‘Black Combat 13: Summit Battle’ was held at Hwajeong Gymnasium in Seoul on the 28th.
Black Combat’s large numbering event that will mark the end of 2024 is just one day away. According to Black Combat, the 13th numbering competition, ‘Black Combat 13: Summit Showdown’, will be held at Hwajeong Gymnasium in Seoul on Saturday the 28th.
‘Summit Battle’ is an exclusive numbering event held by Black Combat at the 5,000-seat Hwajeong Gymnasium, and the competition has already been successfully held at the Hwajeong Gymnasium in January and September.
Black Combat announced its ambition to dominate the domestic martial arts market through this year-end event. It was predicted that it would be the most spectacular and large-scale competition of all time, and four title matches are already scheduled. Additionally, all 11 matchups are comprised of top domestic players, raising fans’ expectations.
In this competition, we plan to introduce a cheerleading culture that can only be seen in domestic professional sports, providing unique fun to fans. In addition, a famous orchestra team plans to perform the opening and finale performances to enhance the quality of the competition.
Starting with this competition, Black Combat plans to challenge for the top spot in Asia and begin its advance into the world stage. As we have already concluded large-scale sponsorship contracts and partnerships at home and abroad, we can expect Black Combat to be competitive in the global martial arts market in 2025.
The ‘Black Combat 13: Summit Showdown’ competition will be broadcast live for paid Black Combat YouTube members from 2 PM on the 28th, and details can be found on the Black Combat official YouTube channel.
The following is the main bracket of ‘Black Combat 13: Summit Showdown’
△〈Main Event Featherweight〉 ‘Karate’ Takeaki Kinoshita vs ‘Korean Moai’ Min-woo Kim △〈Middleweight Title Match〉 ‘King Kong’ Oil-hak vs ‘White Bear’ Won-jun Choi △〈Lightweight Title Match〉 ‘Jigsaw’ Ki-beom Moon vs ‘Iron’ ‘Spider’ Juri Ohara △〈Bantamweight title match〉 ‘Rock Lee’ Seigo Yamamoto vs ‘Tushin’ Kim Jae-woong △〈Lightweight〉 ‘Tank’ Takahiro Komakine vs ‘Yoon Bang-kwan’ Yoon Ho-young, ‘Captain Korea’ Jeong Han-guk vs ‘Young Boss’ Park Eo-jin, ‘Wild Man’ Lee Do-gyeom vs ‘Sakura’ Hwang Do-yoon △〈Welterweight〉 ‘Yacha’ Choi Jun-seo vs ‘Dongbaek’ Jin Tae-ho △〈-93kg Contract Weight〉 ‘Jjangdol’ Cha Jeong-hwan vs ‘Champ’ Rocky Martinez △〈Featherweight〉 ‘Iron Hip’ Shutaro Miyahira vs ‘Red Hawk’ Ji Hyuk-min △〈Special Match〉 ‘Reaper’ Kim Nam-shin vs ‘Korean Gangster’ Park Won-sik
Choi Yong-seok, Donga.com reporter duck8@donga.com