2023 in Road FC

The year 2023 is the 14th year in the history of the Road Fighting Championship, a mixed martial arts promotion based in South Korea. 2023 starts with ROAD FC 63. ^[1]

Road Fighting Championship
Information
First date	February 25, 2023
Last date	December 16, 2023
Events
Total events	5
Fights
Chronology
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List of events

List of events in 2023
#	Event Title	Main Event	Date	Arena	Location
1	ROAD FC 63	Hwang vs. Myung	February 25, 2023	Goyang Gymnasium	Goyang, South Korea
2	ROAD FC 64	Kim vs. Indenko	June 24, 2023	Wonju Gymnasium	Wonju, South Korea
3	ROAD FC 65	Kim vs. Azevedo	August 26, 2023	Anyang Gymnasium	Anyang, South Korea
4	ROAD FC 66	Kim vs. Haraguchi	October 29, 2023	Chiak Gymnasium	Wonju, South Korea
5	ROAD FC 67	Heo vs. Sekino	December 16, 2023	Swiss Grand Hotel	Seoul, South Korea

2023 Grands Prix

Road FC President Jung Mun-hong recently revealed that the promotion will run Grand Prix across lightweight (70kg) and bantamweight (63kg) classes, The quarter-finals start on June 24 at Road FC 64, the semi-finals will take place in August and the finals in October. The winning prize is expected to be between 100 million South Korean won and 300 million South Korean won.^[2]

2023 Road FC Lightweight Grand Prix

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

Han Sang-kwon

1r.

Max Sugimoto

DQ

Max Sugimoto

1r.

Artur Soloviev

TKO

Yoon Tae-young

1r.

Artur Soloviev

TKO

Artur Soloviev

KO

Nandin-Erdene Munguntsooj

1r.

Nandin-Erdene Munguntsooj

TKO

Filipe Jesus

1r.

Nandin-Erdene Munguntsooj

TKO

Shutaro Debano

1r.

Park Hae-jin

3r.

Shutaro Debano

UD

^[3]

2023 Road FC Bantamweight Grand Prix

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

Kim Soo-chul

SUB

Aleksey Indenko

1r.

Kim Soo-chul

UD

Bruno Azevedo

3r.

Park Hyung-geun

3r.

Bruno Azevedo

SUB

Kim Soo-chul

UD

Akira Haraguchi

2r.

Moon Je-hoon

3r.

Akira Haraguchi

UD

Akira Haraguchi

DQ

Radzhab Shaydullaev*

–

Yang Ji-yong

1r.

Radzhab Shaydullaev

SUB

*Radzhab Shaydullaev was disqualified after missing the weight limit in the semi-finals. ^[4]

Road FC 63

Road FC 63
Information
Promotion	Road Fighting Championship
Date	February 25, 2023
Venue	Goyang Gymnasium
City	Goyang, South Korea

Road FC 63 was a mixed martial arts event scheduled to be held by Road FC on February 25, 2023, at the Goyang Gymnasium in Goyang, South Korea.

Background

An openweight kickboxing bout between Hwang In-su and Myung Hyun-man was booked as the event headliner.^[5]

Results

Road FC 63
Weight Class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
Openweight	Hwang In-su	def.	Myung Hyun-man	TKO (Retirement)	3	0:48	Kickboxing rules
Bantamweight 63 kg	Yang Ji-yong	def.	Koki Hirasawa	KO (Punch)	1	1:47
Openweight	Shim Gun-oh	def.	Tserendash Azjargal	Disqualification (Groin Kick)	2	0:12
Lightweight 70 kg	Wi Jeong-won	def.	Lee Jae-won	TKO (Retirement)	1	5:00
Heavyweight 120 kg	Taisei Sekino	def.	Bae Dong-hyun	TKO (Punches)	1	4:11
Part 1
Middleweight 84 kg	Lim Dong-hwan	def.	Jung Ho-yeon	TKO (Punches)	1	2:28
Middleweight 84 kg	Jung Seung-ho	def.	Ko Kyung-jin	TKO (Punches)	1	2:53
Bantamweight 63 kg	Hong Tae-sun	def.	Han Ji-hoon	Submission (Rear-Naked Choke)	2	2:51
Bantamweight 63 kg	Lee Jung-hyun	def.	Jang Jin-pyo	Decision (Unanimous)	2	5:00
Bantamweight 63 kg	Kim Jun-seok	def.	Cha Min-hyuk	Decision (Unanimous)	2	5:00

