Jarred Brooks has taken ONE Championship by storm, with his first two performances drawing rave reviews from fans and pundits across the martial arts world.
The #2-ranked strawweight contender even captured the attention of all-time MMA great Demetrious Johnson, who recently said “The Monkey God” has what it takes to become the next divisional kingpin.
Senzo Ikeda added to his hot streak with another stunning victory at the Singapore Indoor Stadium on Saturday. The Japanese veteran stopped Ryuto Sawada with a barrage of knees in the second round of their strawweight MMA clash during Part I of the historic ONE X card.
ONE Championship™ (ONE) graced the Singapore Indoor Stadium on Saturday to celebrate its 10-year anniversary with ONE X, a massive three-part extravaganza featuring 20 bouts, including five World Title contests, two submission grappling matches, and a flyweight special rules super-fight.
A record-setting seven performance bonuses were handed out at ONE X. This past Saturday, ONE Championship Chairman and CEO Chatri Sityodtong awarded $US50,000 checks to “Unstoppable” Angela Lee, Yoshihiro “Sexyama” Akiyama, Hiroki Akimoto, Tang Kai, Sinsamut Klinmee, “Mighty Warrior” Kang Ji Won, and Danielle Kelly.
For Shinya Aoki, his battle with Yoshihiro Akiyama at ONE X is about separating realism from grandeur. The former ONE Lightweight World Champion will face off against “Sexyama” in a battle of Japanese MMA legends this Saturday, 26 March, and he believes the two of them approach the sport very differently.
“Unstoppable” Angela Lee is the comeback queen. On Saturday, 26 March, the ONE Women’s Atomweight World Champion returned from a two-and-a-half-year layoff due to pregnancy and motherhood and then overcame adversity in the ONE X: Grand Finale main event to retain her gold in stunning fashion.
Modern-day Dutch kickboxing icon Nieky Holzken and bantamweight MMA phenom Stephen Loman are gearing up for ONE Championship’s 10-year anniversary show, ONE X, this Saturday, 26 March.
Demetrious “Mighty Mouse” Johnson closed out the highly anticipated special rules super-fight at ONE X on Saturday, 26 March, by doing what many envisioned he would do – survive Rodtang “The Iron Man” Jitmuangnon’s striking in the opening Muay Thai frame and go on to submit the megastar in the second round.
Former ONE Lightweight World Champion Eduard Folayang may have a world-class striking pedigree, but he isn’t taking his upcoming opponent for granted. The 38-year-old Filipino MMA icon will make the switch to Muay Thai when he steps into the Circle with Australian legend John Wayne Parr at ONE X this Saturday, 26 March.
