Legendary MMA champions return to Macau as City of Dreams exclusively presents Legend Fighting Championship 9 on Saturday, June 16, 2012! 

 

In the main event, top Japanese lightweight Koji Ando takes on Australian brawler Rob Hill, with the winner earning the right to take on Jadamba Narantungalag for the Legend Lightweight Title. Ando has won four of his last five fights, including Submission of the Night honors for his inverted triangle victory at Legend 7. His opponent Rob Hill is coming off his own Submission of the Night performance at Legend 8, and will be looking for another solid victory. Known as one of Legend’s most colorful fighters outside the ring, Hill will be looking to prove he deserves a title shot with a trademark exciting performance.
 

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In the co-main event, undefeated Australian standout Dan Pauling puts his record and his pride on the line when he makes his Legend debut against China’s top Welterweight Li Jingliang. Recently a contender for the Legend Welterweight Title, the China Top Team standout will be looking to return to title contention by handing his Australian opponent his first loss.

Legend 9 also sees the start of a four-man bantamweight tournament to crown a new Bantamweight Champion. Former Bantamweight Titleholder Yao Honggang of China takes on Filipino Agustin Delarmino Jr., and Japan’s Taiyo Nakahara squares off against Jo Nam Jim of Korea. Also appearing on the card will be Legend veterans Damien Brown (Australia), Dan Hooker (New Zealand), Hideto Tatsumi (Japan), Ji Xian (China), Pat Crawley (New Zealand), Wu Chengjie (China), Wu Haotian (China), and Zhang Lipeng (China).