China MMA: RUFF 3 results
Ranik Ultimate Fighting Federation (RUFF) held their third event Saturday night at the Congqing Indoor Stadium in Chongquing, China. RUFF vets Zhang LiPeng and Rodrigo Caporal squared off in the main event.
Ranik Ultimate Fighting Federation (RUFF) held their third event Saturday night at the Congqing Indoor Stadium in Chongquing, China. RUFF vets Zhang LiPeng and Rodrigo Caporal squared off in the main event.
The official fighter weigh-ins for RUFF 3 took place Friday in Chongqing. Only featherweight Xue GuoBin failed to make weight on his first try, but was given an extra hour to drop an additional 200 grams.
Pro MMA Now Radio welcomed, straight from China, RUFF co-founder Joel Resnick to talk about their upcoming event and the MMA climate in China. Gary and Jack also talked Bellator, TUF, and why FOX wants Rogan to tone it down.
In the world’s most populous nation, RUFF is the ultimate name in Mixed Martial Arts as the only professional MMA organization exclusively sanctioned by Chinese government.
In the birthplace of kung fu and such action fighting stars as Bruce Lee, Jackie Chan and Jet Li, the still-nascent sport of mixed martial arts (MMA) gained some muscle today when RUFF (Ranik Ultimate Fighting Federation), the first government-sanctioned professional MMA organization in China, announced a strategic partnership with L.A.-based Mandt Bros. Productions.