Lee Isaac (26, KTT) will advance to the world’s best mixed martial arts (MMA) stage.
The Korean Top Team announced its contract for the UFC middleweight (84kg) on March 14 (Korea Standard Time). If Choi Dong-hoon (27, Pohang Team Mad) makes his debut as the 25th UFC fighter in Korea on April 5, Lee Isaac will establish himself as the 26th UFC fighter in Korea.
Lee Isaac will become the fourth UFC heavyweight in Korea after ▲2011 bucket (42, middleweight) ▲ 2019 Jung-down (33, light heavyweight 93kg) ▲ 2019 Park Joon-yong (35, middleweight) ▲ Korea’s fourth UFC heavyweight. All of Park Joon-yong and Lee Isaac, who are from Yangdong Jung-down, are from KTT.
사진 확대 Korean Top Team’s mixed martial arts middleweight Lee Isaac will enter the UFC. 사진=PROGRESS実行委員会
Lee Isaac defeated Daichi Mikami (30, Japan) in September 2025 with his bare hands in the third round. 40 days ago, he received a surrender from Mikami, who TKOed Lim Dong-hwan (31, Timstrong), the interim champion of Road FC’s middleweight division, in 30 seconds.
Daichi Mikami ▲ won the 7th K-1 Amateur Japan Championship Challenge +75kg Tournament ▲ One win for Rise (Japan), one of the world’s top three kickboxing organizations ▲ A disciple of Okami Yushin (45, Japan), a former UFC middleweight title challenger, but failed to stop Lee Isaac.
Lee Isaac will play his first MMA big league match at UFC Fight Night 277 in the Macau Special Administrative Region of China on May 30, 2026.
Korea’s UFC fighter after the COVID-19 pandemic
Korea’s No. 19 Park Hyun-sung (flyweight) December 2023
Korea’s No. 20 Lee Jung-young (feather class) February 2024
Korea’s 21st Yoo Soo-young (bantamweight) March 2025
No. 22 of Korea, Lee Chang-ho (bantam grade) April 2025
Korea’s 23rd Yuju Award (feather class) June 2025
Korea’s No. 24 Ko Seok-hyun (Welter Class) June 2025
No. 25 (planned) Choi Dong-hoon (flyweight)
No. 26 (scheduled) Lee Isaac (middle class)
Korea’s UFC heavyweight fighter
2011 Bucket (Middle Class)
2019 Jungdown (Light Heavyweight)
2019 Park Jun Yong (middle class)
2026 Lee Isaac (middle class)
Key Experience in Interest Speculative Stocks
# induction
2 Nationals + 90kg bronze medals
# mixed martial arts
2018~ 10 wins and 2 losses
KO/TKO 06 wins and 1 loss
Submission 03 wins and 1 loss
professional 8 wins and 1 loss
I think it’s 2 wins and 1 loss
[Kang Daeho, MK Sports Reporter]