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On August 31st, Asia’s premier Mixed Martial Arts promotion will head to Manilla, Philippines for the first time to host an event that’s titled ‘Pride of a Nation’. This will be ONE Fighting Championship’s 5th event, following successes in Malaysia, Indonesia and Singapore. The Singapore-based pr...
Press Release – Legend closes out the summer with Legend Fighting Championship 10 at Hong Kong’s AsiaWorld-Expo on Friday, August 24! Legend’s landmark tenth event features two Asia-Pacific championship fights. Japanese knockout artist Yusuke Kawanago puts the Legend Featherweight Title on the li...
A reality show that’s vastly similar to the UFC’s ‘The Ultimate Fighter’, India’s Super Fight League aired its first inaugural SFL Challengers episode on August 5th. The show follows a group of MMA fighters, as they all compete with one another in an elimination-style format, where their lives, p...
A reality show that’s vastly similar to the UFC’s ‘The Ultimate Fighter’, India’s Super Fight League aired its first inaugural SFL Challengers episode on August 5th. The show follows a group of MMA fighters, as they all compete with one another in an elimination-style format, where their lives, p...
Popular Japanese fighter Minowaman (53-34-8) has been booked in a Catchweight Superfight tilt with South-Korean, Yuk Jin Soo (9-2), for the upcoming ROAD FC 009: Beatdown event which is set to go down on September 15th. The South Korean-based promotion made the announcement through its official ...
Full Contact Championship, an MMA promotion that’s based in India, recently held its 6th event on June 30th at the Famous Studios in Mumbai, India. Along with the Super Fight League, FCC is one of the premier Mixed Martial Arts organizations in India. It was founded by Prashant Kumar, a martial a...
Nobody knew how the UFC was going to be received in the land of the rising sun when UFC 144 went down at the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan. Since the glory days and the eventual collapse of Pride FC, many have said the sport was dead and buried. Just over 20,000 hardcore Japanese […]
There are some events that hold a different level of importance than your average event, you won’t be able to tell the story of the Ultimate Fighting Championship without the first UFC tournament or the first appearance on FOX, the inaugural Grand Prix Pride held in 2000 is one of those events. A...
Japan has some of the richest traditions in combat sports. Between kickboxing and mixed martial arts alone countless unforgettable moments have taken place in the land of the rising sun. During this series I will be documenting the history of the sport. When I left off last I spoke of the infamou...
The UFC held a conference call today (Feb.14) for the media in anticipation of next Saturday’s UFC 144 (Feb.25) event in Japan. UFC 144 goes down at the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan. The conference call had main event fighters Ben Henderson and UFC lightweight champion Frankie Edgar, as ...
Yoshihiro Akiyama will make his welterweight debut against former number one contender Jake Shields. UFC officials announced the new bout on Monday morning. This fight is the second to be announced for the UFC’s return to Japan in February for UF C 144.
Earlier this week it was speculated that the UFC would hold two events on the same day in February. Following last nights UFC on Versus 6 Post-Fight Press Conference, Dana White cleared this up for the media.
Last month the UFC made it’s return to Brazil for UFC 134. Yesterday via their twitter account they announced that they will make their long anticipated return Japan. The event is expected to be held at the Saitama Super Arena on February 26,2012.