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| Carlos Toyota punches Choi Hong-man in a mixed martial arts fight held at Ariake Coliseum in Tokyo, Japan, on Saturday. / Screen capture from afreeca TV |
Korean mixed martial art fighters Choi Hong-man and Lee Ye-ji lost their matches on Saturday.
Choi, 34, lost to Brazil's Carlos Toyota, 43 in an open-weight match at Ariake Coliseum in Tokyo, Japan. Toyota, 190 centimeters tall, knocked out Choi (218 centimeters) 1:19 minutes into the first round.
Choi was reportedly called to the prosecutors' office on Thursday on a charge of swindling 100 million won ($85,000), according to reports before the match. Online website afreeca TV said while broadcasting the fight that Choi had borrowed the money to buy watches for his girlfriend and himself.
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| Lee Ye-ji weighs down on Satoko Shinashi in a mixed martial arts fight held at Ariake Coliseum in Tokyo, Japan, on Saturday. / Screen capture from afreeca TV |
Reports on Sunday said Choi was disturbed by the reports and could not concentrate during the fight.
Lee, 16, a high school student, lost her debut match to Satoko Shinashi, 38. In an atom-weight match at the same venue, Shinashi won on a TKO seven seconds before the end of the fight.
