{"id":539221,"date":"2026-03-14T04:22:11","date_gmt":"2026-03-14T04:22:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/539221\/"},"modified":"2026-03-14T04:22:11","modified_gmt":"2026-03-14T04:22:11","slug":"lee-isaac-26-ktt-will-advance-to-the-worlds-best-mixed-martial-arts-mma-stage-the-korean-top-t","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/539221\/","title":{"rendered":"Lee Isaac (26, KTT) will advance to the world&#8217;s best mixed martial arts (MMA) stage.The Korean Top T.."},"content":{"rendered":"<p refid=\"1\">Lee Isaac (26, KTT) will advance to the world&#8217;s best mixed martial arts (MMA) stage.<\/p>\n<p refid=\"2\">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.<\/p>\n<p refid=\"3\">Lee Isaac will become the fourth UFC heavyweight in Korea after \u25b22011 bucket (42, middleweight) \u25b2 2019 Jung-down (33, light heavyweight 93kg) \u25b2 2019 Park Joon-yong (35, middleweight) \u25b2 Korea&#8217;s fourth UFC heavyweight. All of Park Joon-yong and Lee Isaac, who are from Yangdong Jung-down, are from KTT.<\/p>\n<p>            <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/news-p.v1.20251022.0df1485268794edba3fcc626dfa8043f_P1.png\" orgwidth=\"660\" orgheight=\"880\" alt=\"Korean Top Team's mixed martial arts middleweight Lee Isaac will enter the UFC. \uc0ac\uc9c4=PROGRESS\u5b9f\u884c\u59d4\u54e1\u4f1a\"\/>                      \uc0ac\uc9c4 \ud655\ub300                Korean Top Team&#8217;s mixed martial arts middleweight Lee Isaac will enter the UFC. \uc0ac\uc9c4=PROGRESS\u5b9f\u884c\u59d4\u54e1\u4f1a      <\/p>\n<p refid=\"5\">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&#8217;s middleweight division, in 30 seconds.<\/p>\n<p refid=\"6\">Daichi Mikami \u25b2 won the 7th K-1 Amateur Japan Championship Challenge +75kg Tournament \u25b2 One win for Rise (Japan), one of the world&#8217;s top three kickboxing organizations \u25b2 A disciple of Okami Yushin (45, Japan), a former UFC middleweight title challenger, but failed to stop Lee Isaac.<\/p>\n<p refid=\"7\">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.<\/p>\n<p>Korea&#8217;s UFC fighter after the COVID-19 pandemic<\/p>\n<p refid=\"8\">Korea&#8217;s No. 19 Park Hyun-sung (flyweight) December 2023<\/p>\n<p refid=\"9\">Korea&#8217;s No. 20 Lee Jung-young (feather class) February 2024<\/p>\n<p refid=\"10\">Korea&#8217;s 21st Yoo Soo-young (bantamweight) March 2025<\/p>\n<p refid=\"11\">No. 22 of Korea, Lee Chang-ho (bantam grade) April 2025<\/p>\n<p refid=\"12\">Korea&#8217;s 23rd Yuju Award (feather class) June 2025<\/p>\n<p refid=\"13\">Korea&#8217;s No. 24 Ko Seok-hyun (Welter Class) June 2025<\/p>\n<p refid=\"14\">No. 25 (planned) Choi Dong-hoon (flyweight)<\/p>\n<p refid=\"15\">No. 26 (scheduled) Lee Isaac (middle class)<\/p>\n<p>Korea&#8217;s UFC heavyweight fighter<\/p>\n<p refid=\"16\">2011 Bucket (Middle Class)<\/p>\n<p refid=\"17\">2019 Jungdown (Light Heavyweight)<\/p>\n<p refid=\"18\">2019 Park Jun Yong (middle class)<\/p>\n<p refid=\"19\">2026 Lee Isaac (middle class)<\/p>\n<p>Key Experience in Interest Speculative Stocks<\/p>\n<p refid=\"20\"># induction<\/p>\n<p refid=\"21\">2 Nationals + 90kg bronze medals<\/p>\n<p refid=\"22\"># mixed martial arts<\/p>\n<p refid=\"23\">2018~ 10 wins and 2 losses<\/p>\n<p refid=\"24\">KO\/TKO 06 wins and 1 loss<\/p>\n<p refid=\"25\">Submission 03 wins and 1 loss<\/p>\n<p refid=\"26\">professional 8 wins and 1 loss<\/p>\n<p refid=\"27\">I think it&#8217;s 2 wins and 1 loss<\/p>\n<p refid=\"28\">[Kang Daeho, MK Sports Reporter]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Lee Isaac (26, KTT) will advance to the world&#8217;s best mixed martial arts (MMA) stage. 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