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Fighters comment on the highly-anticipated tournament that will award its winner a $300,000 grand prize RIZIN FF Heavyweight Tournament Matchups and Fighter Quotes TOKYO, JAPAN (Nov. 30, 2015) –A drawing to determine the tournament brackets and first stage matchups for the RIZIN FIGHTING GRAND-PR...
A huge heavyweight match-up has been announced for RIZIN’s 12/29 event, and it comes in the form of Tsuyoshi Kohsaka vs. James Thompson. The bout was announced by Nobuyuki Sakakibara on Twitter. Tsuyoshi “TK” Kohsaka vs. James Thompson opens 12/29 RIZIN card Kohsaka (26-18-2) has fought a who’s-w...
The Rizin Fighting Federation light heavyweight Grand-Prix continues to fill up with the confirmation that Goran Reljić will represent KSW as well as Teodoras Aukštuolis representing Bushido Lithuania. Goran Reljić and Teodoras Aukštuolis join RIZIN light heavyweight Grand-Prix It was just last...
History was made by ONE FC over the weekend as the promotion held its first ever event in China. Asia is commonly referred to as the birth place for Martial Arts particularly China, with styles such as Kung Fu, Wushu and Sanda among others originating from the county. Friday’s ONE FC card was fil...
The original plan was to host an event in China on October 3. However, injuries sustained by key personnel on the card left ONE FC with little options but to postpone the event near the turn of the year. ONE FC 24: Dynasty of Champions goes down Friday at the Olympic Sports Center Gymnasium in Be...
After linking up with the Evolve MMA fight team a fortnight ago, it seemed certain that the next step in Mark Striegl’s (13-1) surging career would be a contract with ONE Fighting Championship. And well, the deal has transpired. On Thursday, prior to ONE FC 23: Warrior’s Way, Striegl officially a...
ONE Fighting Championship returned to the Mall of Asia Arena in Manila, Philippines this past Friday with arguably its most stacked event yet. ONE FC 23: Warrior’s Way streamed LIVE via online pay-per-view and also featured on FOX Sports 3 for viewers based in Asia. The main event saw the promoti...
Friday’s ONE FC 23 card is complete with ten fights as the promotion lays down its next pit-stop in the Philippines. The main event will see reigning 135-lbs champ Bibiano Fernandes (16-3) put his title on the line against South Korean starlet, Dae Hwan Kim (10-0-1), while the co-featured bout of...
Former UFC fighter Will Chope (21-7) was expected to make quick work of MMA debutant, Matt Pellino (0-1), but the fight didn’t turn out to be as easy as he might have liked. Chope earned a second round submission win over Pellino in the main event of Saturday’s MIMMA 2 Finals card, which took pla...
For Malaysia’s budding prospect Foo Zhen Wei (0-1), Mixed Martial Arts is her passion. Then again, for a fighter who has to have a day job to make ends meet, you might not reckon her entire life is built around that passion – but it actually is. Foo Zhen Wei: In it for passion Wei […]
Australia’s Alex Volkanovski (7-1) had his reasons for walking away from a successful Rugby career. Money wasn’t one of them. You see, the 26-year-old had a couple of MMA fights in his last year in the Rugby league, and after doing well in each of those outings, he realized the feeling of hitting...
A theme of finishes took the spotlight on Friday night as all nine bouts on the ONE FC 21: Roar of Tigers fight card ended in stoppages. The event took place at the Putra Indoor Stadium in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, streaming LIVE on pay-per-view and airing on FOX Sports 2 for viewers based in Asia....
On Friday, ONE Fighting Championship returns with its 21st installment titled ‘Roar of Tigers’. Headlining the event will be “Ruthless” Rob Lisita (14-6) who will square off to face unbeaten Russian phenom, Marat Gafurov (9-0). While there’s no doubt the duo will put on a quite a show, for Lisita...
Later this month, the Malaysian Invasion Mixed Martial Arts (MIMMA) amateur promotion stages the finale of its season two tournament, which will see the 2014 winners lock horns with the champions from last year’s competition. As with season one, however, the finale will also host a couple of prof...
The card for ONE FC’s return to Malaysia is complete with nine fights. ONE FC 21: Roar of Tigers takes place October 17 at the Putra Indoor Stadium in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The entire event streams LIVE on pay-per-view for global MMA viewers. Fans in Asia, meanwhile, can catch the main card act...
While ONE FC and the UFC had their respective installments taking place over the weekend, South Korea’s ROAD Fighting Championship had another stellar event on show in Seoul. ROAD FC 018 went down at the Grand Hilton Convention Centre on August 30. As with ROAD FC 017, the event was streamed LIVE...