{"id":366575,"date":"2025-12-23T11:42:15","date_gmt":"2025-12-23T11:42:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/366575\/"},"modified":"2025-12-23T11:42:15","modified_gmt":"2025-12-23T11:42:15","slug":"high-school-girls-mixed-martial-arts-fighter-jung-min-ji-team-geum-cheon-won-the-first-kmma-women","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/366575\/","title":{"rendered":"High school girls’ mixed martial arts fighter Jung Min-ji (Team Geum-cheon) won the first KMMA women.."},"content":{"rendered":"

In the second round, Oh Jeong-eun defeated by unanimous decision
Road FC Kim Young-hoon KMMA light heavyweight champion
Im Yoo-hong defeated the new protagonist of the KMMA featherweight throne
Flyweight champion Moon Soon-soo defeated the Japanese challenger
Hwang Joon-ho Choi Soon-tae Kwon Ji-hoo Lee Young-woong, Hall of Fame <\/p>\n

High school girls’ mixed martial arts fighter Jung Min-ji (Team Geum-cheon) won the first KMMA women’s flyweight title.<\/p>\n

At KMMA Popeye Arena in Jung-gu, Daegu, the “Popeye Union Member KMMA36 Daegu” was held on Saturday, December 20. Jung Min-ji won the women’s flyweight championship match against Oh Jung-eun (Young-jim).<\/p>\n

\"Kim \uc0ac\uc9c4 \ud655\ub300 Kim Sung-bae, chairman of the main sponsor Popeye Union, is presenting Jung Min-ji, who was crowned the first KMMA women’s flyweight champion. Photo = Standard & Progress Sports Agency <\/p>\n

It is a rematch held on November 22nd after the title match was drawn after a close game. Jung Min-ji defeated KMMA women’s superstar class champion Oh Jung-eun’s bid for two weight class titles. The birth of the KMMA’s first double title has been postponed to the next time.<\/p>\n

Jeong Min-ji, the first KMMA women’s flyweight champion, said, “It wasn’t a satisfactory game for myself. We will continue to do our best to become stronger,” he said, vowing to develop.<\/p>\n

\"Jung \uc0ac\uc9c4 \ud655\ub300 Jung Min-ji is giving a strong kick to Oh Jung-eun, the women’s superstar class champion, in the first KMMA women’s flyweight title match. Photo = Standard & Progress Sports Agency <\/p>\n

KMMA is a mixed martial arts organization created by UFC commentator Kim Dae-hwan and former UFC, Road FC, ONE, and Spider Jiu-Jitsu commentator Jung Yong-joon. In order to provide an environment comparable to that of overseas to Korean amateur athletes, live competitions have been held every month since October 2022.<\/p>\n

For safety reasons, the “Popeye Union Member KMMA36 Daegu” was broadcast live on KMMA’s own YouTube channel as well as 920,000 “Chador” and 580,000 “Yang Director TV,” showing high accessibility.<\/p>\n

Road FC player Kim Young-hoon (Kim Dae-hwan MMA), who won the SBS entertainment program “Pure Fighter,” surrendered Son Beom-seok (Kyungsung University Team Mad) with a choke submission in the first round to win the KMMA light heavyweight title, which was empty.<\/p>\n

Lim Yoo-hong (Shield MMA) beat Kim Ji-hoo (MMA Factory Main Hall) by unanimous decision in the KMMA featherweight title match, which was held as a championship match because it was also vacant.<\/p>\n

\"KMMA \uc0ac\uc9c4 \ud655\ub300 KMMA flyweight champion Moon Soon-soo is giving challenger Mao Takada a powerful left-footed kick. The match between the two was also part of a 4:4 match between Korea and Japan between KMMA and Ishitsuna. Photo = Standard & Progress Sports Agency <\/p>\n

KMMA flyweight champion Moon Soon-soo (Young Jim) played high-quality wrestling and ground battles with challenger Mao Takada (Japan’s Ishitsuna MMA) and succeeded in defending the title with a TKO in the second round.<\/p>\n

