Friday, 9 November 2012

Mixed martial arts-Zhang carrying Chinese hopes at UFC Macau (Reuters)

MACAU (Reuters) - If Zhang Tiequan is worried about letting 1.3 billion people down when the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) makes its debut in China on Saturday, the Mongolian Wolf is showing no sign. Zhang faces Jon Tuck of Guam in the former Portuguese colony of Macau as the world's biggest mixed martial arts (MMA) promotion tests Chinese waters for the first time. Rich Franklin and Cung Le headline the card at The Venetian resort hotel in an event that will have a distinctly Asian flavor and is being targeted at viewers in the region, not primarily the United States. ...

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