{"id":892219,"date":"2026-09-14T23:34:10","date_gmt":"2026-09-14T23:34:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/892219\/"},"modified":"2026-09-14T23:34:10","modified_gmt":"2026-09-14T23:34:10","slug":"enter-ki-mma-scott-coker-reveals-new-promotion-name-international-tournament-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/892219\/","title":{"rendered":"Enter Ki MMA: Scott Coker reveals new promotion name, international tournament, more"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>NEW YORK \u2013 Scott Coker is officially back and his promotion now has a name.<\/p>\n<p>On Monday, Coker and his team revealed the name is Ki MMA during a news conference at Cipriani 25 Broadway. Coker partook in a panel with matchmaker Rich Chou and media executive Peter Levin.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Ki&#8221; is a Japanese word meaning &#8220;spirit, mind, and energy.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>One other detail revealed upon entry to the event? The fights will take place in a ring \u2013 another likely nod to Japan&#8217;s rich history in martial arts. Coker has long shown his appreciation for Japanese fighting culture, frequently partnering with RIZIN during his days as Bellator CEO.<\/p>\n<p>Coker also revealed plans for a 32-man featherweight grand prix, with eight fighters from each of the following continents: North America, South America, Asia, and Europe. Each continent will send one representative to the semifinals on the international stage.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, Coker named San Jose, Dublin, Budapest, Brazil, Japan, Korea, and Italy or France, as targeted locations.<\/p>\n<p>Coker, who also headed Strikeforce prior to its purchase by the UFC, said the promotion is still on track to launch in the first quarter of 2027.<\/p>\n<p>This article originally appeared on MMA Junkie: <a data-ylk=\"elmt:article-inline-link;\" href=\"https:\/\/mmajunkie.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/mma\/2026\/09\/14\/scott-coker-ki-mma-name-reveal\/91766133007\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Enter Ki MMA: Scott Coker reveals new promotion name, international tournament, more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NEW YORK \u2013 Scott Coker is officially back and his promotion now has a name. On Monday, Coker&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":892220,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[570],"tags":[64,63,786,785,85],"class_list":["post-892219","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mma","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-fighting","tag-mma","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/892219","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=892219"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/892219\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/892220"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=892219"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=892219"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=892219"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}