Road FC 64

Road FC 64
Information
Promotion	Road Fighting Championship
Date	June 24, 2023
Venue	Wonju Gymnasium
City	Wonju, South Korea

Road FC 64 was a mixed martial arts event scheduled to be held by Road FC on June 24, 2023, at the Wonju Gymnasium in Wonju, South Korea.

Background

A quarter-final bout for 2023 Road FC Bantamweight Grand Prix between former ONE Bantamweight World Champion Kim Soo-chul and Alexey Indenko was booked as the event headliner.^[6]

Fight card

Road FC 64
Weight Class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
Bantamweight 63 kg	Kim Soo-chul	def.	Alexey Indenko	Submission (Guillotine Choke)	1	0:55	2023 Road FC Bantamweight Grand Prix Quarter-Final bout
Bantamweight 63 kg	Akira Haraguchi	def.	Moon Je-hoon	Decision (Unanimous)	3	5:00	2023 Road FC Bantamweight Grand Prix Quarter-Final bout
Lightweight 70 kg	Nandin Erdene	def.	Filipe Jesus	TKO (Punches)	1	1:43	2023 Road FC Lightweight Grand Prix Quarter-Final bout
Bantamweight 63 kg	Radzhab Shaydullaev	def.	Yang Ji-yong	Submission (Rear-Naked Choke)	1	4:00	2023 Road FC Bantamweight Grand Prix Quarter-Final bout
Lightweight 70 kg	Shutaro Debano	def.	Park Hae-jin	Decision (Unanimous)	3	5:00	2023 Road FC Lightweight Grand Prix Quarter-Final bout
Lightweight 70 kg	Artur Soloviev	def.	Yoon Tae-young	KO (Punch)	1	4:15	2023 Road FC Lightweight Grand Prix Quarter-Final bout
Bantamweight 63 kg	Bruno Azevedo	def.	Park Hyung-geun	Submission (Rear-Naked Choke)	3	1:28	2023 Road FC Bantamweight Grand Prix Quarter-Final bout
Part 1
Lightweight 70 kg	Max Sugimoto	def.	Han Sang-kwon	Disqualification (Illegal Knee)	1	2:58	2023 Road FC Lightweight Grand Prix Quarter-Final bout
Bantamweight 63 kg	Baatarchuluun Gantogtokh	def.	Cha Min-hyuk	KO (Punch)	1	3:42	2023 Road FC Bantamweight Grand Prix Quarter-Final Reserve bout
Lightweight 70 kg	Shin Dong-Guk	def.	Yeo Je-woo	TKO (Punches)	2	2:51	2023 Road FC Lightweight Grand Prix Quarter-Final Reserve bout
Women's Catchweight 49 kg	Park Seo-young	def.	Baek Hyeon-ju	Decision (Unanimous)	2	5:00
Lightweight 70 kg	Kim Min-hyung	def.	Park Hyeon-bin	Submission (Rear-Naked Choke)	1	3:22

Road FC 65

Road FC 65
Information
Promotion	Road Fighting Championship
Date	August 26, 2023
Venue	Anyang Gymnasium
City	Anyang, South Korea

Road FC 65 was a mixed martial arts event scheduled to be held by Road FC on August 26, 2023, at the Anyang Gymnasium in Anyang, South Korea.

