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His name may be hard to pronounce and may seem cool to many but this unbeaten prospect is just the 2nd competitor from China to have inked a deal with the world’s biggest MMA promotion – the UFC. Reports have confirmed that unbeaten Chinese prospect Jumabieke Tuerxun (14-0) is now set to compete ...
Press Release: Tuesday, 5th February 2013 HOHHOT, China – It was fantastic finishes all around at the 2013 RUFF Super Fight, as Wang Guan, Irshaad Sayed, Zhang MeiXuan, Rodrigo Caporal, and Zhao ZiLong walked away with China’s first MMA national championship belts and 1-million RMB a piece in pri...
Press Release: February 2nd 2013 RUFF Super Fight Results February 2, 2013 Inner Mongolia Indoor Stadium Hohhot, Inner Mongolia, China Zhao ZiLong def. Li JiXiang via Submission (Armbar) at 0:47s of Round 1 (RUFF Light Heavyweight Championship) Rodrigo Caporal def. Wu HaoTian via tapout (Armbar) ...
Press Release: Thursday, 17th January 2013 With the RUFF 2013 RMB 1,000,000 Super Fight just a little more than two weeks away, the ten hopefuls contending to become China’s first MMA national champions have increased the intensity of their training regimens, upping their preparations to battle f...
Press Release: January 5th 2013 In August 2011, RUFF (Ranik Ultimate Fighting Federation) promoted its debut event RUFF: Genesis, ushering in a new era of MMA in China. While the promotion’s initial roster included a handful of Chinese MMA veterans, RUFF built its foundation on a commitment to he...
Press Release: Wednesday, January 2nd 2013 After seven events in four cities, the Ranik Ultimate Fighting Federation is now set to crown China’s first MMA national champions in five different weight classes at the 2013 RMB 1,000,000 Super Fight, on February 2 at Hohhot’s Inner Mongolia Indoor Sta...
Press Release: Monday, 24th December 2012 NANJING, China – With the four final spots in the 2013 RMB 1,000,000 Super Fight up for grabs, flyweight Zhang MeiXuan delivered his most impressive performance to date in the RUFF 7 MMA H.E.A.T. main event, armbarring opponent Shang ZhiFa at 4:21 of the ...
The Ranik Ultimate Fighting Federation, RUFF for short, held its 7th event this past Saturday at the ZiFeng Tower situated in Nanjing, Jiangsu, China. Plans to host the event at the WuTaiShan Stadium were scrapped, after the venue was deemed ‘unfit’ by officials. No changes, however, were made to...
Press Release – Friday, 21 December 2012 All ten fighters on the RUFF 7 main card, including all eight contestants in the flyweight, featherweight, lightweight, and light heavyweight title eliminators, easily made weight ahead of the promotion’s first event in Nanjing, although the weigh in was n...
Press Release: Tuesday, 18th December 2012 With the four final berths in the 2013 RMB 1,000,000 Super Fight up for grabs at RUFF 7 on December 22, 2012, previously-announced Super Fight qualifiers Wang Guan, Liu PingYuan, Rodrigo Caporal and Li JiXiang are eyeing up the competition as they await ...
Press Release – Monday, 26th November 2012 The Ranik Ultimate Fighting Federation (RUFF) has released the official fight card for the upcoming RUFF 7, set for December 22, 2012 at Wutaishan Indoor Stadium in Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, China. RUFF 7, which will be headlined by the flyweight elimin...
Press Release – Monday, 26th November 2012 The long-awaited reality documentary series RUFF Journey will make its network television debut on Tuesday, November 27, bringing RUFF, its fighters, and Chinese MMA into homes across China on weekly basis. An in depth look at the lives of some of China’...
Press Release – Friday, 23rd November 2012 Never before has so much been on the line for RUFF flyweights Zhang MeiXuan and Shang ZhiFa. So when these fighters enter the RUFF cage on December 22 for the RUFF 7 main event at Nanjing’s Wutaishan Indoor Stadium, it is certain to be an all-out battle ...
Press Release: Thursday, November 15th 2012 With four places in the 2013 RMB 1,000,000 Super Fightstill up for grabs, the Ranik Ultimate Fighting Federation (RUFF) is heading to WuTaiShan Stadium in Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, China on Saturday, December 22, for RUFF 7. The final event before the ...
The Ultimate Fighting Championship, the world’s largest platform for mixed martial artists, is set to invade Macao, China for the very first time. The event will headlined by former UFC Middleweight Champion Rich Franklin, and former Strikeforce 185-lbs title holder Cung Le. The main card for UFC...
Press Release: Monday – 5th November 2012 HOHHOT, China – It was a night of Brazilian Jiu Jitsu atRUFF 6, as 7 of 11 fights ended via submission, 5 within the first round. Lightweight Rodrigo Caporal stormed out of the gates in the MMA H.E.A.T. Main Event, taking opponent Arthit Hanchana straight...