Road FC 44: Lightweight GP Quarter-Finals - November 11 (OFFICIAL DISCUSSION)

Road FC 44
November 11, 2017
World Martial Arts Festival Stadium
Shijiazhuang, China

Main Card:
Aorigele (5-3)                           vs.                 (15-12) Kazuyuki Fujita   
Main Event | Openweight

Mansour Barnaoui (15-4)           vs.  (7-2) Munguntsooj Nandin-Erdene   
Co- Main Event | GP Quarter-Finals | Lightweight | 155 lbs (70 kg)

Ronys Torres (35-5)                  vs.                          (7-4) Tom Santos   
Main Card  | GP Quarter-Finals | Lightweight | 155 lbs (70 kg)

Yincang Bao (11-3)                    vs.                   (20-4) Kota Shimoishi   
Main Card | GP Quarter-Finals | Lightweight | 155 lbs (70 kg)

Shamil Zavurov (1-3)                 vs. (6-3) Khuukhenkhuu Amartuvshin   
Main Card | GP Quarter-Finals | Lightweight | 155 lbs (70 kg)


On November 11, ROAD FC returns to China under the auspices of the host city Shijiazhuang. At Xiaomi ROAD FC 044, the quarterfinals round of the $1 Million Lightweight Tournament will take place. Over 40 fighters participated in international trials around the world which was eventually whittled down to 16 for the opening round at ROAD FC 036. Stunning upsets and incredible knockouts were the theme of the night in the historical event.
 
The winners participated in a blind draw for their next opponents. The four quarterfinals matches are as follows: Mansour Barnaoui (Tunisa/France) vs Nandin-Erdene (Mongolia), Ronys Torres (Brazil) vs Tom Santos (Brazil); Baoyincang (China) vs Shimoishi Kota (Japan); and Shamil Zavurov (Russia) vs Khuukhenkhuu Amartuvshin (Mongolia).

GP has been good so far. Will have to continue watching this.

In the main event, fan favorite “Kungfu Panda” Aorigele (5-3-0-1, Xindu Martial Arts Club) will face returning Japanese ring legend Fujita “Ironhead” Kazuyuki (15-11, Team Fujita) in a massive Openweight bout. Aorigele is a China National Sanda champion who has KOed 4 of his opponents in ROAD FC, including Yusuke Masuda, Yusuke Kawaguchi and Bob Sapp. Fujita is a living legend who counts wins over Ken Shamrock and Yoshihiro Takayama in PRIDE, and who faced the all-time elites in Cro Cop, Fedor, and Wanderlei SIlva.
 
Aorigele versus Fujita Kazuyuki is the new guard of MMA facing a wizened legend. Although Aorigele is just 22, and Fujita is a ripened 47, once these giants get in the cage there will be no holding back of the punches.