Road FC Yoon Tae-young, Korea-Japan match against former UFC champion

This competition will be broadcast on Japanese OTT service U-Next. Road FC dispatches Yoon Tae-young through KMMA Fighter Agency (CEOs: Yong-jun Jeong, Dae-hwan Kim).

Daichi Abe has been at the top of three different sports since the late 2000s, including judo, standing striking, and mixed martial arts. He is a perfect fit for the Japanese Martial Arts Consortium and Japan Martial Arts Expo.

The highlights include winning the Japan High School Sports Competition (Interhigh) in judo, winning the Rise Rookie Tournament and becoming the J-Network champion in kickboxing, and becoming the DEEP Pancrase champion and advancing to the UFC in mixed martial arts.

Daichi Abe has a record of 5 wins and 6 losses in the big league of mixed martial arts, starting with UFC in the United States in 2017, ONE Championship in Singapore in 2018, and Rizin in Japan since 2021.

The ranking system ‘Fight Matrix’ ranked Daichi Abe unofficially 60th in the UFC welterweight (-77kg) from the fourth quarter of 2017 to the first quarter of 2018. For Yoon Tae-young, who only competed in all MMA matches, including amateur ones, at Road FC, he is in many ways the strongest opponent since his MMA debut.

Daichi Abe’s welterweight division is the main battlefield in mixed martial arts, not only on the Japanese stage but also in major organizations. However, after 3,703 days (10 years, 1 month, and 19 days), he returned to professional standing striking, and it was an MMA match two weeks later, so it was difficult to lose weight, so he competed with Yoon Tae-young at -83kg.

Road FC Taeyoung Yoon vs Daichi Abe from UFC face-to-face video = Provided by Standard & Progress Sports Agency

Taeyoung Yoon’s record is not bad with 3 wins and 1 loss in Road FC middleweight (-84kg) and similar weight conditions. The commonality of having a kickboxing record also gives hope that he can fight better than expected with Daichi Abe, who is not in 100% condition.

Regardless of the sport, the Korea-Japan match is burdensome for both Korea and Japan. Daichi Abe will face a Korean fighter 2,585 days (7 years, 28 days) after winning his UFC debut in both kickboxing and mixed martial arts. This means that there is no big difference in experience with Yoon Tae-young, who is preparing for his first Korea-Japan match.

Daichi Abe proved that he is still a great striker by winning a unanimous decision over International Muay Thai Studies Association (IMSA) heavyweight champion Kontulai (36, Thailand) in a 3-minute x 3-round match hosted by Japan Rise, one of the big leagues of standing striking. .

KMMA Fighter Agency reported the atmosphere in Japan, saying, “If Yoon Tae-young shows a good performance against Daichi Abe, he will be able to compete not only in other mixed martial arts competitions but also in major kickboxing organizations such as K-1.”

Taeyoung Yoon’s mixed martial arts career

2018~ 9 wins, 1 draw, 3 losses

Amateur 3 wins, 1 draw

KO/TKO 2 wins, 2 losses

Submission 0 wins 1 loss

Welterweight 5 wins, 1 draw, 1 loss

Middleweight 3 wins 1 loss

Lightweight 1 win 1 loss

news/cms/202410/18/news-p.v1.20241018.4022076400154de1a881d2918f662cc6_R.png" data-width="660" data-height="932" /> Enlarge photo Road FC Yoon Tae-young and former UFC Daichi Abe’s mixed martial arts contract, weight 83kg, Korea-Japan match will be held as the 8th match on the main card of the opening event of the 2024 Japan Martial Arts Expo. Photo = Provided by Japanese Martial Arts Consortium