XIAOMI ROAD FC 045 XX ANNOUNCEMENT

DESTANIE YARBROUGH VS BEGIMZHAN KASYMOVA

ROAD Fighting Championship announces another women's openweight match for Xiaomi ROAD FC 045 XX in Seoul, South Korea on December 23, 2017. Destanie Yarbrough of the USA will take on Kyrgyzstan's Begimzhan Kasymova.

Destanie Yarbrough vs Begimzhan Kasymova

Destanie Yarbrough (1-1, Buhawee Muay Thai USA/ Halo Jiu-Jitsu) is an American Football player with a martial arts background in boxing and Muay Thai. She won her first pro MMA fight in just 33 seconds, then faced Gabi Garcia in Rizin. With massive striking she damaged, but the decorated Brazilian Jiu Jitsu black belt was able to secure a submission win.

Begimzhan Kasymova (1-0, NO MAD) of Kyrgyzstan is a Master of Sports in sambo, a 3-time national armwrestling champion, and a 2-time national boxing champion. She began boxing as a teenager for fitness, and it soon became a way of life. Begimzhan's interest in MMA grew, so she began studying and had her first professional match just 3 months ago, winning by TKO in just over a minute.

Destanie Yarbrough versus Begimzhan Kasymova features two tremendously powerful and aggressive strikers who are going to showcase the excitement that the future of the women's openweight division holds.

Xiaomi ROAD FC 45 XX

Previously announced 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. Ham 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 is the former Invicta FC Atomweight title challenger and now top-ranked in the world's first all-female MMA promotion.

ROAD FC Atomweight Champion Ham Seo-Hee versus Jinh Yu Frey is the world's most important match in the division today!

Plus, Lee Ye-Ji will make her final bout as a “High School Fighter” agains Japanese Araki Miki in what will be another exciting showdown to strengthen the women's atomweight division in Asia.

And two former contestants in the $1 Million Lightweight Tournament are set to meet: Nandin-Erdene versus Rafael Fiziev is a pairing of two brilliant strikers who know how to entertain – and finish fights in devastating fashion.

Xiaomi ROAD Fighting Championship 045

Saturday, December 23, 2017

Grand Hilton Convention Center

Seoul, South Korea

Women's Atomweight Championship

Ham Seo-Hee vs Jinh Yu Frey

Women's Openweight Match

Yoshiko vs Kim Young-Ji

Women's Atomweight Match

Lee Ye-Ji vs Araki Miki

Women's Openweight Match

Destanie Yarbrough vs Begimzhan Kasymova

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Lightweight Match

Nandin-Erdene vs Rafael Fiziev