See who rules the roost in the Post’s list of the best Asian mixed martial artists, as UFC, One Championship and Rizin stars round out our top five.
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Asian mixed martial arts has simply gone from strength to strength over the past 12 months, what with China seeing its first UFC champ crowned in strawweight Zhang “Magnum” Weili, and the Singapore-based One Championship shaking things up for the first time in Japan with three monster cards.
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