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Original BMF lists the Top 5 UFC stars

BAD MMA News — Tue, 28 Apr 2026 05:28:51 +0000

The biggest stars in mixed marital arts is an ever revolving door. Stars fade, and new ones emerge

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Danny Sabatello set to face 56-fight veteran in RIZIN return

BAD MMA News — Wed, 30 Jul 2025 03:00:00 +0000

Danny Sabatello | Photo via RIZIN Former Bellator bantamweight contender Danny Sabatello will return to Japan on Sept. 28 for his second fight inside the RIZIN ring, the promotion announced. “The Italian Gangster” will face 56-fight veteran Shoko Sato as part of the RIZIN 51 card in Nagoya

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RIZIN champ Naoki Inoue’s dream fight is for the UFC belt, but he won’t call out Merab Dvalishvili

BAD MMA News — Sun, 27 Jul 2025 05:00:00 +0000

Naoki Inoue | Photo via RIZIN Naoki Inoue looks to extend his reign as RIZIN bantamweight champion when he faces off with DEEP titleholder Ryuya Fukuda at Super RIZIN 4 , which goes down Sunday morning in Saitama, Japan Plus, Inoue would also introduce him to international viewers as one of the world’s best bantamweights and open doors for bigger challenges out there. Photo via Inoue’s Instagram Naoki Inoue and Merab Dvalishvili training together in 2019 “My dream fight would be fighting the current UFC bantamweight champion,” Inoue told MMA Fighting through a translator. “However, right now the current bantamweight champion is Merab [Dvalishvili] and I used to train him with him, so I don’t really want to call him out because we know each other, we trained together.

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‘Don’t start a brawl’: Two years after locker room melee, Patricky Pitbull and Kleber Koike share card in RIZIN

BAD MMA News — Wed, 23 Jul 2025 22:00:00 +0000

Patricky Pitbull finished Koike’s teammate Roberto Satoshi | Lucas Noonan, Bellator Kleber Koike and Patricky Pitbull will compete on the same event Sunday morning in Japan, sharing the Super RIZIN 4 card in Saitama, and RIZIN made sure to avoid more drama between them. Pitbull signed with the promotion after parting ways with PFL and will make his debut as a full-time RIZIN fighter two years after they both had a locker room brawl during Super RIZIN 2. On July 29, 2023, Patricky knocked out Koike’s teammate Roberto Satoshi .

RIZIN announces flyweight, heavyweight grand prix fights for July event

BAD MMA News — Sat, 05 Jul 2025 01:00:01 +0000

Jose Torres will face Hiromasa Ougikubo later this month | Photo via RIZIN UFC veteran Jose Torres will face Hiromasa Ougikubo in the opening round of the RIZIN flyweight grand prix on July 27, the promotion announced Thursday. The draw for the 125-pound tournament was streamed live from Japan and unveiled the five matches that will be featured on the Super RIZIN 4 card in Saitama, Japan, later this month

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RIZIN announces complete field for flyweight world grand prix

BAD MMA News — Tue, 01 Jul 2025 03:00:00 +0000

RIZIN will crown a new flyweight champion after the departure of Kyoji Horiguchi , and 10 fighters have been announced for the 125-pound grand prix.

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Sixteen Years Later: Josh Barnett Explains His Staying Power as Top Fighter

BAD MMA News — Sun, 01 Sep 2013 20:31:38 +0000

There has long been discussion about fighters that should be fighting in the UFC , but, for one reason or another, weren’t. Over the years that list has dwindled, as the purchase of MMA promotions Strikeforce and Pride FC (among others) by the UFC brought many of those fighters into the fold. Fighters like Shogun Rua, Wanderlei Silva , Rampage Jackson, and the Nogueira brothers all made their way from Japan to the inside of the world famous Octagon.

Hideo Tokoro vs. Will Campuzano Headline VTJ 3rd

BAD MMA News — Sat, 31 Aug 2013 18:31:05 +0000

Since its resurrection last year, Vale Tudo Japan (VTJ) has put on some of the strongest cards in the country using some of the top fighters from different promotions, including Shooto and Pancrase. VTJ 3rd is set for the Ota City Gymnasium in Tokyo on Oct. 3.

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UFC 164 Free Fight Video: Benson Henderson vs. Frankie Edgar at UFC 144

BAD MMA News — Wed, 07 Aug 2013 05:00:28 +0000

Lightweight champion Frankie Edgar took on powerhouse Benson Henderson over five unbelievable rounds at UFC 144, the promotion’s first journey back to Japan in over a decade. Benson Henderson next puts his UFC lightweight championship on the line against Anthony Pettis at UFC 164 on Aug. 31 in Milwaukee. Fight video courtesy of UFC.com . Be sure to Like MMAWeekly.com on Facebook and Follow @MMAWeeklycom on Twitter .

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Rampage Jackson Says There’s Always Been a Secret Rivalry with Tito Ortiz

BAD MMA News — Wed, 07 Aug 2013 02:43:13 +0000

Former UFC light heavyweight champions Quinton “Rampage” Jackson and Tito Ortiz have been friends for over a decade. They’ve been training partners, and at one time, they said they would never fight each other. Times have changed. Their friendship is intact, but the two no longer train together and are going to fight. Ortiz and Jackson will headline Bellator MMA ’s first ever pay-per-view on Nov. 2, and Jackson says there’s always been a bit of a secret rivalry between the two. When Jackson was making his way up the ranks in Japan with the Pride organization, Ortiz was the reigning UFC 205-pound champion. The two began training together at Ortiz’ gym in California under the direction of Colin Oyama. “I trained with Tito for years and I can tell secretly there’s been a little competition between me and Tito. I remember when I first started training with him and Ricco Rodriguez, they used to kick my ass all the time and stuff like that.

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