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UFC mania in Japan

By Zach Arnold | May 28, 2006

Photo credit: Sankei Sports

By Zach Arnold

Sankei Sports has two articles today (here and here). The first one talks about the photo-op that Kazushi Sakuraba, K-1 matchmaker Sadaharu Tanigawa, and UFC President Dana White had. The hope is that Sakuraba will work in UFC soon. The second article talks about Ryo Chonan training with Randy Couture in preparation for his upcoming Bushido fight against Joey Villasenor.

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