2017 in Road FC

The year 2017 was the 8th year in the history of the Road Fighting Championship, a mixed martial arts promotion based in South Korea. 2017 started with Road FC 036 and ended with Road FC 045 XX.

2017 in Road FC
Information
Promotion	Road Fighting Championship
First date	February 11, 2017
Last date	December 23, 2017
Events
Total events	10
Fights
Total fights	130
Title fights	5
Chronology
2016 in Road FC 2017 in Road FC 2018 in Road FC

List of events

#	Event Title	Main Event	Date	Arena	Location
10	Road FC 045 XX	Ham vs. Yu Frey	December 23, 2017	Convention Centre, Grand Hilton Seoul	Seoul
9	Road FC 044	Aorigele vs. Fujita	November 11, 2017	Hebei Gymnasium	Shijiazhuang, Hebei
8	Road FC 043	Choi vs. Kim	October 28, 2017	Jangchung Gymnasium	Seoul
7	Road FC 042 x Chungju World Martial Arts Festival	Aorigele vs. Masuda	September 23, 2017	Chungju World Martial Arts Festival Stadium	Chungju, Chungcheongbuk-do
6	Road FC 041	Myung vs. Barnett	August 12, 2017	Wonju Gymnasium	Wonju, Gangwon-do
5	Road FC 040	Mo vs. Kang	July 15, 2017	Jangchung Gymnasium	Seoul
4	Road FC 039	Ham vs. Kurobe	June 10, 2017	Jangchung Gymnasium	Seoul
3	Road FC 038	Kim vs. Kim	April 15, 2017	Jangchung Gymnasium	Seoul
2	Road FC 037 XX	Kang vs. Raika	March 11, 2017	Convention Centre, Grand Hilton Seoul	Seoul
1	Road FC 036	Fukuda vs. Kim	February 11, 2017	Jangchung Gymnasium	Seoul

Road FC 045 XX

Road FC 045 XX
Information
Promotion	Road Fighting Championship
Date	December 23, 2017
Venue	Convention Centre, Grand Hilton Seoul
City	Seoul
Event chronology
Road FC 044 Road FC 045 XX Road FC 046

Xiaomi Road FC 045 XX was an MMA event held by Road FC on December 23, 2017 at the Convention Centre, Grand Hilton Seoul in Seoul, South Korea. The 2nd event 'Road FC 045 XX' of the all-female MMA league Road FC XX was held on the main card.

Results

Road FC 045 XX
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
Women's Atomweight	Seo Hee Ham (c)	def.	Jinh Yu Frey	TKO (punches)	1	4:40	[a]
Women's Openweight	Young Ji Kim	def.	Yoshiko Hirano	Decision (unanimous)	2	5:00
Women's -50 kg Catchweight	So Hee Lim	def.	Miki Araki	Decision (unanimous)	2	5:00
Women's Openweight	Destanie Yarbrough	def.	Begimzhan Kasymova	Decision (unanimous)	2	5:00
Women's Bantamweight	Ramona Pascual	def.	Seo Woo Jin	Decision (unanimous)	2	5:00
Young Guns 038
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
-71.5 kg Catchweight	Rafael Fiziev	def.	M. Nandin-Erdene	TKO (head kick & punches)	1	0:58
-72 kg Catchweight	Won Bin Ki	def.	Yinchang Bao	Submission (rear naked choke)	1	2:09
Openweight	Chris Barnett	def.	Gun Oh Shim	TKO (punches)	2	3:33
Middleweight	In Soo Hwang	def.	Jung Kyo Park	TKO (punches)	1	0:11
Bantamweight	Yi Sak Kim (B)	def.	Dong Soo Seo	Decision (unanimous)	2	5:00

1. For the Road FC Women's Atomweight Championship

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Road FC 044

Road FC 044
Information
Promotion	Road Fighting Championship
Date	November 11, 2017
Venue	Hebei Gymnasium
City	Shijiazhuang, Hebei
Event chronology
Road FC 043 Road FC 044 Road FC 045 XX

Xiaomi Road FC 044 was an MMA event held by Road FC on November 11, 2017 at the Hebei Gymnasium in Shijiazhuang, Hebei, China.^[2]

