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PXC 35 went down this past Saturday, February 16th, at the Ynares Sports Arena situated in Pasig City, Philippines. This was the Pacific Xtreme Combat’s first event of 2013. In the main event, former Strikeforce veteran Harris Sarmiento defended his Lightweight strap successfully by submitting I...
ROAD Fighting Championship, a Mixed Martial Arts promotion that’s based in South Korea, has announced a Bantamweight Tournament for its upcoming ROAD FC 011 event, which is set to take place on April 13th at the Olympic Hall situated in Seoul, South Korea. The organization made the announcement t...
It has taken less than 2 years for ONE Fighting Championship to establish itself as one of the premier Mixed Martial Arts organizations in the world. And the future certainly looks voluminous for the Singapore-based promotion. I spoke to Victor Cui, the CEO and Founder of ONE Fighting Championshi...
Although the Pacifc Xtreme Combat released its full fight card for PXC 35 about a month ago, a few tweaks and changes have been made to the slated bouts. PXC 35 will be the first event showcased by the promotion in 2013, and is set to go down on February 16th at the Ynares Sports Arena […]
“I fight for passion, not fashion” These were the words that first caught my attention when I met 20-year-old Singaporean MMA starlet, Syafiq Abdul Samad, better known as Syafiq ‘The Slasher’ (1-0 MMA) in my parts. I don’t think it’s wrong for any athlete to fight for a handsome paycheck. But thi...
A Middleweight Championship match-up between reigning champion Lee-Eun Soo and former PRIDE veteran Minowaman has been slated for ROAD Fighting Championship’s first event of 2013. ROAD FC 011 is set to take place on April 13th, at the Olympic Hall situated in Seoul, South Korea. A former Spirit M...
The inaugural ONE Asia MMA Summit took place in June of last year, and featured some of the biggest movers and shakers in the Asian MMA scene. This year, on the 2nd & 3rd of May, the Singapore-based promotion will be having its 2nd invitation-only Asian MMA Summit, that promises to be bigger than...
ONE Fighting Championship kicked off its inaugural Bantamweight Grand Prix in October of last year, and the tournament featured some of the biggest names in both Asian and North American Mixed Martial Arts. Jens Pulver, Kevin Belingon, Thanh Vu and Masakatsu Ueda won their respective bouts in the...
The FCC held it’s first event of 2013 this past Sunday, February 3rd, at the Vagator Beach situated in Goa, India. FCC 8 was showcased as part of the India Bike Week, a 2-day Bike Festival that took place in Goa on the 2nd and 3rd of February. FCC’s founder and head honcho, Prashant Kumar, confi...
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...
The 8th installment of ONE Fighting Championship is set to invade Singapore once again in a little under 8 weeks, and the fight card is already beginning to shape up rather nicely. First reported by the folks at BloodyElbow.com, a Bantamweight tilt pitting Russia’s Yusup Saadulaev (9-2) and Evolv...
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) ...
A Lightweight tilt between Evolve MMA’s Eddie ‘The Magician’ Ng and Muayfit’s Arnaud ‘The Game’ Lepont has been added to the upcoming ONE FC 8: Kings & Champions fight card. As previously reported, this event goes down on April 5th at the Singapore Indoor Stadium situated in Singapore. A Lightwei...
ONE FC 7: Return of Warriors goes went down last night at the Stadium Putra situated in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Not only did the event play host to the first ever Malaysian Featherweight Championship Tournament, but a new Featherweight champion was crowned when Muayfit’s Eric Kelly contested Team...
Press Release: February 1st 2013 01 February 2013 – Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia: ONE Fighting Championship™ (ONE FC) announced today that all but one of the fighters have made weight and are ready for ONE FC: RETURN OF WARRIORS which takes place tomorrow evening at Stadium Putra in Kuala Lumpur, Malay...
Top Malaysian Bantamweight contender Raymond Tan (1-0) has been forced off the ONE FC 7: Return of Warriors fight card, due to an undisclosed reason. The Malaysian, who was originally slated to face Thanh Vu (2-1) in ONE FC’s final Bantamweight Grand Prix Elimination bout, will now be replaced on...