Hyungbin Yoon faces a Japanese fighter before returning to martial arts

Road FC fighters, including comedian Hyungbin Yoon, are heading to Japan.

Hyungbin Yoon will face Japan's Ban Nakamura on the Japanese martial arts YouTube program Breaking Down on the 21st. This is Yoon Hyung-bin's return to martial arts, taking place about 9 years after participating in the 2014 Road FC Tournament.

This match will be between Korea and Japan. Hyungbin Yoon, who has experience playing for Road FC, will compete in a martial arts match with Ban Nakamura. Park Hyeong-geun, a confident fighter who competed in 'Physical 100', will face Jolie, and 'former Yakuza' Kim Jae-hoon will face Nokon Terada.

Ahead of the match, Yoon Hyung-bin held a ceremony with Park Hyung-geun, Kim Jae-hoon, and Road FC Chairman Jeong Moon-hong.

Hyungbin Yoon said, “I think I will just beat (the opponent). However, the (Japanese) players have experience by playing in several breaking down matches. “I think we can win if we just pay attention to that,” he said, showing confidence.

Breaking Down is so popular in Japan that it has accumulated 30 million views. The match between Korea and Japan also became a hot topic in Japan as a physical fight broke out when the players first met each other. In particular, the fight escalated as Kim Jae-hoon was hit twice by water sprayed by his opponent.

Kim Jae-hoon said, “There is no threatening opponent (in Japan). I think Korea will win by a landslide. (At Road FC) I want to work with actor Geum Gwang-san. “Brother Gwangsan kept provoking me to fight under boxing rules,” he said, adding that he was more interested in a fight with actor Geum Gwangsan than a fight with a Japanese fighter.

Additionally, with this match as an opportunity, there is talk of a rivalry between Road FC and Japan's largest martial arts group Raijin FF. Mikuru Asakura, who is producing Breaking Down under Raijin FF, became interested.

Regarding this, Park Hyeong-geun said, “When Mikuru Asakura was a player for Road FC, I had several contacts with him. He said on his YouTube channel that the Korean players are too strong and that he would like to have a Road FC match at the end of the year with a mix of Raijin FF and Breaking Down members. “I also have a reason to compete (with Mikuru Asakura),” he said.

Road FC fighters, including Hyungbin Yoon, can watch their away game in Japan on the Breaking Down YouTube channel on the 21st.

Ten Asia Reporter Kim Seo-yoon seogugu@tenasia.co.kr