Results

Part 2
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
Openweight	Aorigele	def.	Kazuyuki Fujita	TKO (punches)	1	2:01
Lightweight	Shamil Zavurov	def.	Khuukhenkhuu Amartuvshin	Decision (3-0)	3	5:00	[a]
Lightweight	Kota Shimoishi	def.	Yincang Bao	Submission (armbar)	2	4:49	[b]
Lightweight	Ronys Torres	def.	Tom Santos	Submission (armbar)	1	4:17	[c]
Lightweight	Mansour Barnaoui	def.	Nandin-Erdene	Submission (rear naked choke)	1	2:03	[d]
Part 1
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
-71 kg Catchweight	Shayilan Nuerdanbieke	def.	Shunya Imai	TKO (punches)	1	3:39
Openweight	Lahan Wu	def.	Yinchuan Wang	TKO (doctor stop)	1	2:44
Openweight	Anding Ma	def.	Kiyoshi Kuwabara	Decision (3-0)	2	5:00
Women's Strawweight	Emi Fujino	def.	Aline Sattelmayer	Decision (2-1)	2	5:00
Bantamweight	Ze Wu	def.	Xiaolong Wu	TKO (punches)	1	3:09
Bantamweight	Yuta Nezu	vs.	Baasankhuu Damlanpurev	Draw	2	5:00
Lightweight	Zhenyue Huang	def.	Keisuke Iwata	TKO (punches)	2	4:01

1. Road FC $1 Million Lightweight Tournament Quarter-finals
2. Road FC $1 Million Lightweight Tournament Quarter-finals
3. Road FC $1 Million Lightweight Tournament Quarter-finals
4. Road FC $1 Million Lightweight Tournament Quarter-finals

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Road FC 043

Road FC 043
Information
Promotion	Road Fighting Championship
Date	October 28
Venue	Jangchung Gymnasium
City	Seoul
Event chronology
Road FC 042 Road FC 043 Road FC 044

Xiaomi Road FC 043 was an MMA event held by Road FC on October 28, 2017 at the Jangchung Gymnasium in Seoul, South Korea.

Results

Main card
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
Middleweight	Young Choi	def.	Hoon Kim	Decision (3-0)	3	5:00	[a]
Featherweight	Kil Woo Lee	def.	Mikuru Asakura	Decision (3-0)	3	5:00
Lightweight	Yui Chul Nam	def.	Doo Je Jung	TKO (punches)	1	2:49
Lightweight	Seung Yeon Kim	def.	Alexander Merezhko	TKO (punches)	2	4:20	[b]
Lightweight	Arman Tsarukyan	def.	Kyung Pyo Kim	Decision (3-0)	3	5:00
Featherweight	Jung Young Lee	def.	Marcio Cesar	TKO (doctor stoppage)	2	1:44
Young Guns 037
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
Featherweight	Evgeniy Ryazanov	def.	Kyung Chul Min	Decision (3-0)	2	5:00
Women's Strawweight	Yoon Ha Hong	def.	Yuri Shim	Decision (3-0)	2	5:00
Flyweight	Sung Jae Kim	def.	Won Hee Jung	Decision (3-0)	2	5:00
Middleweight	In Su Hwang	def.	Zdenek Polivka	TKO (punches)	1	2:17
Flyweight	Gi Won Go	def.	Dong Hyeok Ko	Decision (2-1)	2	5:00
Heavyweight	Won Jun Choi	def.	Ho Jun Lee	TKO (punches)	1	1:56
Featherweight	Tae Sung Kim	def.	Kyung Min Min	Submission (rear naked choke)	2	3:32

1. For the Interim Road FC Middleweight Championship
2. Reserve Bout for the Road FC $1 Million Lightweight Tournament

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Road FC 042 x Chungju World Martial Arts Festival

Road FC 042 x Chungju World Martial Arts Festival
Information
Promotion	Road Fighting Championship
Date	September 23, 2017
Venue	Chungju World Martial Arts Festival Stadium
City	Chungju, Chungcheongbuk-do.
Event chronology
Road FC 041 Road FC 042 x Chungju World Martial Arts Festival Road FC 043

