As Ologun seemed to refuse to defend, the referee stopped the match in just 16 seconds with a win for the Korean. However, reportedly due to a benign tumor on his pituitary gland , Choi was denied his California fighter's license on May 23, , putting Dynamite!! USA's main event in jeopardy only 10 days before its scheduled occurrence.
Choi was replaced in the fight by fellow Korean fighter Kim Min-soo. Choi opened the fight landing on top of Fedor during a takedown attempt, after which the Russian attempted an armbar from the bottom to no avail. The sequence repeated itself, only the second time Fedor showed the difference in experience and locked the armbar, forcing Choi to tap at Choi fought again in Dynamite!!
The fight was longer, as Cro Cop, a fellow K-1 specialist, found difficult to strike against the larger Choi. He did land multiple low kicks through the round, which eventually caused enough damage for the fight to be stopped in a KO for Cro Cop. Choi's next MMA match would be for the Dream promotion. Choi beat Canseco in 1 minute 17 seconds. The Korean advanced to the semi-finals at Dream 11 and was pitted against Ikuhisa Minowa , a Japanese fighter familiar with large differences in size.
Minowa resorted to creative takedown and guard pulls to bring the match to the mat, but Choi used his size and strength to shut down his gameplan. Eventually Minowa pinned Choi in side control and landed knee strikes , which the Korean answered to by landing some ground and pound later through Minowa's guard. At the next round, however, Minowa took Choi down and immediately locked a heel hook , making Choi submit. Choi was expected to participate in Dream 14 , which was supposed to have taken place in Seoul, South Korea.
But many factors, including the issue that many top Korean stars such as Denis Kang and him Choi were not available in April, contributed to the event being canceled.
In July , after 5 years and 9 months of inactivity in combat sport, he gave his comeback against Brazilian fighter Carlos Toyota, weighing kg lb , the lowest to this day.
He lost via knockout in the first round multiple punches to face and jaw. Toyota was the second fighter besides Mighty Mo who knocked out Choi with head punches. In April , he fought the "Chinese" Aorigele, whom he defeated by knockout in round one.
He was weighing kg lb. In April , Choi joined the Korean army for his 21 months military service. After failing two medical tests, he was relieved from his military duty. The main reason was a problem with the sight in his left eye, which was the result of a brain tumor. On June 9, the tumor was finally removed through surgery. He also made a rap single featuring vocals by the model Kang Soo Hee.
In , he made his movie debut in the Japanese film Goemon. He has some Tattoos. Who is Choi Hong-man dating? Relationships Record : We have no records of past relationships for Choi Hong-man. You may help us to build the dating records for Choi Hong-man!
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He won his second fight in a two round unanimous decision. His third fight was against Tim Sylvia, where he lost via submission due to punches in the second round. In his fourth fight, he got back to his winning ways and submitted Butterbean with punches in the first round in Akebono is a former sumo wrestler, MMA fighter and kickboxer. Akebono is 6'8'' and weighs pounds. Silva is a former pro wrestler and former mixed martial artist.. He is 7'2'' and pounds. He is huge. He also made a rap single featuring vocals by the model Kang Soo Hee.
In , he made his movie debut in the Japanese film Goemon. On March 4, , he was knocked out for the first time in his career. Mighty Mo landed his trademark overhand right to the chin and Choi was not able to stand up again. In this fight he weighed Choi was announced by Jimmy Lennon Jr. However, reportedly due to a benign tumor on his pituitary gland, Choi was denied his California fighter's license on May 23, , putting Dynamite!!
USA's main event in jeopardy only 10 days before its scheduled occurrence. Choi was replaced in the fight by fellow Korean fighter Kim Min-soo.
The fight was unique due to the enormous size and weight of both fighters Schilt 2. Choi won the fight by decision, but it was a disputed win. After the fight, Le Banner said: "He is dangerous, his knees are already almost at the level of my head, he's not human!
But he's a good guy and I like him, he's very tough, maybe the strongest guy in K-1, and he has hard bones -- when I kicked him, it hurt my leg! I'm sure with more experience, in two years no one will be able to knock him out! On August 5. He weighed Notable on this fight was his stance. Since his K-1 debut in , he has fought using an orthodox stance.
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