ONE Championship 96 took place Friday in Singapore, and you can check out highlights of the night’s featured action courtesy of the promotion.
The night’s main event saw 20-year-old Christian Lee (12-3) survive some early trouble and battle back to stop MMA legend Shinya Aoki (43-9) to claim the promotion’s lightweight title and join his sister, Angela Lee, as a ONE titleholder.
Singapore – The largest global sports media property in Asian history, ONE Championship™ (ONE), put on another exciting night of martial arts action via its ONE: Enter the Dragon event at the Singapore Indoor Stadium, with Christian “The Warrior” Lee of Singapore capturing the Lightweight World Championship with a stunning technical knockout victory over Shinya “Tobikan Judan” Aoki of Japan, becoming the youngest male mixed martial arts World Champion in history.
Damian Lillard hit a 37-foot shot over Paul George as the final buzzer sounded in Game 5 of the first-round playoffs series between the Portland Trail Blazers and Oklahoma City Thunder. The miraculous buzzer-beater capped off a tumultuous evening, giving Portland a 118-115 victory and a ticket to the second round of the 2019 NBA Playoffs. Lillard’s 50 points, along with a little fourth-quarter help from teammates, overcame a 36-point, 70% shooting performance by George. Russell Westbrook added 29 in a losing effort.
The largest fight promotions outfit in Asia gets action back in the cage for an explosive MMA card this Friday (May 17) that will be ONE Lightweight World Champion Shinya Aoki’s first defense against Singapore’s submission artist, Christian Lee, in “Enter The Dragon,” which will air LIVE on ABS-CBN S+A, S+A HD, and iWant Sports at 8:30 pm.
Aung La “The Burmese Python” N Sang will defend his ONE Light Heavyweight World Title against Brandon “The Truth” Vera when ONE Championship returns to Tokyo, Japan.
Fresh from defending his ONE Middleweight World Title for the third time at ONE: A NEW ERA on Sunday, 31 March, the Myanmar sports icon was challenged in the cage by the ONE Heavyweight World Champion.
Bangkok – The largest global sports media property in Asian history, ONE Championship™ (ONE), once again returned to the Impact Arena in Bangkok to deliver yet another spectacular martial arts event.
ONE: WARRIORS OF LIGHT saw the best and the brightest stars in martial arts grace the ONE Circle to showcase their incredible skills, with reigning ONE Bantamweight Muay Thai World Champion Nong-O Gaiyanghadao successfully retaining his World Title by defeating game challenger Hiroaki Suzuki of Japan by unanimous decision after five rounds.
The largest global sports media property in Asian history, ONE Championship™ (ONE), once again ignited the Mall of Asia Arena in Manila for another evening of world-class martial arts action.
ONE: ROOTS OF HONOR highlighted the biggest and brightest stars of ONE Championship who came out to showcase their incredible skills, with reigning ONE Featherweight World Champion Martin Nguyen retaining his title with a scintillating knockout of Narantungalag Jadambaa.
By reclaiming the ONE Strawweight World Title, Joshua “The Passion” Pacio has served as Team Lakay’s ray of light in one of the stable’s darkest periods.
Pacio successfully reclaimed the gold with a highlight-reel knockout win over former titleholder Yosuke “The Ninja” Saruta in their rematch at ONE: ROOTS OF HONOR from Manila’s Mall Of Asia Arena on Friday, 12 April.
One of Asia’s most enduring fighters is set to make his ONE Championship debut.
Former UFC, WSOF/PFL, Pancrase, and PRIDE competitor Yushin Okami (35-12) has been officially announced for the ONE Championship: For Honor show on May 3 in Jakarta, Indonesia, where he will face Kiamrian Abbasov (20-4) in a welterweight bout.