Xiaomi Road FC 042 x Chungju World Martial Arts Festival was an MMA event held by Road FC on September 23, 2017 at the Chungju World Martial Arts Festival Stadium in Chungju, Chungcheongbuk-do, South Korea.^[5][6]

Results

Main card
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
Openweight	Aorigele	def.	Yusuke Masuda	TKO (punches)	3	1:52
Middleweight	Minowaman	def.	Dong Sik Yoon	TKO (injury)	2	2:26
Openweight	Gun Oh Shim	def.	Chang Hee Kim	TKO (punches)	2	1:18
Lightweight	Dong Guk Shin	def.	Shunya Imai	TKO (kick & punches)	1	2:28
Bantamweight	Ik Hwan Jang	def.	Emil Abbasov	TKO (ground & pound)	2	4:05
Young Guns 036
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
-86 kg Catchweight	Magomed Mutaev	def.	Eun Soo Kim	Submission (guillotine choke)	1	2:11
Woman's Atomweight	Jung Eun Park	def.	Si Woo Park	Decision (3-0)	2	5:00
Bantamweight	Seung Min Shin	def.	Jianwei He	Decision (3-0)	2	5:00
Flyweight	Sung Jae Kim	vs.	Soo Wan Park	Draw (1-0)	2	5:00
Welterweight	Byung Ha Lim	def.	Yong Joo Lim	Submission (kimura)	1	1:04
Lightweight	Tae Ho Jin	def.	Young Jun Cho	TKO (punches)	1	1:29
Bantamweight	Jin Park	def.	Sung Jun Park	Decision (3-0)	2	5:00

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Road FC 041

Road FC 041
Information
Promotion	Road Fighting Championship
Date	August 12, 2017
Venue	Wonju Gymnasium
City	Wonju, Gangwon-do
Event chronology
Road FC 040 Road FC 041 Road FC 042

Xiaomi Road FC 041 was an MMA event held by Road FC on August 12, 2017 at the Wonju Gymnasium in Wonju, Gangwon-do, South Korea.^[8]

Results

Main card
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
Openweight	Hyun Man Myung	def.	Chris Barnett	KO (punch)	2	1:48
Woman's Atomweight	Tomo Maesawa	def.	Ye Ji Lee	Decision (2-0)	2	5:00
Openweight	Jake Heun	def.	Mu Bae Choi	Decision (3-0)	3	5:00
Lightweight	Bruno Miranda	def.	Won Bin Ki	TKO (Punches)	1	4:36	[a]
Bantamweight	Dae Young Jang	def.	Hyung Geun Park	Submission (rear naked choke)	2	2:12
Middleweight	Jung Kyo Park	def.	Ji Hoon Kim	TKO (punches)	1	3:36
Young Guns 035
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
-60 kg Catchweight	Jae Nam Yoo	def.	Tatsuhito Satsuma	Submission (rear naked choke)	1	2:33
Featherweight	Seung Min Shin	def.	Kyung Chul Min	KO (punches)	1	0:26
Women's -50 kg Catchweight	Yuri Shim	def.	Hyun Joo Baek	Technical Submission (rear naked choke)	2	1:13
Flyweight	Won Hee Jung	def.	Yeon Soo Kang	KO (punch)	1	1:12
Middleweight	In Soo Hwang	def.	Jong Hwan Lee	KO (punch)	1	2:44
Flyweight	Jin Yong Kim	def.	Hyo Ryong Kim	Decision (3-0)	2	5:00
Bantamweight	Jong Tae Hong	def.	Sung Soo Lee	TKO (punches)	2	4:49

1. Reserve Bout for the Road FC $1 Million Lightweight Tournament

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Road FC 040

Road FC 040
Information
Promotion	Road Fighting Championship
Date	July 15, 2017
Venue	Jangchung Gymnasium
City	Seoul
Event chronology
Road FC 039 Road FC 040 Road FC 041

Xiaomi Road FC 040 was an MMA event held by Road FC on July 15, 2017 at the Jangchung Gymnasium in Seoul, South Korea.^[10]

