Really pumped about this intv with 🇨🇳Zhang Mingyang! We talked: - Why he didn't hold back the violence in A. Smith's last fight - Thoughts on Johnny Walker and his one concern about the fight - Inspiring more Chinese LHWs/HWs to commit to MMA youtu.be/XYJQTxR9Svs

Reacting to the matchmaking behind Zhang Mingyang vs. Johnny Walker, Shi Ming's placement on the RTU semis: www.youtube.com/watch?v=tYMR...

I recently took a nine-month break from MMA media as I figured things out with myself and tried to figure out how to go forward with a dying (or dead) industry. Here's my vulnerable thoughts on MMA media and my struggle to fit into it: youtu.be/RaRJ051Pxas

Reacting to the report that ONE and Amazon may part ways at the end of the year: - How ONE and Amazon became mismatched parts over the years - What this means for ONE's US plans going forward - How I think ONE should reform to maintain a cohesive identity t.co/s8vTWz8FFs

Featherweight and flyweight matchups for the Road to UFC semifinals, August 22nd in Shanghai: Li Kaiwen vs. Keiichiro Nakamura Yoon Chang Min vs. Sebastian Szalay Agulali vs. Namsrai Batbayar Yin Shuai vs. Aaron Tau

Mansher Khera def. Aziz Khaydarov via Unanimous Decision (30-26, 30-26, 29-28) #RoadtoUFC

Sebastian Szalay def. Baergeng Jieleyisi via Unanimous Decision (30-27, 30-27, 29-28) #RoadtoUFC

That's gotta feel good for Yin after losing by split decision in the first round last year. Kid's talented by still putting it together. #RoadtoUFC

Devastating knee on the takedown entry lays out Park COLD, yikes man #RoadtoUFC

Ohhhhh BRUTAL right hand puts out Yamauchi!

Arisa Matsuda def. Feng Xiaocan via Split Decision (29-28, 28-29, 29-28) #RoadtoUFC

Huge fight added to JCK Fight Night 100 on 6/17: After withdrawing from Road to UFC, 🇰🇬Adilet Nurmatov (13-2) fights 🇨🇳Aili Mulatebieke (19-3), per the promotion. Essentially an RTU non-tournament fight. JCK keeps bringing in better and better fighters from around the world.

🇸🇬Tiffany Teo is out of ONE and has signed to fight UFC veteran 🇨🇳Liang Na at JCK Fight Night 100 on June 17th, per the promotion

🇨🇳Huang Yuele (10-1) defends the takedown and strangles Korean Zombie’s Kim Min Woo with a ninja choke in the main event of WLF MMA 83 today

🇨🇳Taiyilake Nueraji is also out of his Road to UFC fight against Kitt Campbell due to a cut (first posted by east_qazaq on IG). No word on a replacement.

Adilet Nurmatov posts on IG that he’s out of his Road to UFC fight with Aziz Khaydarov due to visa issues.

🇨🇳Zhang Lipeng books his second fight on the year, against Brazilian Lucas Gabriel at ONE Fight Night 31 on May 3rd

Brave CF 93 / WLF main card for Friday: Raul Tutarauli vs. Olzhas Eskaraev Keremuaili Maimaitituoheti vs. Khurshed Nazarov Zou Jinbo vs. Luthando Biko Yang Weiqiang vs. Nikolay Atanasov Jiniushiyue vs. Bidzina Gavashelishvili

This round is insaaaaaane. McKee has dropped Frunza like four times already?

I haven't seen anything like the passion expressed by Central Asian MMA fans. Not 24 hours ago I posted this Road to UFC fight between a Tajik and and Kyrgyz fighter, and it has 187 comments from fans posting flags. For context, I'm lucky to get five comments on IG these days 😜

Probably 48-47 for Ferreira but STRONG effort from Palacios. #InvictaFC61

Probably 2-2 with that armbar attempt from Palacios in R4, no? I'd already love to see a rematch of this lol. #InvictaFC61

I got it 29-28 for Lili Ferreira going into the championship rounds. Awesome footwork from Palacios but the leg kicks and grappling from Ferreira gave earned her rounds one and three.

OOOHH that right hook was FILTHY

The finishes roll on at Invicta. A left hook from Ducote off the break plants Souza and the OKC crowd loses it.

Yaaaa Jaeleen Robledo could find herself in a featherweight title fight real soon, taking Riley Martinez's 0

Helluva first round between Martinez and Robledo. Robledo desperately trying to keep the first-round subs this evening going, ending the round with a nasty armbar locked in.

Refreshing to see two featherweights in their early twenties with good records in Invicta. Jaeleen Robledo (4-1) and Riley Martinez (4-0) are likely the future of this division in desperate need of resuscitation.

