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ONE Fighting Championship’s first card of 2014 is shaping up rather nicely, now with the latest inclusion of a Flyweight tussle between top promotional contenders Andrew Leone (pictured) and Shinichi Kojima. Flyweights Shinichi Kojima and Andrew Leone to collide at ONE FC 14: War of Nations Offic...
After seven events across Asia in 2013, fans of ONE Fighting Championship are set to be treated to the promotion’s first show of 2014 in March. ONE FC returns to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia for its fourteenth installment, titled ‘War of Nations’, on March 14 at the iconic Stadium Negara. As with prev...
Video – Ultimate Beatdown 13: Road to Glory highlights Ultimate Beatdown has been one of the front-runners in Asian Mixed Martial Arts, paving the way for multiple up-and-coming fighters to date in the South-East Asian region. The promotion may not possess the financial facade to go regional but ...
The final fight card is in for Saturday’s Ultimate Beatdown 13: Road to Glory event, which is set to take place at the KSL City Mall Hotel & Resort in Johor Bahru, Malaysia. Officials announced the match-ups via Facebook. Final fight card for Ultimate Beatdown 13, tourney format kicks off Ultimat...
It was a good run for the Hong Kong-based promotion which held shows in Macau, Malaysia and Hong Kong. Legend FC was considered as one of the region’s top promotions in past years, and has to date, provided the platform for some of Asia’s biggest MMA fighters today. Mark Striegl, Rob Lisita, Juma...
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...
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...
The newly formed Mixed Martial Arts organization hosts its inaugural event near the turn of the year, with a unique fight card showcasing both professional MMA and Amateur MMA match-ups. Titled “Into the Lion’s Den”, the event takes place December 21 at the Singapore Indoor Stadium. The pro porti...
Ultimate Beatdown has been a spectacle in the Asian MMA scene since 2011, showcasing twelve events to date in Malaysia. The promotion is known to showcase a wide array of Martial Arts practices in its installments, most notably Muay Thai, Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, Kickboxing and Mixed Martial Arts con...
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...
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...
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...
ONE Fighting Championship stages its eleventh installment tonight at the Singapore Indoor Stadium, with a headlining Bantamweight title unification bout that’ll see reigning champ Soo Chul Kim locking horns with interim champ Bibiano Fernandes. In the co-main event, Shinya Aoki drops to Featherwe...
A lot can be same said about Evolve MMA’s Eddie Ng (6-1). He’s a pretty nice guy to have a conversation with, he had a rough childhood in England where he was racially discriminated against and he has a strict diet when it comes to consuming food. But bar none, the 27-year-old is a killer […]