In a recent conference call with UFC president Dana White, he noted the next countries they are looking to explore are Germany and the Philippines.

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Ring of Fire will be putting on the “World Team Challenge” on December 9th in the Manila, Philippines. It will be a team concept and the teams and fighters are listed as follows:

Team Shamrock
Coach: Ken Shamrock
Fighters: Evan Dunham, Kyacey Uscola, Vernon White, Ricco Rodriguez, Debi Purcell

Team Gracie
Coach: Royce Gracie
Fighters: Cleber Luciano, Jorge Patino, Vanessa Porta

Team Barnett
Coach: Josh Barnett
Fighters: Koji Oishi, Ivan Salaverry, Erik Paulson, Renato Sobral, Ginelle Marquez

Team Gokor
Coach: Gokor Chivichyan
Fighters: Karen Darabedyan, August Wallen, Rodney Faverus, Goran Reljic, Tonya Evinger

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(edit Nov. 13) Some more information on the promotion can be found at www.platinumfightingproductions.com

This promotion is a completely separate entity from Ring of Fire in the United States. We contacted US Ring of Fire promoter Sven Bean, he says he has nothing to do with the event, it just has a similar name.

The site (www.platinumfightingproductions.com) originally listed the above roster, but which of these fighters will actually fight against whom has not been posted on the site.

We contacted Ivan Salaverry, he says he is part of Barnett’s team, heard about the event from him and would have liked to compete in it, however is still binded to one more fight on his UFC contract.