A bout between UFC vet Oli Thompson and prospect Chris Barnett, plus action from Satoshi Ishii and semi-final results from Road to UFC top this week's look at regional MMA in Japan.
Last week yielded up a giant-sized selection of MMA results to check out, with UFC, Strikeforce, Bellator, and PRIDE veterans turning out in force. With that in mind, we'll be taking a look at the MMA scenes of Japan, Russia, and the good ol' U.S. of A separately. We start things off in Tokyo...
On Saturday, in the headlining bout of Inoki Genome Federation 4, Oli Thompson (15-8, 0-2 UFC) looked to keep his developing win streak alive against prospect Chris Barnett (13-2-0).