Chris Presnell

YouTube video by MMA Ecosystem Interview: 🇨🇳UFC Shanghai's Zhang Mingyang Could "Release the Tiger" Against Walker to Violent Ends

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

YouTube video by MMA Ecosystem UFC Shanghai: The Agenda Behind Zhang vs. Walker, Shi Ming at Road to UFC

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

YouTube video by MMA Ecosystem How working in MMA media nearly charred my love for MMA into bitter ash

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
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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)
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Sebastian Szalay def. Baergeng Jieleyisi via Unanimous Decision (30-27, 30-27, 29-28)
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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.
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Devastating knee on the takedown entry lays out Park COLD, yikes man
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Ohhhhh BRUTAL right hand puts out Yamauchi!

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

Other fights on this card:
MFLW 👑: Zheng Boqie vs. Hailaierke
Hubulan Tuerxunbieke vs. Ramzan Akhmetov
Qiujilunzhou vs. Zhou Qiyang
Eduardo Ramon vs. Aleksandr Zyryanov

🇸🇬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.

UFCStats has 🇺🇸Mansher Khera (8-0) replacing Nurmatov against Aziz Khaydarov at lightweight

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

Prelims:
Aizezi Damolamu vs. Davit Lortqianidzadze
Zeqiuduoji vs. Rauan Bekbolat
Eqiyuebu vs. Rabindra Dhant
Wan Fayang vs. Mojtaba Nasiri

First fight starts at 8:30am EST / 5:30am PST

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.
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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.