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“Total Domination” would perhaps be the perfect way to describe ONE FC’s resurgence in the Asian region. The organization has taken the Asian MMA scene by storm, establishing itself as one of the premier MMA promotions in the globe. On October 18th, ONE Fighting Championship is set to return to i...
The Asian market has been one that the UFC has always been wanting to delve into and in a press-conference that took place in Beijing, China on Thursday, officials announced that the world’s most famous octagon will be looking to head on over to China and Singapore in 2014. UFC targets fight card...
Asia has been producing heaps of MMA talents over the past decade or so, with several fighters carrying on to accomplish remarkable feats within the industry. And one such combatant who has been tipped to follow in their footsteps is none other than Phuket Top Team’s Yang Seung Ho (6-0). Tommy Ya...
Syafiq ‘The Slasher’ Samad (2-0) is a name that most fighters and fans will be accustomed to in the near future. He may very well be Singapore’s top professional Mixed Martial Artist. With his debut win over Donald Tong under the DARE banner in September of 2012, the young Singaporean starlet con...
Both Kevin Belingon (11-2) and Masakatsu Ueda (17-2-2) collected impressive wins this past Friday at ONE Fighting Championship’s ‘Kings & Champions’ event, which went down in Singapore. Belingon’s stellar performance over Vietnamese-born Thanh Vu (3-2) might have sent a message to the rest of the...
Known to many as the pioneer of Pakistani MMA, Bashir Ahmad (2-0) recently made a triumphant promotional debut at ONE FC 8: Kings & Champions – scoring a Unanimous Decision victory over Thai prospect, Shannon Wiratchai. The Singaporean audience gave a standing ovation to both fighters after the b...
The 8th installment of ONE Fighting Championship went down this past Friday, April 5th, at the Singapore Indoor Stadium in front of a packed audience that arguably witnessed the best fight card the promotion had showcased to date. Headlined by a Lightweight championship match-up between Kotetsu B...
ONE Fighting Championship returns to its home territory tonight at the Singapore Indoor Stadium with a fight card that’s set to be headlined by a Lightweight Championship bout between Kotetsu Boku and Shinya Aoki. ONE FC 8: Kings & Champions will make history as well. This will be the promotion’s...
4 April 2013 – Singapore: ONE Fighting Championship™ (ONE FC) announced today that all fighters have made weight and are ready for ONE FC: KINGS & CHAMPIONS which takes place tomorrow evening at Singapore Indoor Stadium. The entire card, which is headlined by a ONE FC Lightweight World Championsh...
It looks like yet another Asian prospect has joined the PXC ranks. Yesterday afternoon (Singapore time), PXC CEO Edward J. Calvo, announced on Facebook that Syafiq ‘The Slasher’ had officially secured a deal with PXC. Calvo also revealed that ‘The Slasher’ will be making his promotional debut at ...
ONE Fighting Championship is set to showcase its second event of 2013. Following ONE FC 7: Return of Warriors which took place in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, the promotion is set to make its return to Singapore for the 4th time. ONE FC 8: Kings & ; Champions will take place on April 5th at the […]
ONE Fighting Championship has finalized 10 bouts for its upcoming ONE FC 8: Kings & Champions event, which is set to got down on April 5th at the Singapore Indoor Stadium situated in Singapore. Officials announced the fight card on Tuesday morning (Singapore time), via Facebook. The event will be...
Every Mixed Martial Artist has his/her story, and Evolve MMA’s Eddie ‘The Magician’ Ng is no different. The 26-year-old Hong Kong native grew up in England, and had his fair share of adversities during his young tenure. Being a minority in the United Kingdom, Eddie was a victim of bullying and ra...
“I fight for passion, not fashion” These were the words that first caught my attention when I met 20-year-old Singaporean MMA starlet, Syafiq Abdul Samad, better known as Syafiq ‘The Slasher’ (1-0 MMA) in my parts. I don’t think it’s wrong for any athlete to fight for a handsome paycheck. But thi...
The inaugural ONE Asia MMA Summit took place in June of last year, and featured some of the biggest movers and shakers in the Asian MMA scene. This year, on the 2nd & 3rd of May, the Singapore-based promotion will be having its 2nd invitation-only Asian MMA Summit, that promises to be bigger than...
ONE Fighting Championship kicked off its inaugural Bantamweight Grand Prix in October of last year, and the tournament featured some of the biggest names in both Asian and North American Mixed Martial Arts. Jens Pulver, Kevin Belingon, Thanh Vu and Masakatsu Ueda won their respective bouts in the...