Norifumi "Kid" Yamamoto vs. Darren Uyenoyama Added to UFC on Fox 1 Card

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Just five days after having his UFC 135 bout with Damacio Page scratched, Norifumi "Kid" Yamamoto has another bout to train for. He will be facing the debuting Darren Uyenoyama on the UFC on Fox 1 card scheduled for November 12th in Anaheim, CA. UFC.com has it:

Plus, one of hardest hitting bantamweight fighters in the world "Kid" Yamamoto has agreed to enter the Octagon to take on dangerous submission specialist and new UFC signee Darren Uyenoyama.

Kid has seen injuries stall his UFC career so far. He has competed just once in the promotion so far, losing a unanimous decision to Demetrious Johnson at UFC 126 back in February. He was once a pound-for-pound list candidate.

Unenoyama has had to deal with a lot in his career so far, from injuries to contract disputes to not making it onto TUF 14. He had an amazing fight with Hideo Tokoro in Dream a few years ago, and defeated then-Shooto featherweight (132 lb.) champion Shuichiro Katsumura by TKO in a non-title bout back in September 2010. For some strange reason he was never granted a title shot, or even an expected fight with former champ Masakatsu Ueda. He eventually moved on to the UFC, but this will be his first official fight in close to 14 months.

Norifumi "Kid" Yamamoto (18-4, 1 NC)
Loss Demetrious Johnson - Decision (Unanimous) UFC 126
Win Federico Lopez - KO (Punches) Dream 14http://forums.wrestlingsmarks.../mma/fight-card/59419/ufc-120-bisping-vs-akiyama
Loss Masanori Kanehara - Decision (Unanimous) Dynamite! 2009

Darren "BC" Uyenoyama (6-3)
Win Shuichiro Katsumura - TKO (Punches) Way of Shooto 5
Loss Tomoya Miyashita - Submission (Guillotine Choke) DEEP 47
Win Darren Royster - Decision (Unanimous) Strikeforce: Destruction

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