ONE Fighting Championship: Champion vs. Champion (also known as ONE FC 1) was the inaugural mixed martial arts event held by ONE Championship. The event took place on September 3, 2011 at the 12,000 capacity Singapore Indoor Stadium in Kallang, Singapore.[1] It is the first and only event held by the organization in 2011.
| ONE Fighting Championship: Champion vs. Champion | ||||
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 The poster for ONE Fighting Championship: Champion vs. Champion | ||||
| Promotion | ONE Fighting Championship | |||
| Date | September 3, 2011 | |||
| Venue | Singapore Indoor Stadium | |||
| City |  Kallang, Singapore | |||
| Attendance | 6,789 | |||
| Event chronology | ||||
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Background
editONE Championship instituted Pride Fighting Championships rules combined with Nevada's unified rules; this allowed for soccer kicks, head stomps, knees on the ground, and permitting the use of elbows.[2]
The event was broadcast on domestic TV in Singapore by MediaCorp Channel 5.[3] The event also streamed live on Sherdog to all countries except Singapore.[4]
This led multiple media sources to describe ONE Fighting Championship: Champion vs. Champion as "the biggest event in Asian mixed martial arts history" and to speculate that the TV audience might be the biggest ever for a mixed martial arts event.[5]
On 17 August 2011 it was announced that A Sol Kwon, a Korean fighter on a six fight win streak, would be replacing the injured Ole Laursen in the main event against Eduard Folayang.[6]
Results
edit| Main card | |||||||
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| Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
| Lightweight | Eduard Folayang | def. | A Sol Kwon | Decision (unanimous) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Welterweight | Yoshiyuki Yoshida | def. | Phil Baroni | Decision (unanimous) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Featherweight | Eric Kelly | def. | Mitch Chilson | Submission (rear-naked choke) | 1 | 3:10 | |
| Welterweight | Gregor Gracie | def. | Seok Mo Kim | Decision (unanimous) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Lightweight | Zorobabel Moreira | def. | Andy Wang | TKO (punches) | 2 | 1:59 | |
| Preliminary card | |||||||
| Catchweight (160 lb) | Eddie Ng | def. | Yuan Chun Bo | TKO (punches) | 1 | 0:45 | |
| Flyweight | Radeem Rahman | def. | Susovan Ghosh | TKO (punches) | 1 | 3:18 | |
| Lightweight | Vuyisile Colossa | def. | Ma Xing Yu | TKO (strikes) | 1 | 0:49 | |
| Bantamweight | Yodsanan Sityodtong | def. | Daniel Mashamaite | TKO (flying knee) | 2 | 0:14 | |
| Bantamweight | Leandro Issa | def. | Soo Chul Kim | Decision (unanimous) | 3 | 5:00 | |
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "One FC Announces Inaugural Card; Baroni vs. Yoshida to Co-Main Event". mmafighting.com. 18 July 2011. Retrieved 2011-07-19.
- ^ "OneFC Institutes PrideFC/Unified Rules". mma-japan.com. Archived from the original on 2013-11-12. Retrieved 2011-07-18.
- ^ "ONE Fighting Championship unveils CHAMPION versus CHAMPION". sherdog.com. Retrieved 2011-08-18.
- ^ "OneFC to be streamed on Sherdog". thailandmma.com. Archived from the original on 2011-08-29. Retrieved 2011-08-13.
- ^ Goyder, James. "Eddie Ng: The Chester Le St lad who is set to become an MMA superstar in Asia". London: independent.co.uk. Archived from the original on 2011-11-21. Retrieved 2011-08-18.
- ^ "Injury Modifies Main Event of Inaugural One FC Card". sherdog.com. Retrieved 2011-08-18.