Islam Makhachev is considered to be the best pound-for-pound athlete in the UFC. With a 25-1 professional record and 13 consecutive victories, the UFC...
Anatoly Malykhin believes he is the best mixed martial artist on the planet. With each passing match, it becomes harder to disprove the notion. After ONE 166: Qatar, the Russian has gold in ONE Championship's middleweight, light heavyweight, and heavyweight division.
Jarred Brooks had dominated the ONE Championship strawweight division in the lead-up to ONE 166: Qatar. However, his rematch against Joshua Pacio did not go as planned. The American lost the ONE Strawweight MMA World Championship by disqualification.
ONE 166 went down from Qatar on Friday, March 1st, and it didn't come without some hiccups. Some may not think so, but looking at it from an outside, semi-biased perspective, two disqualifications seem harsh.
One was an illegal slam in a title fight, the other was due to inactivity, and a red card was given.
Let's dive into that system.