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Road FC champion suffers stroke, diagnosed as acute cerebral infarction
- Updated: July 27, 2016
Yun-Jun Lee is considered as one of the best fighters coming out of Asia. The South Korean, who has a record of 11-2, is the current Road FC bantamweight champion. He last moved up a division and defeated UFC vet George Roop to extend his winning streak to 9 straight bouts.
Prior to that, he beat featherweight champ Mu Gyeom Choi in a non-title super fight at 145 lbs, essentially cementing himself as the one of the best in two divisions. Everything seemed to be clicking for the promising Korean star, until an unforeseen health issue derailed everything.
About a month back, Lee was at home when he suddenly felt dizzy and started vomiting. Shortly after, he collapsed and eventually woke up in the ICU.
Doctors revealed that Lee suffered a stroke, which was then diagnosed as an acute cerebral infarction. It’s a result of having blockage in the blood vessels supplying blood to the brain, with one out of three cases resulting in death.
“At first I was very scared. I thought, ‘Am I going to die?'” Lee said. “‘What if I can never fight again?’ was also in my mind.”
Lee woke up paralyzed on the right side of his body.
“I could think and I was conscious, but I couldn’t move my …
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