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Australian Fighting Championship 7 was supposed to be the culmination of a Middleweight and Welterweight tourney, but with finalists Daniel Kelly and Jake Matthews linking up with the UFC as casts for “TUF Nations: Canada vs. Australia”, AFC’s plans were altered and changes were enforced to the o...
Martin Nguyen has another Mixed Martial Arts promotion to ply his trade in, as the reigning BRACE Featherweight champ recently secured a new, six-fight deal with Singapore-based ONE Fighting Championship. The announcement was made following Nguyen’s 145-lbs main event title triumph over Luke Stan...
It was more than just a battle for RUFF’s 145-lbs title in the main event of RUFF 11. Their unscathed records were on the line too. China’s accomplished MMA superstar Wang Guan (12-1-1), entered the Featherweight title scrap with the support of his native country, against Russian Bekbulat Magomed...
It was a day to remember for Martin Nguyen (7-0) as he left the BRACE cage with his unbeaten record in tact, and a championship title belt strapped around his waist. BRACE 24 Results: Martin Nguyen claims vacant 145-lbs title in main event The Australian took on Luke Standing (5-1) in a 145-lbs m...
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...
ONE Fighting Championship returns next week for ONE FC 13: Moment of Truth in Manila, Philippines. The fight card, featuring a previously announced Featherweight championship headliner, is now complete with nine contests. Honorio Banario (8-2) is set to rematch Koji Oishi (24-9-10) for the promot...
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,...
On November 29, Australia-based BRACE hosts its 24th event in Australia’s capital city of Canberra, at the AIS Arena bringing a headlining Featherweight title bout that’s set to have fight fans on the edge of their seats. Two undefeated fighters in Luke Standing and Martin Nguyen will lock horns ...
Ultimate Beatdown has been a spectacle in the Asian MMA scene since 2011, showcasing twelve events to date in Malaysia. The promotion is known to showcase a wide array of Martial Arts practices in its installments, most notably Muay Thai, Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, Kickboxing and Mixed Martial Arts con...
The contest opened with Butler landing lots of effective leg kicks. And in a surprise turn of events, it was Sylvain Potard who landed a takedown, but Butler managed to recover and proceeded to push Potard up against the cage. Butler soon landed his first takedown of the fight, but as he transiti...
At 23, Kyoji Horiguchi (11-1) is set to become the youngest Asian fighter to ever compete in the UFC’s octagon. The former Shooto champ hails from Japan, a country that has produced an influx of some of the world’s best Asian fighters over the years. Michihiro Omigawa, Yushin Okami, Riki Fukuda, ...