On the 27th (hereinafter Korean time)
Lee Chang-ho defeated Darmis Zaupas (23, China)
in the semifinals of the ‘Road to UFC’ season 2 bantamweight (61.2kg)
held at the Indoor Stadium in Singapore on the 27th (Korean time)
at 3 minutes 35 seconds TKO in the 3rd round to get a ticket to the finals. grabbed the
It was a thrilling come-from-behind victory.
Lee Chang-ho had a hard time in the grappling area
his specialty
against Dar Miss in the first and second rounds. He was taken down first
and then counterattacked and dragged the opponent to the ground
but was even reversed in position.
In the 3rd round
where the defeat was dark
Lee Chang-ho finally turned the game around.
I pushed until Daromis’s stamina ran out, and Darmis was exhausted and began to walk backwards.
Even though it was disadvantageous
it was the result of endless grappling battles in the first and second rounds.
Lee Chang-ho struck first with a blow
then seized the back position of Darmiss, who had been pushed into the cage
and took him to the ground.
Daromis desperately tried to get up again
but Lee Chang-ho fell into the ant hell and was dragged down to the ground again.
When Lee Chang-ho
who dominated the backmount position
launched a merciless ground-and-pound attack
the referee eventually declared a TKO.
In the interview after the match
Lee Chang-ho said
The results of the hell training I did with coach 스포츠토토 Jo Jung-hyun in Extreme Combat came out well.
He then provoked another finalist
Xiao Long (25, China)
who came up to the Octagon for a face-off
saying
Dar Miss seems to be much stronger than Xiao Long.
Road to UFC is a quarter-final tournament in which Asia’s top MMA prospects participate, and the winner signs a contract with the UFC.
In this season 2, a total of 32 contestants participated in four weight classes:
flyweight (56.7kg)
bantamweight (61.2kg)
featherweight (65.8kg)
and lightweight (70.3kg)
and 8 of them advanced to the finals.
Five Koreans challenged for the semi-finals
but only Lee Chang-ho remained and the other four were eliminated.
The three fighters were knocked down by unanimous decision by the Chinese fighter.
Flyweight Choi Seung-guk (26) lost a decision (30-27, 30-27, 20-27) to Jinius Wie (23 China)
and featherweight Kim Sang-won (29) also lost a decision (29-28, 29-28) to Lee Lee (26 China).
29-28)
lightweight Kim Sang-wook (29) lost a decision (30-26, 29-28, 29-28) to Longju (23, China).
Light weight Park Jae-hyeon was defeated by Shin Haraguchi (24, Japan) in wrestling ( 30-27, 29-28, 29-28).
At the post-match press conference
Lee Chang-ho said
My name was not mentioned very often from the opening round.
So this time
I promised that I would imprint myself to be mentioned the most.
I was the only one who survived
but I will do my best to win the championship even for the players who were unfortunately eliminated.