So the UFC’s dreaded invasion of Japan? It really hasn’t been more than a few ships onto shore for the promotion after it purchased PRIDE in 2007 and the country’s welcome mat was pulled up, signaling the start of a slow implosion of big-show JMMA. UFC Fight Night 52, which takes place in PRIDE’s old haunt of Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan, is just the third time the promotion has been to the Land of the Rising Sun under Zuffa
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