{"id":206192,"date":"2016-10-05T08:14:19","date_gmt":"2016-10-05T15:14:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=206192"},"modified":"2016-10-05T08:14:19","modified_gmt":"2016-10-05T15:14:19","slug":"south-koreas-road-fc-hosts-32-man-lightweight-tournament-invites-jose-aldo-compete-1m-prize","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/jose-aldo\/south-koreas-road-fc-hosts-32-man-lightweight-tournament-invites-jose-aldo-compete-1m-prize\/","title":{"rendered":"South Korea&#8217;s Road FC Hosts 32-Man Lightweight Tournament, Invites Jose Aldo to Compete for $1M Prize"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Last Saturday, South Korean promotion <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/george-roop\/video-ufc-veteran-george-roop-suffers-brutal-injury-at-road-fc\/\">Road FC<\/a> announced that they&#8217;ll be hosting a 32-man lightweight <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/video-mighty-mo-brutally-kos-hong-man-choi\/\">tournament<\/a>. According to the burgeoning organization, the winner of this massive tournament will take home a whopping $1,000,000.<\/p>\n<p>According to the folks over at\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bloodyelbow.com\/2016\/10\/5\/13171310\/road-fc-to-have-32-man-lightweight-tournament-with-1-million-prize\" target=\"_blank\">BloodyElbow.com<\/a>, this tournament will kick off in the spring of 2017, and will unfurl over the course of 5 rounds. These 5 rounds will be spread out over the year, and occur not only in South Korea, but also in Japan and China.<\/p>\n<p>In anticipation of this\u00a0massive event, the organization has commenced its search for top lightweight talent with which to fill the tournament brackets. Unsurprisingly, the tournament&#8217;s\u00a0lucrative prize has already garnered interest from a number of top fighters.<\/p>\n<p>The most notable of these fighters is UFC featherweight Tatsuya Kawajiri, who took to Twitter to call the event &#8220;the dream&#8221; (translated by BloodyElbow.com). And while this tournament is likely to attract interest from many other top-flight competitors in the coming days, Road FC is interested in one fighter in particular: former undisputed UFC featherweight champion and current interim champion Jose Aldo.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">ROAD FC $1 million 70kg Tournament! We want Jose Aldo, we want the best fighters to contact us:  RoadFC@RoadFC.com <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/VRgYamnPqv\">pic.twitter.com\/VRgYamnPqv<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; ROAD FC (\ub85c\ub4dcFC) (@ROADFC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ROADFC\/status\/782190447925927937?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 1, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Aldo, of course, is firmly under contract with the UFC. Recently, however, the Brazilian great has expressed interest in <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/jose-aldo\/jose-aldo-requests-release-ufc-wants-retire-move-another-sport\/\">being released from his UFC contract<\/a>, as he is openly <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/jose-aldo\/jose-aldo-disgusted-direction-mma-heading\/\">disgusted with the way the organization has been operating<\/a> \u2013 particularly in the way they&#8217;ve been handling the career of Irish superstar Conor McGregor.<\/p>\n<p>While it&#8217;s extremely unlikely that a star like Aldo is released from his contract to go compete for another organization, his enrolment in Road FC&#8217;s tournament would be massive. He is, after all, one of the greatest fighters of all time.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Jose-Aldo-Frankie-Edgar.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"730\" height=\"380\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-199240\" src=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Jose-Aldo-Frankie-Edgar.png\" alt=\"ufc featherweight interim title fight\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Jose-Aldo-Frankie-Edgar.png 730w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Jose-Aldo-Frankie-Edgar-300x156.png 300w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Jose-Aldo-Frankie-Edgar-585x305.png 585w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Jose-Aldo-Frankie-Edgar-390x203.png 390w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 730px) 100vw, 730px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>At the moment, it&#8217;s unclear which other fighters the South Korean organization has their eyes on, though they are undoubtedly given the free agent list a thorough comb. It does seem likely, however, that the tournament will be populated in large part by South Korean fighters, such as former One Championship titleholder\u00a0Soo Chul Kim and <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/scott-jorgensen\/cut-list-ufc-releases-3-veteran-fighters\/\">recent UFC outcast Yui Chul Nam<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Do you think there&#8217;s any chance the UFC lets Jose Aldo join this tournament? Which free agents would you like to see enrol? Sound off, PENN nation!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last Saturday, South Korean promotion Road FC announced that they&#8217;ll be hosting a 32-man lightweight tournament. According to the burgeoning organization, the winner of this massive tournament will take home a whopping $1,000,000. 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