Mario Yamasaki will be a third man in the cage when the UFC takes its third trip to Brazil for UFC 142, which takes place Jan. 14 at HSBC Arena in Rio de Janeiro.
Working within a well-oiled machine is by now something he’s used to, but the longtime referee wants to help the country build a stronger regulatory framework as the sport gets bigger.
“Brazil is no man’s land,” Yamasaki recently told MMAjunkie.com Radio.