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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 […]
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...
On March 14th, ONE Fighting Championship hosted its first event of 2014. The event, titled ‘War of Nations’, was held at the Stadium Negara in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Brock Larson vs. Nobutatsu Suzuki for the inaugural Welterweight title was the featured bout of the evening. After a tough first r...
ONE Fighting Championship’s first event of the calendar year is in the books. The event, titled ‘War of Nations’, went down at the Stadium Negara in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on Friday night. For UFC vet and one-time WEC title challenger Brock Larson contested Zst vet Nobutatsu Suzuki for the inaugu...
ONE Fighting Championship showcased its first event of the calendar year with its fourteenth installment, titled ‘War of Nations’, at the Stadium Negara in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on Friday night. As with previous events, the main card streamed LIVE on an online pay-per-view for a price of USD$9.9...
Friday’s ONE FC card in Malaysia has taken a little hit and officials have been forced to make a change. Waqar Umar (3-0) was slated to make his promotional debut on Friday night but visa issues have apparently prevented the Pakistani fighter from making the trip to Kuala, Lumpur. Umar’s camp con...
Pakistan’s Waqar Umar (3-0) has replaced an injured Wes Jaya (2-1) and will now fight Peter Davis (7-3) at 155-lbs at next week’s ONE FC 14: War of Nations event in Malaysia. ONE FC officials recently announced the change-up. Jaya suffered an undisclosed injury and was forced to pull out of the f...
The full fight card is set for ONE FC’s return to Malaysia. ONE FC 14: War of Nations takes place March 14th at the Stadium Negara in Kuala Lumpur. ONE FC 14: War of Nations line-up complete with ten blockbuster match-ups The seven bout main card, which will be highlighted by a Welterweight champ...
Two new contests have been slated for ONE FC’s return to Malaysia this coming March. Former ONE FC Lightweight title-holder Kotetsu Boku (20-9-2) will take on Arnaud Lepont (9-3) in a 155-lbs match-up, while Harris Sarmiento (36-25) will meet Herbert Burns (2-0) at Featherweight. Officials announ...
A blockbuster Welterweight match-up between Kamal Shalorus (pictured) and Eddie Ng is the latest addition to March’s ONE FC 14 card. MMAWeekly.com first announced the bout after confirmation with ONE FC officials. ONE FC 14: War of Nations takes place March 14 at the Stadium Negara in Kuala Lumpu...
ONE Fighting Championship’s first card of 2014 is shaping up rather nicely, now with the latest inclusion of a Flyweight tussle between top promotional contenders Andrew Leone (pictured) and Shinichi Kojima. Flyweights Shinichi Kojima and Andrew Leone to collide at ONE FC 14: War of Nations Offic...
After seven events across Asia in 2013, fans of ONE Fighting Championship are set to be treated to the promotion’s first show of 2014 in March. ONE FC returns to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia for its fourteenth installment, titled ‘War of Nations’, on March 14 at the iconic Stadium Negara. As with prev...
After a rather lackluster start to the main card line-up, circumstances looked rather bleak for ONE FC 12: Warrior Spirit. The event, to begin with, consisted of a rather weak fight card on paper, where most fighters were making their respective promotional debuts and were relatively unheard off....
With Nobutatsu Suzuki left without an opponent, ONE FC officials were forced to scratch their headlining 170-lbs title bout this past Thursday evening, when Portuguese starlet Vitor Pinto (7-0) failed to pass his pre-fight medical. Pinto, stepped in as a replacement for Adam Kayoom (4-1), who ear...