Tag Archives: Brazil

James Gray Victorious at XFCi 6, Looking for World Titles

James “The Phenom” Gray is a 26-year-old professional mixed martial artist with a 3-0 professional record.  James holds 15 pro/amateur wins, finishing every fight by submission in the first round. James is coming off of the biggest win of his career at XFC International 6, a first round triangle submission of Lucas “Treta”.  His preliminary […]

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ROAD FC – Korea 003 Results/Pictures: Brazil tops South Korea 2-1

This past weekend, ROAD FC’s third installment in the ‘ROAD FC – Korea’ series showcased three premier “South Korea vs. Brazil” match-ups on the main card.  A thrilling night of competitive fights took place in front of a sold-out audience at the Grand Ballroom of The-K Hotel in Seoul, that saw Brazil go 2-1 against their hometown South Korea […]

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ROAD FC – Korea 003 Weigh In Results: A Sol Kwon misses weight yet again

With a ‘Korea vs. Brazil’ theme in place, the third installment of ROAD Fighting Championship’s ‘ROAD FC – Korea’ series takes place this weekend, April 6, at the The-K Seoul Hotel in Seoul, South Korea. And as with previous events, the entire main card will be aired on USTREAM for a price of USD $9.99. The official fighter […]

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Featherweights Mark Eddiva and Edimilson Souza collide at UFC Fight Night 42

UFC officials recently announced that verbal agreements are in place for a match-up between the Philippines’ Mark Eddiva (6-0) and Brazil’s Edimilson Souza (14-3) at UFC Fight Night 42. Headlined by a Light Heavyweight bout between current TUF: Brazil 3 coaches Wanderlei Silva and Chael Sonnen, the event takes place at the Ginásio do Ibirapuera in […]

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Trio of bouts added to ROAD FC – Korea 003

April’s ROAD FC – Korea 003 line-up has three new additions. Along with a previously announced headlining match-up between A Sol Kwon and Giovanni Diniz, officials today confirmed with Fight Sport Asia that match-ups including Thiago Silva (5-2) vs. Moon Jae-Hoon (5-5), Bruno Miranda (5-2) vs. Kim Won-Gi (1-4-1) and Ham Seo-Hee (12-5) vs. Shino Vanhoose (3-2) have been […]

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AFC 8’s Bernardo ‘Trekko’ Magalhaes upbeat on UFC experience

Back-to-back losses to Tim Means and Henry Martinez at UFC on FUEL TV 1 and UFC on FX 3 eventually contributed to Bernardo Magalhaes’ release from the UFC in 2012. The former UFC Lightweight was understandably disappointed with that decision. After all, he felt he should have been given more time to shine. But, ‘Trekko’ […]

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UFC Fight Night 36 Results: Erick Silva shatters King of PANCRASE Takenori Sato in 52s

While he was expected to lose at the hands of Erick Silva (16-4, 1 NC) in their tilt at UFC Fight Night 36, few would have predicted the outcome to be a devastating one. UFC Fight Night 36 took place on Saturday night at the Arena Jaragua in Jaraguá do Sul, Brazil. Sato-Silva was part of […]

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King of PANCRASE Takenori Sato makes UFC debut this weekend

Current Welterweight King of PANCRASE, Takenori Sato (17-8-7), has not lost a fight in nearly four years. And after six straight title defenses, he now makes his first octagon appearance at the 36th instalment of the UFC’s “Fight Night” series this weekend. UFC Fight Night 36 takes place on February 15th, at the Arena Jaraguá in Jaraguá do […]

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Will Chope meets Diego Brandao at UFC Fight Night 38 in Brazil

A Featherweight bill has been added to the UFC’s return to Brazil in March. Diego Brandao (18-9), winner of Season 14 of The Ultimate Fighter, meets Will Chope (19-6), a lanky Californian based in Asia. The bout takes place at UFC Fight Night 38 on March 23rd, at Ginasio Nelio Dias in Natal, Rio Grande do […]

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Five Questions with “TUF: Brazil” alumnus Marcos Vinicius ahead of Rebel FC 1: Into the Lion’s Den

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 by coach Wanderlei Silva. Although he […]

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