CHARLOTTE – Ji Yeon Kim was, understandably, happy about beating fellow flyweight Justine Kish on Saturday. After all, it’s not every day that a fighter gets to pick up her first UFC win, let alone a win against a tough opponent like Kish (6-2 MMA, 2-2 UFC), who was fighting in her own backyard at UFC on FOX 27. Kim (7-1-2 MMA, 1-1 UFC) had to make the particularly long journey from her own home in South Korea. “It was my first time coming to the (U.S.),” Kim told MMAjunkie via an interpreter after the preliminary-card bout, which aired live on FS1 from Spectrum Center in Charlotte, N.C.
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After first UFC win, Ji Yeon Kim now hopes for fight closer to Korea – MMA Junkie