UFC Fight Night 117 News
UFC Fight Night 117 Results: Jussier Formiga submits Ulka Sasaki (VIDEO)
Chris Taylor - September 22, 2017
A flyweight scrap between Jussier Formiga and Ulka Sasaki kicked off tonight’s UFC Fight Night 117 main card in Japan. Round one begins and Formiga gets things started with an inside low kick. He circles and lands a nice counter right hand over the top. Sasaki with some forward pressure. He grabs Formiga in the clinch and lands a knee. The fighters break and Sasaki lands a body kick. Formiga with a low kick. Sasaki responds with a nice jab. Ulka is much taller than Jussier. Formiga catches a low kick and lands a counter right hand. Sasaki circles out and then lands a nice kick to the body. Formiga just misses with a counter left. He shoots in and scores a double leg takedown. Formiga working from full guard now. He passes to half guard. Sasaki working some short shots from the bottom. Formiga passes to full mount and Ulka attempts to scramble. Formiga takes his back and locks in a body triangle. He sinks in a rear-naked choke. It looks to be deep. It is and Sasaki is forced to tap. This one is all over!
UFC Fight Night 117 Live Results
Chris Taylor - September 22, 2017
Unable to catch tonight’s UFC Fight Night 117 fight card from Saitama Super Arena in Japan? BJPENN.com has you covered! Stay glued to this page for up to the minute live results from all of tonight’s action. UFC Fight Night 117 is headlined by a light heavyweight scrap featuring Ovince Saint Preux taking on Yushin Okami.
UFC Fight Night 117 weigh in results: Okami easily makes 205, one main card fighter misses
Tom Taylor - September 21, 2017
This Friday (Saturday morning in Japan), the UFC will return to the Saitama Super Arena, a combat sports stronghold just outside Tokyo, with UFC Fight Night 117. The card will be headlined by a bizarre light heavyweight scrap between established contender Ovince Saint Preux and Yushin Okami, a former UFC middleweight title challenger, and more recently, World Series of Fighting welterweight. As you might have guessed, this was not the originally planned main event for the card, as Okami stepped in on short notice to replace an injured Mauricio “Shogun” Rua, who is nursing a knee injury.
PHOTO | Check out the awesome, updated poster for UFC Fight Night 117 in Japan
Tom Taylor - September 19, 2017
This weekend, the UFC will return to the MMA mecca of Japan with UFC Fight Night 117. Originally, the card was expected to be headlined by a light heavyweight rematch between PRIDE legend and former UFC light heavyweight king Mauricio “Shogun” Rua, and his former foil Ovince Saint Preux. Unfortunately, the injury bug enjoyed its latest feast at the expense of this main event, and Shogun was forced to bow out with a damaged knee. Shogun’s replacement for this fight was a downright shocker.
