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Check out video highlights from REBEL FC 2: Battle Royale which took place at the turn of the month in Singapore. The running order included the start to the promotion’s inaugural Featherweight championship tournament. In one of the brackets, former WEC champ Miguel Torres (43-7) was looking to p...
From a cancelled tourney bout at the weigh-ins to Miguel Torres’ trademark deadpan stare, there was a transcendent energy in the atmosphere heading into REBEL FC 2: Battle Royale on Friday night. The special mood that was brimming down in the Suntec Singapore Convention & Exhibition Centre was un...
The semi-final brackets for REBEL FC’s Featherweight tournament are set after Yojiro Uchimura, Will Chope and Miguel Torres took home victories in their respective bouts at the Suntec Convention and Exhibition Centre in Singapore. In the evening’s featured bout, former WEC champ Miguel Torres gar...
Pat Promrangka’s refusal at attempting to make weight forced REBEL FC officials to scratch his scheduled bout with Michael Tobin earlier today. Today’s official fighter weigh-ins took place at the Suntec Singapore Convention & Exhibition Centre, where MMASucka.com was on scene for the evening’s p...
It’s hard to deny that REBEL Fighting Championship’s inaugural installment was one of the more delightful events of the 2013 calendar year. The show in Singapore was very well done, with fascinating match-ups that pleased the masses in attendance. We now move on to the promotion’s second event, t...
In a fighter’s career, there will be a time when he/she faces a downward spiral. Chuck Liddell, Randy Couture and Muhammad Ali are just a few names that will come to mind. They all plunged. They eventually experienced what it was like fighting at the tale end of their careers. And in the case of ...
The transition from Judo to Mixed Martial Arts can be a hard one but for Australia’s rising Featherweight star, Michael Tobin (8-0), he was habituated on becoming the best fighter he could possibly be. Before, not a day went by without the former Roshambo champ slapping on his Judo Gi. But what s...
The second event of REBEL Fighting Championship has been set. REBEL FC 2: Battle Royale will showcase a four-fight main card and six fights on the prelims. A 145-lbs tournament will be highlighted at the top of the running order, with 8 men vying for the opportunity to be crowned the promotion’s ...
With REBEL Fighting Championship’s second installment just around the corner, longtime Asian MMA staple Will Chope (19-7) will be looking to bounce back from consecutive losses for just the second time in his career come fight night. Chope is set to embark on an 8-man tournament, as he sets his s...
After announcing all eight competitors, REBEL Fighting Championship officials today unveiled the brackets for the opening round of its 145-pound championship tourney set for REBEL FC 2: Battle Royale later this year. The first round of match-ups will be held on August 1st, with the subsequent rou...
Following an impressive debut event in December 2013, REBEL Fighting Championship is going big with its second numbered installment in August later this year. Officials confirmed yesterday with MMASucka.com that an eight-man Featherweight knockout-style championship tournament is set to commence ...
There are always young, up-and-coming fighters to watch around the world. Unfortunately most mixed martial arts fans don’t get to know these diamonds in the rough unless they are in the UFC. Or in North America, for that matter. That is where MMASucka.com decided to get involved to bring you this...
After months of anticipation and waiting, Rebel Fighting Championship got its first event underway on December 21st at the Singapore Indoor Stadium. Titled “Into the Lion’s Den”, the event consisted of both Amateur and Professional MMA match-ups, with the promotion accentuating its focus on groom...
The 21-year-old is set to contest on home turf for the very first time, after appearances in DARE and PXC on foreign soil. Labelled as Singapore’s top Mixed Martial Arts fighter, Syafiq “The Slasher” Samad’s (2-0) decision to get into Martial Arts has been well documented. A ganged slashing incid...
Fighters beware, we’ve got a slugger on the lose. And he’s not going to go easy on anyone. For years, Phuket Top Team’s “Ruthless” Rob Lisita (12-5) has treated fans and neutrals alike to exciting scraps because of his belligerent diction. The former Legend FC vet’s style has garnered fans all ov...
In less than a month, Japan’s Takeshi “Lion” Inoue (21-8) fights for Singapore-based Rebel Fighting Championship, in a headlining 145-lbs tilt against top Australian phenom, “Ruthless” Rob Lisita (12-5). Having faced the likes of Cole Miller, Caol Uno and Hatsu Hioki among others, there’s always ...