All posts tagged "UFC"

  • FILE - In this Sunday, Nov. 15, 2015 file photo, Ronda Rousey, left, and Holly Holm fight during their UFC 193 bantamweight title bout in Melbourne, Australia. Holm pulled off a stunning upset victory over Rousey in the fight, knocking out the women's bantamweight champion in the second round with a powerful kick to the head Sunday. Ronda Rousey says she had dark thoughts after she lost her bantamweight title to Holly Holm in Australia last year, her first defeat since joining UFC, Tuesday, Feb. 16, 2016. (AP Photo/Andy Brownbill, File)
    Rousey thought about killing herself after losing to Holm

    LOS ANGELES (AP) — Ronda Rousey says she had dark thoughts after she lost her bantamweight title to Holly Holm in Australia last year, her first defeat since joining UFC. “Honestly, my thought in the medical room,...

    • Posted February 16, 2016
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  • Ham Seo-hee out slugged Cortney Casey Saturday night in Seoul. (Yonhap)
    Korean fighters take home 5 victories at UFC Seoul event

    By Brian Han It’s a rare sight to see a Korean fighter in the octagon, so to have eight going in one night with the stands filled with hometown fans proved to be one of the Ultimate Fighting...

    • Posted November 30, 2015
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    “She is a Ham”

    (PHOTO NEWS) She has the abs, but can she fight? This photo of South Korean fighter Ham Seo-hee, left, at Friday’s weigh-in in Seoul is getting a lot of attention in South Korea. It is the most-viewed Yonhap photo...

    • Posted November 27, 2015
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  • This photo released on Nov. 19, 2015, by the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), shows South Korean fitness model Yoo Seung-ok, whom the world's largest mixed martial arts promotion company has selected as the Octagon girl for UFC Fight Night 79 to be held at Seoul's Olympic Gymnastics Arena on Nov. 28. (Yonhap)
    S. Korean model Yoo Seung-ok to be Octagon girl for UFC event in Seoul

    Most viewed Yonhap photo of the day

    • Posted November 20, 2015
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  • Ultimate Fighting Championship fighters Choo Sung-hoon (left) and Kim Dong-hyun (Korea Times file)
    UFC fighter Kim Dong-hyun to face Dominic Waters in Seoul

    Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) fighter Kim Dong-hyun will face the American fighter Dominic Waters at the promotion’s first-ever live event in Seoul, the UFC said Sunday. Kim (20-3-1), previously scheduled to fight Jorge Masvidal (29-9-0) in a...

    • Posted November 16, 2015
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    UFC’s Kim Dong-hyun ready for dream come true

    By Nam Hyun-woo Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) fighter Kim Dong-hyun’s career has run parallel to the growth of mixed martial arts (MMA) in Korea. As Koreans have become huge English Premier League (EPL) fans, after former Manchester...

    • Posted October 15, 2015
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  • From left, Ultimate Fighting Championship fighters Kim Dong-hyun, Yoshihiro Akiyama, Mirko Filipovic, Benson Henderson  pose for photos with a ring girl after the press conference in Seoul. (Newsis)
    UFC fighters vow to put on show for S. Korean fans

    SEOUL (Yonhap) — The Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) fighters scheduled to compete in Seoul this fall vowed on Tuesday to put on entertaining shows in their first appearance in South Korea. The UFC, the world’s largest mixed...

    • Posted September 8, 2015
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