Road FC 45: Ham vs. Yu - December 23 (OFFICIAL DISCUSSION)

Road FC 45
December 23, 2017
Grand Hilton Convention Center
Seoul, South Korea

Part 2:
Seo Hee Ham (18-8)           vs.                    (6-2) Jinh Yu   
Main Event |  Title Fight | Female Atomweight | 105 lbs (47 kg)

Young Ji Kim (0-2)              vs.         (2-0) Yoshiko Hirano   
Co- Main Event | Female Openweight

So Hee Lim (1-1)                vs.                    (5-2) Pan Hui   
Main Card | Female Atomweight | 105 lbs (47 kg)

Begimzhan Kasymova (1-0) vs.   (1-1) Destanie Yarbrough   
Main Card | Female Openweight


Part 1:
M. Nandin-Erdene (7-3)        vs.            (4-0) Rafael Fiziev   
Main Event | Lightweight | 155 lbs (70 kg)

Won Bin Ki (5-5)                  vs.           (12-4) Yincang Bao   
Co- Main Event | Catchweight | 159 lbs (72 kg)

Gun Oh Shim (3-2)               vs.         (15-6) Chris Barnett   
Main Card | Openweight

Jung Kyo Park (8-8)              vs.          (2-0) In Soo Hwang   
Main Card | Middleweight | 185 lbs (84 kg) 

Yong Geun Kim (2-2)             vs.              (1-0) Yi Sak Kim   
Main Card | Bantamweight | 135 lbs (61 kg)

ROAD Fighting Championship announces the return of the all-women's MMA league for Xiaomi ROAD FC 045 XX in Seoul, South Korea on December 23, 2017. As the main event, world top ranked Ham Seo-Hee will make her first ROAD FC Atomweight title defense against world top challenger Jinh Yu Frey.

ROAD FC Atomweight Champion Ham Seo-Hee (18-8, Team MAD) is the current reigning, defending titleholder, and the pioneer for women's MMA in South Korea. Ham made her debut in Japan's DEEP with an impressive win over veteran Hisae Watanabe. She racked up a record of 12-5 with wins over V.V Mei Yamaguchi, Emi Fujino, and Naho Sugiyama, and was only finished twice in 10 years by the legendary Megumi Fujii and Invicta Atomweight champ Ayaka Hamasaki.

Ham debuted in ROAD FC in 2014 with back to back wins over Alyona Rassohyna and Shino VanHoose, then claimed the DEEP Jewels Featherweight title from Saori Ishioka. She made history as the first female fighter from South Korea in the UFC, with her debut against Joanne Calderwood awarded as one of the greatest strawweight fights of all time. After going 1-3 with the promotion, Ham returned home to Korea and to her proper weight class of 48kgs. Again she made history by winning the first ROAD FC Women's Atomweight title by finishing DEEP champion Mina Kurobe in a thrilling battle.

Jinh Yu Frey (6-2, Genesis Jiu Jitsu HQ) is the former Invicta FC Atomweight title challenger and now top-ranked in the world's first all-female MMA promotion. Although her Korean father was a Taekwondo master and a Moo Duk Kwan coach, it wasn't until she was 22 that she got into combat sports with kickboxing. Frey transitioned from amateur to professional MMA through the top USA amateur promotion Tuff-N-Uff, and when she went pro she also went viral with her double-punch KO of Darla Harris.