Will Kwon Ji-hoo, a former KMMA middleweight champion, make his professional MMA debut in Japan for two consecutive years? KMMA featherweight title challenger Kim Ji-kyung vs Japanese pharmacist fighter Amano Takenori Chu Sung-hoon vs. KMMA flyweight challenger decision match Park Hwa-rang vs Iwasaki Keigo 5 consecutive wins in mixed martial arts
Korea’s amateur mixed martial arts (MMA) group KMMA will send three champions, including the champion, who will try to win his second consecutive professional debut.
GLADIATOR 032 will be held at 176BOX in Shonaigashimachi, Toyonaka City, Osaka Prefecture, Japan, from noon on Sunday, September 21. KMMA’s Kwon Ji-hoo (Team Mad Main Hall), Kim Ji-kyung (AOM), and Park Hwa-rang (Kingdom Hogye) will play away games.
사진 확대 Kwon Ji-hoo, a former KMMA middleweight champion, will face Takesue Goto, who aims to win five consecutive mixed martial arts at the Osaka Gladiator 032 in September 2025. Photo =GLADIATOR
â–²KMMA middleweight champion Kwon Ji-hoo, former KMMA featherweight title challenger to Takesu Goto â–² Kim Ji-kyung, former KMMA featherweight challenger, Amano Takeori â–² Park Hwa-rang, who experienced the KMMA flyweight challenger match, will face Keigo Iwasaki in Gladiator 32.
Kwon Ji-hoo played his first professional match in July 2025 in Osaka, Japan through Wardog Cage Fight 53. He wants to continue the momentum of defeating Kento Ueda with a second-round rear-naked choke. As kickboxing 20 wins and 1 loss tells us, the batting is also good.
Goto Takes has one Wodog win and three Gladiator wins since October 2023. As it is his first showdown with foreigners as an amateur-inclusive mixed martial artist, he is determined to beat Kwon Ji-hoo to achieve five consecutive wins.
사진 확대 Kim Ji-kyung, a former KMMA featherweight title challenger, will face “Pharmacist Fighter” Amano Takenori at Osaka Gladiator 032 in September 2025. Amano is a disciple of Masanori Tonoka, a Japanese karate legend and mixed martial arts opponent of Chu Sung-hoon. Photo =GLADIATOR
Kim Ji-kyung will compete with ‘Pharmacist Fighter’ Amano Takenori. He left Gongsu (Karate), which he had sold out since childhood to become a pharmacist, and returned when his income stabilized. After going through a stand-up batter, he switched to a mixed martial arts in 2024.
Amano Takenori is also noted as a disciple of Karate legend Masanori Tonoka, who won six Japanese championships. Donooka also faced Choo Sung-hoon (Japanese name Yoshihiro Akiyama), an Asian Games judo gold medalist and recently a broadcaster, in 2008 in mixed martial arts.
Park Hwa-rang fights Keigo Iwasaki, who boasts an unbeaten record. Iwasaki won four gladiators and one war dog. A matchup was made with Gubo Kenta, a former MMA big league RIZIN, and then changed to Park Hwa-rang.
사진 확대 Park Hwa-rang, who experienced the KMMA flyweight challenger match, will compete against Keigo Iwasaki, a winning fighter, at the Osaka Gladiator 032 in September 2025. Iwasaki is undefeated in five consecutive games since his debut, including amateur players. Photo =GLADIATOR
KMMA is a mixed martial arts organization created by UFC commentator Kim Dae-hwan and former UFC, Road FC, and Spider Jiu-Jitsu commentator Jung Yong-joon. It has been holding monthly competitions since October 2022 so that it can gain experience as much as overseas on the domestic amateur stage.
The “Popeye Union Member KMMA Fighter Agency” does not receive fees from players and covers all operating funds with support from sponsors including Popeye Union Member from the main sponsor.
If you enter a major Japanese organization such as RIZIN or K-1, you will receive 10% of the fee and bonuses to foster KMMA players.
Popeye will help Kwon Ji-hoo, Kim Ji-kyung, and Park Hwa-rang, who belong to the KMMA Fighter Agency, participate in Gladiators 32. Chairman Kim Sung-bae said, “We will support Korea to promote and play an active role in mixed martial arts to the world.”
Dozens of KMMA fighter agents, including RIZIN Shim Yu-ri, ACF Moon Hong-beom (Japan), Black Kombat Nam Ui-cheol Choi Soon-tae, ZFN Choi Chan-woo, and Road FC Kim Ki-hwan, are actively participating in domestic and international competitions.
KMMA is provided with support from the main sponsor Popeye and OPMT, Manjane, Mountain Miseong Pork Soup, FILA Dongseongro Branch, Hands Coffee Daegu Downtown Branch, Dongseongro Cartoon Cafe Golbang, Kingdom Jiu-Ji-Ji-Ji, head of the Dojang Insurance Team, Vitalmu Love Jiu-Ji-Bok, Menpower Urology Department, Advide, Final Flash, Chador, Live On Media, Circle Cookie, Ilmere Dam, and Advide.
Following the “Popeye Union Member KMMA33 Daegu” on September 20, the “Popeye Union Member KMMA34 Daegu” on October 18, and the “Popeye Union Member K Jujitsu Championship 4” and the “Semiang Daegu AA Tournament IV” will be held on November 16.
[Kang Daeho, MK Sports Reporter]