Gabi Garcia vs. Veronika Futina, ROAD FC 47

ROAD Fighting Championship has announced a womens openweight bout for ROAD FC 47, set to take place at the Cadillac Arena in Beijing on May 12. RIZIN sensation Gabi Garcia is set to face Russias Veronika Futina in an openweight bout. Garcia will be looking to turn around a disappointing 2017, after two of her bouts ended in nocontests and her match with 53yearold Shinobu Kandori on RIZINs 29 December card was cancelled after Garcia missed weight by 26 pounds. Futina trains at the Gladiator Fight Team with Garcias former opponents Oxana Gagloeva and Anna Maliukova. The 31yearold is a HandToHand Combat Champion who has won the Russia Championship four times, the last being in 2017 and the World Championship twice. She has pursued martial arts since her childhood including judo and boxing. ROAD FC 47 is shaping up as a strong card for the Korean promotion and will see the launch of the 2018 Openweight Grand Prix. French Kickboxing legend Jerome Le Banner will face Chinas behemoth Sanda champ