Results

Part 2
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
Openweight	Mighty Mo (c)	def.	Dong Kook Kang	TKO (ground & pound)	2	2:25	[a]
Lightweight	Khuukhenkhuu Amartuvshin	def.	Shinji Sasaki	KO (punch)	1	1:22	[b]
Lightweight	Tom Santos	def.	Yui Chul Nam	TKO (punches)	1	0:07	[c]
Lightweight	Ronys Torres	def.	Elnur Agaev	Submission (keylock)	1	2:19	[d]
Lightweight	Kota Shimoishi	def.	Dae Seong Park	Submission (rear naked choke)	3	3:07	[e]
Lightweight	Nandin-Erdene	def.	Toninho Furia	TKO (punches)	1	3:25	[f]
Lightweight	Mansour Barnaoui	def.	Chang Hyun Kim	Submission (rear naked choke)	1	4:28	[g]
Lightweight	Shamil Zavurov	def.	Leo Kuntz	Decision (unanimous)	3	5:00	[h]
Lightweight	Yincang Bao	def.	Reydon Romero	TKO (ground & pound)	2	3:14	[i]
Part 1
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
Middleweight	Hoon Kim	def.	Riki Fukuda	TKO (punches)	2	2:38
Women's Flyweight	Emiko Raika	def.	Hae In Kim	Decision (2-1)	2	5:00
Lightweight	Alexander Merezhko	def.	Doo Je Jung	Submission (rear naked choke)	1	4:06	[j]
Lightweight	Hae Jin Park	def.	Hyung Seok Lee	KO (punch)	2	4:59	[k]
Lightweight	Dong Hwan Lim	def.	Ji Hoon Kim	Decision (3-0)	2	5:00	[l]

1. For the Road FC Openweight Championship
2. Road FC $1 Million Lightweight Tournament Opening Round
3. Road FC $1 Million Lightweight Tournament Opening Round
4. Road FC $1 Million Lightweight Tournament Opening Round
5. Road FC $1 Million Lightweight Tournament Opening Round
6. Road FC $1 Million Lightweight Tournament Opening Round
7. Road FC $1 Million Lightweight Tournament Opening Round
8. Road FC $1 Million Lightweight Tournament Opening Round
9. Road FC $1 Million Lightweight Tournament Opening Round
10. Reserve Bout for the Road FC $1 Million Lightweight Tournament
11. Reserve Bout for the Road FC $1 Million Lightweight Tournament
12. Reserve Bout for the Road FC $1 Million Lightweight Tournament

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Road FC 039

Road FC 039
Information
Promotion	Road Fighting Championship
Date	June 10, 2017
Venue	Jangchung Gymnasium
City	Seoul
Event chronology
Road FC 038 Road FC 039 Road FC 040

Xiaomi Road FC 039 was an MMA event held by Road FC on June 10, 2017 at the Jangchung Gymnasium in Seoul, South Korea.

Results

Main card
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
Woman's Atomweight	Seo Hee Ham	def.	Mina Kurobe	TKO (punches)	3	4:13	[a]
Openweight	Aorigele	vs.	Hyun Man Myung	NC (accidental kick to the groin)	1	0:09
Women's Openweight	Yoshiko Hirano	def.	Sun Yoo Cheon	Submission (kimura)	1	4:49
Flyweight	Je Hoon Moon	def.	Kai Asakura	KO (punches)	3	3:28
Lightweight	Rafael Fiziev	def.	Seung Yeon Kim	KO (knee and punches)	1	4:24	[b]
Openweight	Yoon Jae Shim	vs.	Chang Hee Kim	NC (jaw injury)	1	0:25
Young Guns 034
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
-80 kg Catchweight	In Jae La	def.	In Ho Cha	Decision (3-0)	2	5:00
Featherweight	Se Young Kim	def.	Jung Young Lee	Decision (3-0)	2	5:00
Lightweight	Yincang Bao	def.	Mingwu Wang	Submission (rear naked choke)	1	1:41	[c]
Women's Atomweight	Mika Arai	def.	Yun Ha Hong	Decision (3-0)	2	5:00
Bantamweight	Young Geun Kim	def.	Woo Been Kim	Submission (armbar)	1	3:18
Lightweight	Yo Han Kim	def.	Byeong Ha Lim	Decision (2-1)	2	5:00
Welterweight	Jin Kyu Lee	def.	Stuart Gooch	Decision (2-1)	2	5:00

