rattling. I’ll put you down.”
Yoo Jae-Nam:
“I want to have a good performance in my hometown, Wonju. If I can, I’m going to try to finish with a guillotine.”
Kim Tae-Gyun:
“I’m moving up from the Young Guns card to the main card. So I promise to deliver a great fight against Yoo Jae-Nam.”
Shim Gun-Oh:
“Ryu is coming over from stand up martial arts. I’m going to show him why MMA is different and send him back there.”
Ryu Ki-Hoon:
“I’m honored to fight in ROAD FC. I’ll put on a cool performance tomorrow.”
Jang Ik-Hwan:
“Since my opponent was confirmed, I haven’t trained for him. I only ran on a treadmill. Tomorrow is a treadmill strategy.”
Jung Sang-Jin:
“This will be the opening fight, so I promise to make it the best.”
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Event: ROAD Fighting Championship 054
Date: June 15, 2019
Venue: Wonju Gymnasium
City: Wonju, South Korea
Young Guns start: 16:00KST
Main card start: 19:00KST
Korea broadcast: SpoTV
USA broadcast: DAZN
Canada broadcast: The Fight Network
Global stream: Afreeca.TV (live link announced on day of event)
OFFICIAL WEIGH IN RESULTS
6th MIDDLEWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP
LA IN-JAE VS YANG HAE-JUN
LA IN-JAE : 84.4kg (PASS)
YANG HAE-JUN : 83.7kg (PASS)
5th FEATHERWEIGHT BOUT
KIM SE-YEONG VS EVGENIY RYAZANOV
KIM SE-YEONG : 65.9kg (PASS)
EVGENIY RYAZANOV : 65.9kg (PASS)
4th MIDDLEWEIGHT BOUT
HWANG IN-SU VS CHOI WON-JUN
HWANG IN-SU : 84.4kg (PASS)
CHOI WON-JUN : 84.3kg (PASS)
3rd BANTAMWEIGHT BOUT
YOO JAE-NAM VS KIM TAE-GYUN
YOO JAE-NAM : 61.9kg (PASS)
KIM TAE-GYUN : 61.8kg (PASS)
2nd OPENWEIGHT BOUT
SHIM GUN-OH VS RYU KI-HOON
SHIM GUN-OH : 143.1kg (PASS)
RYU KI-HOON : 124.1kg (PASS)
1st BANTAMWEIGHT BOUT
JANG IK-HWAN VS JUNG SANG-JIN
JANG IK-HWAN : 61.9kg (PASS)
JUNG SANG-JIN : 62.3kg*, 61.8 (PASS)
*JUNG SANG-JIN failed first official weigh-in and will be deducted 25% of his purse.
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6th ATOMWEIGHT BOUT
PARK JEONG-EUN VS KIM EUN-HYE
PARK JEONG-EUN : 48.4kg (PASS)
KIM EUN-HYE : 48.2kg (PASS)
5th FEATHERWEIGHT BOUT
OH DU-SUK VS PARK CHAN-SOO
OH DU-SUK : 65.9kg (PASS)
PARK CHAN-SOO : 65.9kg (PASS)
4th BANTAMWEIGHT BOUT
PARK JAE-SEONG VS KIM YOUNG-HAN
PARK JAE-SEONG : 61.9kg (PASS)
KIM YOUNG-HAN : 60.9kg (PASS)
3rd LIGHTWEIGHT BOUT
JANG JUNG-HYUK VS CHOI WOO-HYUK
JANG JUNG-HYUK : 70.4kg (PASS)
CHOI WOO-HYUK : 70.2kg (PASS)
2nd BANTAMWEIGHT BOUT
ROWAN PILGER VS PARK HA-JEONG
ROWAN PILGER : 60.2kg (PASS)PARK HA-JEONG : 61.7kg (PASS)
1st BANTAMWEIGHT BOUT
KIM JIN-KUK VS PARK SUNG-JUN
KIM JIN-KUK : 62.0kg (PASS)
PARK SUNG-JUN : 61.9kg (PASS)
