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With Leandro Issa (11-3) reportedly penciled in for January’s UFC Fight Night 34 event, ONE FC officials have sought a replacement for the 30-year-old. In steps PXC staple Josh Alvarez (12-5) for next week’s ONE FC fight card, according to a report on MMA-In-Asia.com. He’s set to take on Koetsu O...
ONE Fighting Championship returns next week for ONE FC 13: Moment of Truth in Manila, Philippines. The fight card, featuring a previously announced Featherweight championship headliner, is now complete with nine contests. Honorio Banario (8-2) is set to rematch Koji Oishi (24-9-10) for the promot...
After a rather lackluster start to the main card line-up, circumstances looked rather bleak for ONE FC 12: Warrior Spirit. The event, to begin with, consisted of a rather weak fight card on paper, where most fighters were making their respective promotional debuts and were relatively unheard off....
With Nobutatsu Suzuki left without an opponent, ONE FC officials were forced to scratch their headlining 170-lbs title bout this past Thursday evening, when Portuguese starlet Vitor Pinto (7-0) failed to pass his pre-fight medical. Pinto, stepped in as a replacement for Adam Kayoom (4-1), who ear...
A rotten break for ONE FC officials as they were forced to scratch their headlining 170-lbs title bout this past Thursday evening, with Portuguese starlet Vitor Pinto (7-0) failing to pass his pre-fight medical. Pinto stepped in as a replacement for Adam Kayoom (4-1), who earlier withdrew from th...
After its pit-stop in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia for ONE FC 12: Warrior Spirit, ONE Fighting Championship will make its way to the Philippines for its thirteenth installment. ONE FC 13: Moment of Truth takes place December 6 at the SM Mall of Asia Arena in Manila, Philippines. Following free prelims ...
The Australian boasts an impressive record of 11-1 and will now be looking to strut his skills under the ONE FC banner. Chris Lokteff has never seen the distance in any of his twelve pro MMA bouts, and has, in fact, finished all of his eleven wins by either knockout or submission. Newly signed Au...
Titled “Moment of Truth”, this will be ONE FC’s thirteenth installment since its inception in 2011, and its third visit to the Philippines. ONE FC 13: Moment of Truth is set to be headlined by a title rematch between reigning champ Koji Oishi (24-9-10) and challenger, Honorio Banario (8-2). The l...
ONE Fighting Championship returns later this month for its 12th installment, with ten bouts set on a fight card that’s stacked with talents originating from various parts of the globe. Titled “Warrior Spirit”, the event takes place November 15 at the Stadium Putra in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Ten b...
It’s no secret that Filipinos have established good showings in Mixed Martial Arts contests throughout Asia. In fact, some of the region’s most compelling fighters hail from the Philippines. It was setbacks galore for the country’s combatants, however, as they went 0-5 in May’s ONE FC 9: Rise to ...
Next month’s ONE FC event has four new contests. Melvin Yeoh (7-1) takes on Borneo Tribal Squad’s AJ “Pyro” Lias Mansor (1-3) in the finals of the Malaysian Featherweight tournament, Gianni Subba (2-0) faces Chen Yun Ting (1-0) in an exciting 125-lbs bout, Zuli Silawanto (6-6) contests Nik Harris...
The match-up between Rene Catalan (0-1, 1 NC) and Khim Dima (0-0, 1 NC), which kicked-off proceedings on the main card for Friday night’s ONE FC 11: Total Domination event, has been officially ruled a No-Contest. Due to illegal strikes, Catalan vs Dima overturned to No-Contest ONE FC officials ma...
Facing the media following her split decision setback against Sherilyn Lim (1-0) at ONE FC 11: Total Domination, Borneo Tribal Squad’s Ann Osman (0-1) was unquestionably disappointed with the judges’ decision. It was a close call, that could have perhaps, on another day, went in favor of Osman. P...
There were a total of six finishes at this past Friday’s ONE FC 11: Total Domination, the latest installment of ONE FC’s which went down at the Singapore Indoor Stadium in front of a packed audience of near 12,000. Bibiano “The Flash” Fernandes (15-3) became the promotion’s undisputed Bantamweigh...
The first frame was one way traffic, with Bibiano Fernandes bringing proceedings to the canvas. He thrived in top position, controlling Kim for almost the entire round. The Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu ace was determined to start the second round just like he did in the first, and the he did just that lan...
It was a successful debut for Shinya Aoki at 145-lbs in ONE FC’s co-main event at “Total Domination”. Aoki needed quite some time to recover in the early stages of the round, after getting hit in the nuts from a kick by Cody Stevens. As the fight continued, Aoki landed a much-anticipated takedown...