Ishitsuna MMA’ is a training team that fostered Tokitaka Nakanishi and others who advanced to the semi-finals of Road to UFC season 3 bantamweight in 2024. RTU is an Asian talent discovery project in which tournament winners are eligible for UFC regular contracts.<\/p>\n

Kim Sung-bae, chairman of the Popeye Association and CEO of the KMMA Fighter Agency, and Song Min-jae, CEO of the KMMA Main Sponsor, invited Japan’s Ishitsuna MMA to the competition to help Korean players gain more experience.<\/p>\n

KMMA: Ishitsu or Korea-Japan match ended with 2 wins and 2 losses. Choi Hyun-soo (AOM) beat Eito Hasegawa on a submission, but Park Hwa-rang (Kingdom Hogye) gave Keigo Matsumoto the bantamweight title challenge with a decision loss. Kim Joo-pyo (Haeundae Team Mad) suffered a submission loss to Shohei Iguchi (Ishitsuna MMA).<\/p>\n

Kim Sung-bae, president of Popeye Association and CEO of the KMMA Fighter Agency, said, “It was an honor to see the passionate performance of amateur top-level players from Korea and Japan. We will continue to provide support to provide more experience in Korea to enter global organizations,” he said.<\/p>\n

\"Choi \uc0ac\uc9c4 \ud655\ub300 Choi Soon-tae, Hwang Joon-ho, Lee Young-woong, Kwon Ji-hoo, the “Popeye Union Member KMMA Hall of Fame” was inducted. I received a commemorative belt symbolizing a hot heart and fierce waves. On the left is Kim Sung-bae, chairman of the Popeye Coalition, and on the right is Kim Dae-hwan, CEO of KMMA. Photo = Standard & Progress Sports Agency <\/p>\n

In commemoration of the 3rd anniversary of the KMMA, an induction ceremony for the “Popeye Union Member KMMA Hall of Fame” was also held. \u25b2 Hwang Joon-ho (Blacklist MMA) \u25b2 Choi Soon-tae (Kim Dae-hwan MMA) \u25b2 Kwon Ji-hoo (Team Mad Main Hall) \u25b2 Lee Young-woong (Kwang Jim Main Hall), a former KMMA champion, received a commemorative belt.<\/p>\n

\u25b3’Finisher’ Hwang Joon-ho has won 5 games and lost 2 \u25b3’Captain Hero’ Lee Young-woong has won 4 games in a row \u25b3’Vanguard’ Choi Soon-tae has won 3 games and lost 1 \u25b3Kwon Ji-hoo is showing off his KMMA champion skills even after entering the professional league with 2 consecutive wins since his debut in Japan.<\/p>\n

Kim Dae-hwan, CEO of KMMA, said, “I ran nonstop every month to provide opportunities for amateur fighters. In 2026, we will continue to make small developments with CEO Chung Yong-joon and CEO Kim Sung-bae to support Korean players to stand on the top international stage,” he promised.<\/p>\n

The schedule for the next KMMA MMA MMA MMA and Grappling Competition is ‘Popey Union Member KMMA37 Daegu’ on January 17, 2026 and ‘Popey Union Member K Jujitsu Championship 5’ on the 25th.<\/p>\n

KMMA is provided with support from the main sponsor Popeye, Manjane, Mountain Miseong Pork Soup, Semiangdaegu, OPMT, Dongseong-ro Cartoon Cafe Golbang, Menpower Urology, Vitalmouae Jiujitsu Dobo, Kim Yong Team Leader of Samsung Life Insurance Consulting Business Division, Kingdom Joo Ji-soo, Shin Jae-young Team Leader of Dojang Insurance, Advide, Ilmere Dam, Circle Cookie, Fight Exploration Life, Final Flash, Live-on-Media, and Chador.<\/p>\n

[Kang Daeho, MK Sports Reporter]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"In the second round, Oh Jeong-eun defeated by unanimous decisionRoad FC Kim Young-hoon KMMA light heavyweight championIm Yoo-hong…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":366576,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[570],"tags":[64,63,786,785,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-366575","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mma","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-fighting","11":"tag-mma","12":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/366575","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=366575"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/366575\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/366576"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=366575"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=366575"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=366575"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}