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MMASucka.com will be on scene and reporting LIVE from tonight’s Rebel FC 1: Into the Lion’s Den event in Singapore. Rebel Fighting Championship was launched in mid-2013, underlining its plans to improve the Mixed Martial Arts scene in Singapore from the grassroots level. The promotion is set to b...
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...
Former UFC vet Marcos Vinicius (20-5-1) makes his first competitive appearance in Asia on Saturday’s Rebel FC 1: Into the Lion’s Den fight card in Singapore. The Brazilian first gained attention for his stint in the inaugural edition of “The Ultimate Fighter: Brazil”, where he was the fifth pick ...
Singapore – MMASucka.com was on scene LIVE at the official fighter weigh-ins for Rebel FC 1: Into the Lion’s Den, where all 24 competitors made weight ahead of Saturday’s fight card. The proceedings took place at a local tourist hot-spot named SCAPE. Rebel FC 1: Into the Lion’s Den Weigh In Resul...
On Saturday night, the recently formed Singapore-based Rebel Fighting Championship (Rebel FC) hosts its inaugural installment at the Singapore Indoor Stadium. The event is set to bring about a line-up filled with pro MMA match-ups on the main card, and Amateur MMA bouts in the prelims. Reminder: ...
Video – Ultimate Beatdown 13: Road to Glory highlights Ultimate Beatdown has been one of the front-runners in Asian Mixed Martial Arts, paving the way for multiple up-and-coming fighters to date in the South-East Asian region. The promotion may not possess the financial facade to go regional but ...
MMASucka.com has confirmed with officials from Rebel Fighting Championship that a replacement has been sought for the injured Cristiano Kaminishi (8-1, 2 NC) , who was scheduled to take on Doo Hwan Kim (5-2) in the main card of the promotion’s inaugural event this weekend. As previously reported,...
A back injury has forced Brazilian Cristiano Kaminishi (8-1, 2 NC) to withdraw from a Light Heavyweight bout with Doo Hwan Kim (5-2), in the main card of Rebel Fighting Championship’s inaugural event that’s set for Singapore this weekend. Injury thwarts Cristiano Kaminishi out of Rebel FC bout wi...
Later this month, the recently formed Singapore-based Rebel Fighting Championship hosts its inaugural installment at the Singapore Indoor Stadium. The event’s fight card is now set with the latest addition of a Welterweight bill between Alberto Mina (9-0) and Glenn Sparv. As previously reported, ...
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...
UFC: Singapore adds Leandro Issa vs Russell Doane A Bantamweight match-up pitting Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu ace Leandro Issa, against PXC vet Russell Doane (pictured) has been added to January’s UFC Fight Night 34 (or UFC: Singapore) bill. FightSport Asia first reported the match-up. Headlined by a Wel...
It looks like the injury bug continues to plague January’s UFC: Singapore (or UFC Fight Night 34) line-up. First, Jake Ellenberger (29-7) was forced to withdraw from his main event tussle with Tarec Saffiedine. Now, according to a report on MMAJunkie.com, MMASucka.com has learned that Hacran Dias...
January’s UFC Fight Night 34 (or UFC: Singapore) fight card has a new headliner. As previously reported, Ellenberger (29-7) was set to face Strikeforce vet Tarec Saffiedine (14-3), but an alleged leg injury suffered while working on his striking technique at King’s MMA has forced the 28-year-old ...
Royston Wee (2-0) doesn’t want to be simply known as the first Singaporean fighter to make it to the UFC. In fact, just like any other aspiring combatant looking to make a name in Mixed Martial Arts, Wee wants to be the best in the world at what he does. And the MFC vet took […]
January’s UFC Fight Night 34 fight card will be an historic one, as it will be the Ultimate Fighting Championship’s first venture into South East Asian territory. The promotion has been longing for an opportunity to take its events global since its inception, and now, more than two decades later,...
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 ...