SEPTEMBER 15, 2011

Masakatsu Ueda def Royler Gracie, Paulo Filho and Satoshi Ishii draw in the main events of the inaugural Amazon Forest Combat. full results (in Japanese):
http://mmaplanet.jp/archives/1576406.html

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AUGUST 26, 2011

the Bleacher Report: 35 best fighters outside the UFC: includes Asian fighters Masakatsu Ueda, Tatsuya Kawajiri, Hiroyiki Takaya and of course Shinya Aoki. didn't we know this already?
http://bleacherreport.com/articles/818927-alistair-overeem-eddie-alvarez-and-the-20-best-fighters-outside-the-ufc

Alistair Overeem, Eddie Alvarez and the 35 Best Fighters Outside the UFC

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The UFC may be the largest MMA promotion in the world with the best stable of talent, but there are a multitude of world class fighters competing in other organizations scattered over the globe...

AUGUST 15, 2011

confirmed - Masakatsu Ueda vs Royler Gracie in Amazon Forest Combat's inaugural event:
http://www.cagepotato.com/royler-gracie-to-fight-masakatsu-ueda-at-inaugural-afc-in-september/

Royler Gracie to Fight Masakatsu Ueda at Inaugural AFC in September | Cagepotato

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When we last checked in on Royler Gracie, the forty five year old Brazilian was looking for an opponent for Amazon Forest Combat’s inaugural event on September 14th. Initially, we reported that Royler turned down an ADCC bout with Eddie Bravo in hopes of getting him to fight at this event. Later, it...

AUGUST 12, 2011

Nightmare Of Battle

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Masakatsu Ueda vs. Royler Gracie at Ishii/Filho event? http://portaldovaletudo.uol.com.br/br/noticias/item/562-exclusivo-royler-fala-de-despedida-em-manaus-e-critica-eddie-bravo

AUGUST 11, 2011

the updated MMAweekly.com Top Ten World Rankings are now out. Asia fighters on the list are Yushin Okami, Mark Munoz, Shinya Aoki, Tatsuya Kawajiri, Hatsu Hioki, Michihiro Omigawa, Masakatsu Ueda, Megumi "Mega Megu" Fujii and Mei Yamaguchi.
http://mmaweekly.com/mma-top-10-rankings-vitor-belfort-back-in-at-middleweight

MMA Top 10 Rankings: Vitor Belfort Back in at Middleweight | MMAWeekly.com

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with over 20 established MMA promotions ongoing throughout Asia which boasts 3 of the 5 most populated countries (China, India and Indonesia), this list is vastly underpopulated with Asian MMA talent.