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Submission ace Mark Striegl (13-1) was a Featherweight for years but after opting to fight at 135-lbs in last week’s submission victory over Kaiwhare-Kara France at the MIMMA 2 Finals, he’s certain that’s where his future will be. On the heels of a long layoff, Striegl admitted he contemplated a ...
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 […]
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...
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...