Background

A semi-final bout for 2023 Road FC Bantamweight Grand Prix between former ONE Bantamweight World Champion Kim Soo-chul and Bruno Azevedo was booked as the event headliner.^[7]

Fight card

Road FC 65
Weight Class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
Bantamweight 63 kg	Kim Soo-chul	def.	Bruno Azevedo	Decision (unanimous)	3	5:00	2023 Road FC Bantamweight Grand Prix Semi-Final bout
Bantamweight 63 kg	Yang Ji-yong	def.	Moon Je-hoon	Decision (split)	3	5:00	Moon retirement match.
Lightweight 70 kg	Nandin Erdene	def.	Shutaro Debano	TKO (punches)	1	4:33	2023 Road FC Lightweight Grand Prix Semi-Final bout
Lightweight 70 kg	Artur Soloviev	def.	Max Sugimoto	TKO (punches)	1	1:53	2023 Road FC Lightweight Grand Prix Semi-Final bout
Lightweight 70 kg	Shin Dong-guk	def.	Han Sang-kwon	KO (punches)	1	4:05	2023 Road FC Lightweight Grand Prix Semi-Final Reserve bout
Part 1
Openweight	Taisei Sekino	def.	Oh Il-hak	TKO (punches)	2	2:35
Catchweight 87 kg	Jung Seung-ho	def.	Kim Young-hoon	KO (front kick and punches)	2	4:59
Bantamweight 63 kg	Han Yoon-soo	def.	Son Jae-min	KO (punch)	2	1:50
Flyweight 57 kg	Jung Jae-bok	def.	Jang Chan-woo	Submission (heel hook)	1	2:12
Catchweight 66 kg	Lee Sin-woo	def.	Lee Sun-joo	Decision (unanimous)	2	5:00
Lightweight 70 kg	Han Woo-young	def.	Kwon Min-woo	KO (punches)	1	2:02

Road FC 66

Road FC 66
Information
Promotion	Road Fighting Championship
Date	October 29, 2023
Venue	Chiak Gymnasium
City	Wonju, South Korea

Road FC 66 was a mixed martial arts event scheduled to be held by Road FC on October 29, 2023, at the Chiak Gymnasium in Wonju, South Korea.

Background

Fight card

Road FC 66
Weight Class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
Bantamweight 63 kg	Kim Soo-chul	def.	Akira Haraguchi	KO (punches)	2	4:25	2023 Road FC Bantamweight Grand Prix Final bout
Lightweight 70 kg	Artur Soloviev	def.	Nandin Erdene	KO (punches)	1	1:32	2023 Road FC Lightweight Grand Prix Final bout
Bantamweight 63 kg	Yang Ji-yong	def.	Kento Takahashi	Decision (unanimous)	3	5:00
Openweight	Kim Myung-hwan	def.	Shim Gun-oh	KO (punches)	1	4:18
Part 1
Bantamweight 63 kg	Yoo Jae-nam	def.	Han Yoon-soo	Decision (unanimous)	2	5:00
Lightweight 70 kg	Kim San	def.	Kim Min-hyung	Submission (triangle choke)	2	1:27
Bantamweight 63 kg	Park Jae-seong	def.	Cha Min-hyuk	TKO (punches)	2	2:11
Bantamweight 63 kg	Han Min-hyoung	def.	Kim Jun-seok	Decision (split)	2	5:00
Flyweight 57 kg	Ko Dong-hyeok	def.	Choi Young-chan	Submission (rear-naked choke)	1	2:48
Catchweight 66 kg	Choi Eun-seok	def.	Lee Seon-ju	Decision (unanimous)	2	5:00

Road FC 67

Road FC 67
Information
Promotion	Road Fighting Championship
Date	December 16, 2023
Venue	Swiss Grand Hotel
City	Seoul, South Korea

Road FC 67 will be a mixed martial arts event scheduled to be held by Road FC on December 16, 2023, at the Swiss Grand Hotel in Seoul, South Korea.

Background

Fight card

Road FC 67
Weight Class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
Openweight	Taisei Sekino	def.	Heo Jae-hyeok	TKO (punches)	1	0:58
Bantamweight 63 kg	Yang Ji-yong	def.	Park Jae-seong	KO (punches)	1	0:08
Flyweight 57 kg	Lee Jung-hyun	def.	Lee Gil-soo	KO (head kick)	1	4:40
Catchweight 64 kg	Ko Dong-hyuk	def.	Choi Sergei	Submission (rear-naked choke)	3	2=27
Women's Catchweight 58 kg	Lee Su-yeon	def.	Lee Eun-jung	Decision (unanimous)	2	5:00
Lightweight 70 kg	Kim San	def.	Shin Dong-guk	Decision (unanimous)	3	5:00

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
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