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Fighters on the rise at global level By Roman Dela Cruz • For Pacific Daily News • September 25, 2008 Editor's note: This column is about mixed martial arts, and it will appear on a biweekly basis on Thursdays. Hafa adai. Some mixed martial arts news for you: Joe Duarte, despite performing valiantly, lost his fight in "The Ultimate Fighter," but is en route to Canada for competition on...

ChamoruBorrowed from www.sherdog.com  Hayato Sakurai vs. Kuniyoshi Hironaka Round 1 Sakurai misses on a spinning-back fist. Hironaka ducks under a right-handed haymaker and gets a takedown. From half-guard, Hironaka ties up the head of Sakurai and looks to pass to side-control. Sakurai gets back to full guard and eventually to his feet, where he slams a low kick into Hironaka’s left leg. Hironaka delivers a left straight to the...