1. For the inaugural Road FC Women's Atomweight Championship
2. International Trials for Road FC $1 Million Lightweight Tournament
3. China Trials for Road FC $1 Million Lightweight Tournament

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Road FC 038

Road FC 038
Information
Promotion	Road Fighting Championship
Date	April 15, 2017
Venue	Jangchung Gymnasium
City	Seoul
Event chronology
Road FC 037 XX Road FC 038 Road FC 039

Xiaomi Road FC 038 was an MMA event held by Road FC on April 15, 2017 at the Jangchung Gymnasium in Seoul, South Korea.^[13]

Results

Main card
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
Bantamweight	Soo Chul Kim	def.	Min Woo Kim	Decision (3-0)	3	5:00	[a]
Openweight	Hyun Man Myung	def.	Chris Barnett	TKO (doctor stoppage)	1	2:17
Lightweight	Tom Santos	def.	Yui Chul Nam	TKO (punches)	2	3:12	[b]
Lightweight	Nandin-Erdene	def.	Bruno Miranda	TKO (punches)	1	0:55	[c]
Lightweight	Mansour Barnaoui	def.	Won Bin Ki	Submission (rear naked choke)	1	4:46	[d]
Middleweight	Dae Sung Kim	def.	Kiyoshi Kuwabara	TKO (punches)	1	2:33
Young Guns 033
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
Bantamweight	Dae Young Jang	def.	Hyung Geun Park	Decision (2-1)	2	5:00
Lightweight	Khuukhenkhuu Amartuvshin	def.	Lianru Shang	TKO (pounding)	1	0:40	[e]
Flyweight	Won Hee Jeong	def.	Jae Nam Yoo	TKO (punches)	1	2:54
Lightweight	Gyeong Eui Cho	def.	Jong Chan Choi	Decision (3-0)	2	5:00
Lightweight	Dong Gook Shin	def.	Byeong Ha Lim	TKO (knees & punches)	1	0:53
Bantamweight	Seong Bin Hong	def.	Yoon Jin Lee	TKO (arm injury)	1	1:57

1. For the vacant Road FC Bantamweight Championship
2. International Trials for Road FC $1 Million Lightweight Tournament
3. International Trials for Road FC $1 Million Lightweight Tournament
4. International Trials for Road FC $1 Million Lightweight Tournament
5. China Trials for Road FC $1 Million Lightweight Tournament

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Road FC 037 XX

Road FC 037 XX
Information
Promotion	Road Fighting Championship
Date	March 11, 2017
Venue	Convention Centre, Grand Hilton Seoul
City	Seoul
Event chronology
Road FC 036 Road FC 037 XX Road FC 038

Xiaomi Road FC 037 XX was an MMA event held by Road FC on March 11, 2017 at the Convention Centre, Grand Hilton Seoul in Seoul, South Korea. The 1st event 'Road FC 037 XX' of the all-female MMA league Road FC XX was held on the main card. Road FC XX(pronounced “double x”, as in female chromosomes) is the official name for the league that showcased all-female fight cards on Road FC events. Road FC XX celebrates the rise in popularity in women's MMA, as well as the increasing number of talented female fighters in South Korea and abroad.^{[15][16][17][18]}

