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Asian MMA Update: Jadamba vs. Pang on Legend FC, Folayang Recovering, Plus ONE FC & DARE News
Once again here's a round up of the recent news, bits, and details coming out of the Asian MMA circuit. Eduard Folayang tells BloodyElbow.com that he had his broken nose repaired in Baguio immediately after returning from Singapore. He's in high spirits after his victory and told us, "I'm fine....
UFC Officially Announces Return to Japan on February 2012
The UFC held a press conference in Tokyo a few moments ago where Mark Fischer, the Zuffa Asia Managing Director, formally announced that they will be hosting a show in Japan on February 26, 2012. This will be 14 years since the SEG-owned UFC last went to the country, but it will be Zuffa's first...
Exclusive Photo Gallery: Shinya Aoki Trains In Singapore for DREAM.17
DREAM lightweight champion, Shinya Aoki is currently preparing to face former WEC lightweight champ, 'Razor' Rob McCullough on September 24. One of the biggest changes Aoki made recently, was deciding to move all of his training camps outside Japan, and into Singapore. He joined Evolve MMA where...
98 Year-Old Keiko Fukuda Earns 10th Degree Black Belt in Judo
Keiko Fukuda of San Francisco, California, was promoted to the rank of 10th dan (degree) black belt in Judo this week by USA Judo, the sport's national governing body. This is the highest ranking one can achieve in judo, but Fukuda is not featured in Bloody Elbow's world scouting report, nor is...
Report: Strikeforce Heavyweight Grand Prix to Invade Japan This April
For the past few weeks, there have been on going rumors and rumblings that Scott Coker has been trying to set up a show in Japan. Now, it's closer to reality, as Real Entertainment will be helping them send the second round of the Strikeforce Heavyweight Grand Prix to Japan this April. MMA-Japan...
The Sky Is the Limit for Titan Fighting Championship Welterweight Jason High
It's not often you stand across the cage from a legend. You could imagine it would create some butterflies in your stomach. But for former UFC fighter Jason High, Hayato "Mach" Sakurai was just another opponent, another man looking to do him harm. It was only after the fight, in the reflection that...
Biggest Fight Week of the Year: New Year's and MMA Tradition Continues
For years the NHK Network in Japan captured that country's imagination in New Year's Eve with their famous concert "The Red and White Song Battle." Ratings were at a Super Bowl level as nearly the entire country tuned in for a night of live music as female and male competitors squared off. Other...
Alistair Overeem's Priorities and Possibilities
Over at Sherdog.com, Tony Loiseleur has an exhaustive piece up on the efforts to make Strikeforce heavyweight and K-1 World Grand Prix champion Alistair Overeem into a kakutogi star in Japan. It's a long piece, but for a full grasp of Loisleur's thesis the entire piece should be read. A few things...
Sengoku: Soul of Fight Full Results - Hatsu Hioki Defeats Marlon Sandro to Win the SRC Featherweight Title
In the main event of the evening, the #8 ranked featherweight, Hatsu Hioki, went into a five round war with the #4 ranked, Marlon Sandro. Hioki almost finished multiple submissions on the third and fifth rounds, but the champion just didn't want to quit. He still got the nod of the judges and took...
Snapshot of the Day: Dana White and Norifumi "Kid" Yamamoto on the Cover of Kamipro Magazine
Dana White and newly signed UFC bantamweight, Norifumi "Kid" Yamamoto grace the cover of issue #154 of Kampiro Magazine. According to Nightmare of Battle, the popular Japanese MMA magazine also mentioned that former Sengoku lightweight champ, and #23 ranked lightweight, Satoru Kitaoka could be...
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