Norifumi "Kid" Yamamoto: Former Japanese UFC fighter dies aged 41 of cancer
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Yamamoto last UFC fight was against Roman Salazar in February 2015
Former Japanese UFC fighter Norifumi "Kid" Yamamoto has died aged 41.
Yamamoto, who finished with a 18-6 mixed martial arts record, announced in August that he had been diagnosed with cancer.
He made his name in Japan's Shooto and K-1 circuits, before making his UFC debut in 2011 in a loss to Demetrious Johnson.
The bantamweight had three more UFC fights, the last against Roman Salazar in 2015, which ended as a no contest.