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With former UFC veteran Yasuhiro Urushitani scrapped from the original championship main event showdown against Shinichi Kojima, Andrew Leone was recently picked as a replacement in a non-title match-up that will see the American headline his first ONE FC event when the Singapore-based promotion ...
As previously mentioned, the 9th installment of India-based Full Contact Championship is set to take place on August 3rd in Mumbai, India, following a 6-month lay-off. FCC founder and head-honcho, Prashant Kumar, confirmed with MMASucka.com on Friday evening that a 7-bout fight card is in place f...
The Asian market has been one that the UFC has always been wanting to delve into and in a press-conference that took place in Beijing, China on Thursday, officials announced that the world’s most famous octagon will be looking to head on over to China and Singapore in 2014. UFC targets fight card...
Following a 6-month hiatus, Full Contact Championship will be hosting its 9th event on August 3rd at the Famous Studios situated in Mahalaxmi, Mumbai, India. The India-based promotion made the announcement through its official Facebook page. Full Contact Championship returns with FCC 9 on August ...
It looks like the inaugural ONE FC Flyweight champion will not be crowned anytime soon. On Friday, SamuraiLife.net brought word of a change in the main event of ONE FC’s return to Jakarta, Indonesia on September 13th. A 125-lbs title bout between Yasuhiro Urushitani (20-6-6) and Shinichi Kojima w...
ROAD Fighting Championship held its 12th event this past Saturday, June 22nd, at the Chiak Stadium situated in Wonju, South Korea. The 12th installment was arguably the promotion’s biggest, with a fight card that featured the likes of Bae Myung Ho, Michihiro Omigawa and Bae Young Kwon. In the mai...
Asia has been producing heaps of MMA talents over the past decade or so, with several fighters carrying on to accomplish remarkable feats within the industry. And one such combatant who has been tipped to follow in their footsteps is none other than Phuket Top Team’s Yang Seung Ho (6-0). Tommy Ya...
Having been a staple in the Asian MMA scene since 2001, Japan-based DEEP held its ‘Cage Impact 2013’ event this past Saturday at the Korakuen Hall situated in Tokyo, Japan. The main event saw Doo Ho Choi (11-1) and Shoji Maruyama (12-9-1) excite the audience with their continuous knockdowns as bo...
Some of Malaysia’s up-and-coming Mixed Martial Artists fought this past Saturday night in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on an Amateur fight card that featured multiple title bouts. The Malaysian Invasion Mixed Martial Arts, MIMMA for short, is the biggest Amateur league of any kind in the Asian region, ...
MMA is an evolutionary sport and it has certainly grown by leaps and bounds over the past few years. With the emergence of ONE Fighting Championship and many other regional Mixed Martial Arts promotions, the sport has become a spectacle in these parts, taking the Asian countries by storm to a gre...
After a 6 month hiatus, MMASucka.com’s very own ‘Asian Fighter Watch’ series is back. Eric Kelly and Mark Striegl were fighters that were featured previously and now, ONE Fighting Championship’s Lowen Tynanes (5-0) is the latest combatant to fit the bill. UFC Light Heavyweight champion, Jon Jones...
ONE FC officials have confirmed with MMASucka.com that a Flyweight title tilt pitting former UFC veteran Yasuhiro Urushitani (20-6-6) against Shinichi Kojima (13-5-5) is set to headline the promotion’s return to Indonesia on September 13th. Jakarta’s Istora Senayan is the venue that has been sele...
Syafiq ‘The Slasher’ Samad (2-0) is a name that most fighters and fans will be accustomed to in the near future. He may very well be Singapore’s top professional Mixed Martial Artist. With his debut win over Donald Tong under the DARE banner in September of 2012, the young Singaporean starlet con...
The Super Fight League is set to take a short hiatus, and my oh my did the promotion showcase an awesome final fight card that featured five 1st round finishes. SFL 19 was headlined by heavyweights Jaideep Singh and Alireza Tavakoli (0-2), in a tilt that may have excited MMA fans worldwide due to...
Super Fight League is back tonight for another action packed Friday Fight Nights event. SFL 19 will feature a heavyweight showdown for the ages in the Main Event as 25-year old K-1 fighter Jaideep Singh goes to battle against 33-year old Alireza Tavakoli of Iran. The undefeated Irfan Khan will ta...
The Filipino fighters weren’t the only ones dragged into the limelight once ONE FC 9: Rise to Power had concluded this past Friday night. Former UFC veterans Phil Baroni and Tim Sylvia suffered TKO losses, prompting the need for both these fighters to ponder retirement. While the latter fighter s...