Results

Road FC 037 XX
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
Women's Flyweight	Emiko Raika	def.	Jin Hee Kang	Decision (3-0)	3	5:00
Women's -46.5 kg Catchweight	Ye Ji Lee	def.	Satoko Shinashi	Decision (3-0)	3	5:00
Women's -49.5 kg Catchweight	Jung Eun Park	def.	Na Young Park	TKO (punches)	2	2:07
Women's Atomweight	So Hee Lim	def.	Hana Date	Decision (3-0)	2	5:00
Women's Strawweight	Emi Fujino	def.	Natalya Denisova	Submission (rear naked choke)	2	1:25
Women's Strawweight	Yuri Shim	def.	Shiho Harada	Decision (3-0)	2	5:00
Women's -50.5 kg Catchweight	Xiangjie Wang	def.	Yoon Ha Hong	Decision (2-0)	2	5:00
Young Guns 032
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
Bantamweight	Ik Hwan Jang	def.	Yuta Nezu	Decision (3-0)	3	5:00
Flyweight	Kai Asakura	def.	Alateng Heili	TKO (knee)	1	0:29
Middleweight	Young Jun Jeon	def.	Ju Won Kim	TKO (ground & pound)	1	1:39
Featherweight	Seung Min Shin	def.	Junkai Yang	Decision (3-0)	2	5:00
Featherweight	Mikuru Asakura	def.	Doo Seok Oh	TKO (kick & punches)	1	4:06
Flyweight	Tae Kyun Kim	def.	Deyu Wang	Decision (2-1)	2	5:00
Flyweight	Ho Young Yoon	def.	Gi Won Go	Decision (3-0)	2	5:00
Middleweight	Dong Hwan Lim	def.	In Yong Choi	Decision (2-0)	2	5:00

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Road FC 036

Road FC 036
Information
Promotion	Road Fighting Championship
Date	February 11, 2017
Venue	Jangchung Gymnasium
City	Seoul
Event chronology
Road FC 035 Road FC 036 Road FC 037 XX

Xiaomi Road FC 036 was an MMA event held by Road FC on February 11, 2017 at the Jangchung Gymnasium in Seoul, South Korea.

Results

Part 2
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
Middleweight	Riki Fukuda	def.	Nae Chul Kim	Decision (3-0)	3	5:00	[a]
Lightweight	Shinji Sasaki	def.	Albert Cheng	Decision (3-0)	3	5:00	[b]
Lightweight	Leo Kuntz	def.	Young Gi Hong	Submission (rear naked choke)	3	1:47	[c]
Lightweight	Dae Sung Park	def.	Rodrigo Capora	Decision (3-0)	3	5:00	[d]
Openweight	Yoshiko Hirano	def.	Sun Yoo Cheon	KO (punch)	1	2:01	[e]
Lightweight	Shamil Zavurov	def.	Won Gi Kim	Decision (3-0)	3	5:00	[f]
Part 1
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
Flyweight	Taiyo Nakahara	def.	Je Hoon Moon	Decision (3-0)	3	5:00
Lightweight	Toninho Furia	def.	Hyung Seok Lee	Decision (3-0)	3	5:00	[g]
Lightweight	Chang Hyun Kim	def.	Andy Main	Decision (3-0)	3	5:00	[h]
Lightweight	Ronys Torres	def.	Ermek Tlauov	Submission (guillotine choke)	1	4:50	[i]
Lightweight	Hae Jin Park	def.	Young Seung Cho	Decision (3-0)	3	5:00	[j]
Lightweight	Won Bin Ki	def.	Je Il Jung	TKO (punches)	1	0:59	[k]
Opening Matches
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
Lightweight	Kyung Chul Min	def.	Young Jun Cho	KO (punch)	1	4:33
Flyweight	Jin Soo Seo	def.	Soo Wan Park	TKO (ground & pound)	1	1:45
Bantamweight	Dong Soo Seo	def.	Sung Soo Lee	Decision (3-0)	2	5:00

1. Road FC Middleweight Contenders Bout
2. International Trials for Road FC $1 Million Lightweight Tournament
3. International Trials for Road FC $1 Million Lightweight Tournament
4. International Trials for Road FC $1 Million Lightweight Tournament
5. Road FC $1 Million Lightweight Tournament Opening Round
6. Road FC $1 Million Lightweight Tournament Opening Round
7. International Trials for Road FC $1 Million Lightweight Tournament
8. International Trials for Road FC $1 Million Lightweight Tournament
9. International Trials for Road FC $1 Million Lightweight Tournament
10. Reserve Fight for Road FC $1 Million Lightweight Tournament
11. Reserve Fight for Road FC $1 Million Lightweight Tournament

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See also

• List of Road FC events
• List of Road FC champions
• List of current Road FC fighters
• List of current mixed martial arts champions