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South Korea’s ROAD Fighting Championship promotion held its 17th installment this past weekend, August 17, at the Seoul Olympic Hall in Seoul. The entire event streamed on Epicentre.tv as part of a recently forged partnership. The running order featured a total of nine bouts, highlighted by a Lig...
Manny Pacquiao’s recent business shift to Mixed Martial Arts might have come as a surprise to many. Headlines were poured when it was announced that the popular world Boxing champ purchased a stake in ONE Fighting Championship, Asia’s premier Mixed Martial Arts outfit. But for ONE FC CEO Victor C...
For any fighter, going into a new territory expecting the unexpected can be an overwhelming prospect. It feels lonely. It feels like life, in a way, is at the heart of an impasse. Suffice to say, it takes heaps of confidence, courage, responsibility and a whole lot of passion to follow your dream...
A USD $50,000 bonus system, which is expected to take effect at ONE FC 18: War of Dragons this Friday in Taipei, Taiwan, has been implemented by ONE FC boss Victor Cui. The Canadian-Filipino first made the announcement on Twitter: #TheONEWarriorBonus for every event I’m awarding US$50,000 to figh...
If Taiwan’s Mixed Martial Arts pioneer Ming Yen Sung (2-1) thinks he’s set for an easy payday at ONE FC 18: War of Dragons later this week, Singapore’s Nicholas Lee (2-1) would love to have something to say about that. The two are set to meet on Friday in Sung’s backyard of Taipei, Taiwan. Both f...
As if holding 22 events in three years wasn’t enough, Pacific X-Treme Combat has gone a step further in launching its very own developmental league. PXC officials announced the imminent arrival of ‘Laban MMA’ this week, a provincial MMA development set-up that will provide a starting point for lo...
A conservative approach and a sure-fire will brought 23-year-old Swedish starlet Zebaztian Kadestam (6-1) his first major championship honor on Friday night. PXC 44 took place on June 27 at the UOG Fieldhouse in Guam. As with previous installments, the entire event can now be viewed, free-of-char...
The Pacific X-Treme Combat is noted for providing a platform for fighters to make it into the UFC, and on Friday night, as the promotion hosts its 44th installment at the UOG Fieldhouse in Guam, another solid line-up filled with starlets and veterans alike, will be on show with matchmakers Joe Si...
Zebaztian Kadestam at the PXC 44 Weigh Ins Zebaztian Kadestam (5-1) doesn’t agree with all the talk about Josh Calvo (8-3) potentially giving him problems in the grappling department in Friday night’s PXC 44 170-lbs Championship headliner in Guam. Zebaztian Kadestam at the PXC 44 Weigh Ins Kadest...
A capacity crowd of 20,000 people were in attendance at the Mall of Asia Arena on Friday night as ONE FC made another pit-stop in Manila, Philippines for its numbered installment. ONE FC 15: Rise of Heroes featured multiple new faces but it was the host country’s native fighters who took the spot...
Tonight, at the Mall of Asia Arena in Manila, Philippines, ONE Fighting Championship returns for its fifteenth installment with a stacked nine-bout fight card. In the main event, reigning Bantamweight Champion Bibiano Fernandes puts his belt on the line against former Shooto star Masakatsu Ueda, ...
ONE FC’s return to Singapore next month is a go. The organization today announced the full fight card for ONE FC 16: Honor & Glory which included the final touches of Eddie Ng (7-1) vs. Vincent Latoel (14-14-2) at Welterweight and Honorio Banario (8-3) vs. Jadamba Narantungalag (8-3) at Featherwe...
A motorcycle accident has forced Team Quest Thailand’s Jeremy Kennedy (4-0) out of his scheduled bout against Will Chope (19-6) at PRO FC 9 next month. While the good news was that the Canadian did not suffer any serious injuries, he was ruled out of action, at least, till the end of June or earl...
May’s month end ONE FC card in Singapore has four new additions. The match-ups include Ji Xian (11-2) vs. Thanh Vu (3-3) at 135-lbs, Alan Ngalani (1-1) vs. Che Lewis Perry (5-0) at Heavyweight, Stephen Langdown (1-0) vs. Casey Suire (4-0) at Bantamweight and Nik Harris (5-2) vs. Brad Robinson (2-...
A scintillating title match-up between two 170-lbs prospects has been confirmed for PXC 44 later this year. PXC officials announced this week that a vacant Welterweight championship title bout is in order between Legacy Gym’s Zebaztian Kadestam (6-1) and American, Josh Calvo (8-3). PXC 44 takes p...
The line-up for ONE FC’s pit-stop in Manila early next month is complete with the latest addition of a women’s match-up. Officials today announced that Ana Julaton (0-0), from the Philippines, will meet Egypt’s Aya Saeid Saber (1-3) in the prelims at ONE FC 15: Rise of Heroes. The event takes pla...