With a total $800,000 prize money as well as the chance to become a national champion of China on the line, the five title matches at RUFF 8 on Saturday afternoon (Feb. 2, 2013) were always going to be competitive and fans in the Inner Mongolia Indoor Stadium were treated to a series of fast finishes.

The only disappointment was the last minute withdrawal of Jumabieke Tuerxan (14-0) who decided ...

Top Chinese promotion Ranik Ultimate Fighting Federation or RUFF, held their 8th event this past weekend where they crowned their first 5 national champions. Among those 5 division kingpins was one of the country's biggest and most feared stars in Wang Guan (11-0-1).

The top Sanda fighter got taken down early on his bout against Wu ChengJie, and while he did show a few holes he could shore up on...

There's big news coming out of the Chinese MMA scene, as the country's best bantamweight, Jumabieke Tuerxun (14-0) has been pulled out of Ranik Ultimate Fighting Federation (RUFF)'s "Super-Fight" on February 2. The promotion announced the news using social media outlets (translated by MMA-in-Asia), stating that Yuan Chun Bo will now be stepping in to face Irshaad Sayed.

No reasons for the last m...

RUFF is the only government sanctioned mixed martial arts (MMA) promotion in China and on February 2, 2013, it will crown the first five national champions with each winner walking away with RMB 1,000,000 (160,000 USD) in prize money.

The fighters have been selected over the course of seven RUFF shows which have been held in four cities all over China and four of the five title fights will be re...