OMG Claire Lopex tapped so many times while airborne while but the ref was on the wrong side... #InvictaFC61

I can confirm that 🇹🇯Aziz Khaydarov (21-6) and 🇰🇬Adilet Nurmatov (13-2) will fight in a Road to UFC lightweight non-tournament fight on May 22nd. #RoadtoUFC

A featherweight tournament fight between ONE veteran 🇰🇷Yoon Chang Min (7-2-1) and DEEP featherweight champion 🇯🇵Jin Aoi (14-5-1) is in the works for the Road to UFC. Not yet signed by both parties, I’m told. All three other featherweight fights have already been reported. #RoadtoUFC

After going 2-0 for Korean promotions, 🇰🇷Kim Sang Wook (11-3) enters his second run in Road to UFC against 🇯🇵Daichi Kamiya (6-0) at lightweight, per sources.

JCK welterweight champion 🇨🇳 Kuerbanjiang Tuluosibake fights 🇷🇺 Gadzhi Omargadzhiev (14-3) for the main event of JCK Kings 008 on April 28th in Yincang, Yunnan province.

Flyweights 🇯🇵Wataru Yamauchi (7-1) vs. 🇲🇳Namsrai Batbayar (7-1) rounds out the flyweight tournament in the opening round of Road to UFC in Shanghai, per sources.

🇮🇩Rio Tirto (8-0) vs. 🇳🇿Aaron Tau (9-1) added to the flyweight tournament in the opening round in Shanghai, sources confirmed with myself and @OVRHND_ID on IG.

🇮🇳Mridul Saikia (8-0) battles 🇨🇳Agulali (12-1) in the opening round in Shanghai at flyweight, per sources. #RoadtoUFC

🇨🇳Yin Shuai (17-5) gets a second call-up to Road to UFC, facing knockout artist 🇯🇵Kai Yoshida (6-1) in the opening round, per sources. #RTU4 on May 22/23rd in Shanghai.

Some other fighters on Road to UFC S4 tournament: 🇦🇺 MFLW- Aaron Tau (9-1) 🇲🇳 MFLW- Namsrai Batbaatar (7-1) 🇸🇬 BW- Sim Kai Xiong (6-1) 🇻🇳 BW- Nghiệm Van Y (5-1) 🇹🇭 BW- Peter Danesoe (8-3) 🇦🇺 FW- Sebastian Szalay (8-1) 🇦🇺 LW- Jack Becker (13-5) 🇦🇺 LW- Dom Mar Fan (6-2)

Chinese fighters on Road to UFC S4: MFLW- Agulali (12-1) MFLW- Zhou Kun (13-4) MFLW- Yin Shuai (17-5) BW- Sulangrangbo (8-3) BW- Ti Haitao (16-6) FW- Ahejiang Ailinuer (15-3) FW- Li Kaiwen (14-6) LW- Ren Yawei (8-3)

Indonesian fighters in Road to UFC S4: MFLW- Rio Tirto (8-0) LW- Deni Daffa (6-1)

Sout Korean fighters in Road to UFC S4: FW- Seo Dong Hyun (7-2-1) FW- Park Eo Jin (9-1-1) LW- Yoon Chang Min (7-2-1) LW- Park Jae Hyun (7-3) LW- Kim Sang Wook (11-3)

Japanese fighters in Road to UFC S4: MFLW- Wataru Yamauchi (7-1) MFLW- Kai Yoshida (6-1) BW- Kuya Ito (17-8-1) BW- Rui Imura (12-4) FW- Jin Aoi (14-5-1) FW- Keiichiro Nakamura (5-1) LW- Daichi Kamiya (6-0) LW- Yuji Yannick Ephoeviga (11-0)

Road to UFC is May 22nd and 23rd!

With the GFL debut events showing up on Tapology, 🇨🇳Ding Miao confirmed to me that her fight against Josefine Knutsson on May 25th in LA is official.

JCK Kings 008 announced for April 28th in Lincang, Yunnan province (SW China). Former champions Buhuoyouga and DWCS alum Shang Zhifa fight for the fourth (!) time in the co-main. While Buhuoyouga is 1-2 in the series, he took their last fight by knockout.

Tried out a new sport last weekend, had a pretty good time! My first pro soccer game. Stadium's next door to my apartment.

JCK results from today at the JCK HQ! Hu Yaozong back in the win column for the first since before his UFC run. Impressively fast straight left KO from Qiujilunzhou as well. And keep an eye on Lianzhayebu and Li Yixuan.

Some results from the main card of WLF MMA 82 today:

Ariel Helwani announces on the Boys in the Back that the UFC is working on coming to Azerbaijan in June of this year. I think Baku would be a great place for a UFC event and would sell out fast. If this happens, it's good to see the UFC breaking some new ground again.

Alright here's some Chinese fights coming up: 3.21- WLF MMA 82 in Zhengzhou: Zhang Qinghe vs. Maksudjon Kadirov Degaxue vs. Shamil Zakirasulov Zhao Yikun vs. Ivan Eremenko Peng Zhengwen vs. Gor Chilingoryan Ding Huibo vs. Aziz Azizov Zhu Ziwei vs. Hao Ruizhi