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ROAD FC 52 2/23/19 Seoul, SK Jangchung Gymnasium
-3hr 45min. Q=Perfect. 2 DVDs

Soo Wan Park vs. Jung Hyun Lee 2R SD

Chang Hwan Hwang vs. Sung Soo Lee 3:56 R2

Tae Sung Kim vs. Jung Gi Hong 3:52 R2

Sang Jin Jung vs. Seung Min Shin 1:15 R2

Hae Jun Yang vs. Dong Hwan Lim 2:40 R1

Michel Pereira vs. Dae Sung Kim 1:02 R2. This is only the 2nd time I've seen Pereira, but I can't think of any other match that expanded the parameters of what's possible in MMA so dramatically. It's probably as close as MMA can get to looking like both pro wrestling & a video game without actually being worked. Pereira was fighting a can who had 25 pounds on him, but was still so totally overmatched he had no reason to fear him, and his goal was definitely to make a highlight reel at his expense, mixing the best of Anthony Pettis & Sabu. Granted, Pereira would likely have won a lot quicker & easier if he wasn't doing moonsaults, but then it would have been like all those Bellator jobber matches no one cares about or remembers 5 minutes later rather than a spectacular classic. Some people are sure to hate Pereira's showmanship & wish he'd just focus on winning like everyone else because it's been engrained in us that the end result is all that's supposed to matter, but winning often isn't very entertaining, just watch any GSP or Askren match. I want to be surprised & excited, and no one can do that like Pereira. Pereira is unpredictable because he's so far outside the normal scope of what anyone is willing to try. A lot of his spectacular offense fails miserably, but he has the opponent thinking about so many things their brain becomes scrambled, and they get caught with things they'd normally defend because they are wary of his wild techniques leaping or boomeranging off the cage. What makes Pereira a special fighter beyond his flash is he's got exceptional reflexes & reaction speed. When you have a long karate stylist who darts in & then can really make fantastic adjustments on the fly to capitalize on the way you defend his daring tactics, it's really hard to avoid being nailed for long. A sequence that's indicititive of why Pereira is actually good and so dangerous rather than merely an entertaining came early on when he tried to get inside a high kick with a flying knee, but saw that wasn't going to connect in midair so he adjusted to pushing Kim down instead then dropped a big right hand as soon as he landed. Pereira then tried a standing moonsault footstomp guard pass, but Kim got his feet up & Pereira wound up stepping on his head for a warning. Pereira got a knockdown with a spinning heel kick that didn't connect properly but just offbalanced Kim as the back of the lower leg connected then tried a superman punch off the cage, but Kim got his feet up again. Unperterbed, Pereira proceeded to jump on the cage, grabbing the top for balance so he could do a moonsault footstomp off, but he overshot both Kim's feet that were trying to intercept & the rest of Kim as well. Pereira did land a jumping side kick when Kim got up that was similar to the old pro wrestling single leg dropkick except it looked like it actually did something. At this point, 1:45 in, the announcers already posed the question as to whether we were watching a video game fight. Much of the reason this fight was so entertaining was actually that Kim played into Pereira's hands quite a bit. He was giving up so much reach he had to try to close the distance quickly, but since he's not that quick or a great athlete like Pereira, he was a lot more prone when he was lunging & leaping, but still it was his only chance. Kim landed some low kicks, but Pereira mostly played matador with his slow haymakers. Kim didn't have the conditioning to keep pressing forward aggressively, and as Pereira shifted from trying to win spectacularly to trying to be more efficient & accurate, he began to intercept Kim's more methodical pushes with the long right hand. Kim knew he had to make it a brawl, and as the fight progressed & his stamina regressed, he was doing his best to force exchanges. This would be the takes one to give one mentality, except in actuality he was at least landing now instead of just eating shots. Pereira began to target the gut, which was slowing Kim down even more. He backed Kim into the cage with a front kick & was able to take him out following with a couple clinch knees. There wasn't a lot of drama here since the outcome was never in doubt, but Kim did do enough to force Pereira to fight to win after the 1st two minutes rather than just to posterize him, and this portion was still really wild & exciting action, partly because Kim was taking so many chances swinging for the fences so he'd at least go down on his shield. Excellent match.

Seung Yeon Kim vs. No Joo Gi 0:07 R1

Ik Hwan Jang vs. Dae Young Jang 3R UD

Bruno Miranda vs. Young Gi Hong 2:45 R1

Road FC Bantamweight Title: Min Woo Kim vs. Je Hoon Moon 2:15 R1

Lightweight Tournament Final: Mansour Barnaoui vs. Shamil Zavurov 0:30 R3

Road FC 53 5/18/19 Jeju, SK Hanla Gym
-3hr 20min. Q=Perfect. 2 DVDs

Ji Seung Shin vs. Young Min Ji 2R UD

Rowan Pilger vs. Hee Jo Yang 2R UD

Tae Young Yoon vs. Byung Ha Lim 1:27 R2

Gi Won Ko vs. Chang Hwan Hwang 3R UD

Seok Han Park vs. Kenta Kubo 4:25 R2

Ji Ho Yang vs. Hyung Geun Park 3R UD

Tae In Kim vs. Dong Hwan Lim 0:45 R1

Dong Guk Shin vs. Tamotsu Hayashi 2:50 R1

Aorigele vs. Jae Hyuk Heo 0:50 R1

RFC Lightweight Title: Mansour Barnaoui vs. A Sol Kwon 3:44 R1

Road FC 56 11/9/19 Yeosu, SK Jinnam Gym
-2hr 20min. Q=Perfect. 2 DVDs

Alexey Fedoseev vs. Gi Won Ko 3R UD

Se Young Kim vs. Dae Young Jang 3R UD

In Soo Hwang vs. Eun Soo Kim 3:51 R1

Henrique Shiguemoto vs. Won Jun Choi 0:28 R1

RFC Bantamweight Title: Min Woo Kim vs. Ik Hwan Jang 4R UD

Shamil Zavurov vs. A Sol Kwon 3R UD

ROAD FC 57 XX 12/14/19 Seoul Grand Hilton Seoul
-4hr 20min. Q=Perfect. 3 DVDs

Tae Sung Kim vs. Doo Seok Oh 4:55 R2

San Kim vs. Ji Un Choi 0:54 R1

Nandin-Erdene Munguntsooj vs. Yun Jae Jung 4:26 R1

Hyung Geun Park vs. Mike Galitello 3R UD

In Jae La vs. Eun Soo Lee 3R UD

Yoon Jun Lee vs. Shunichi Shimizu Draw

Soo Chul Kim vs. Takumi Nakayama Draw

Soo Chul Kim vs. Shunichi Shimizu 1:10 R1

Yui Chul Nam vs. Dong Guk Shin 3R UD

Yoo Jin Shin vs. Hye In Kim 3R SD

Kickboxing: Hyun Ju Oh vs. Ha Jung Park 3R UD

Yoon Ha Hong vs. Emi Tomimatsu 3R UD

Yukari Nabe vs. Rowan Pilger 3R UD

Ming Shi vs. Soo Yeon Lee 3R UD

Jung Eun Park vs. Yuri Shim 1:09 R2

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