ONE Fighting Championship: Champion vs. Champion

ONE Fighting Championship: Champion vs. Champion
Information
Promotion	ONE Fighting Championship
Date	September 3, 2011
Venue	Singapore Indoor Stadium
City	Kallang, Singapore
Attendance	6,789

ONE Fighting Championship: Champion vs. Champion was the inaugural mixed martial arts event held by ONE Fighting Championship. The event took place on September 3, 2011 at the 12,000 capacity Singapore Indoor Stadium in Kallang, Singapore.^[1]

Background

ONE Fighting 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.com 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 17th 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

Main card

• Lightweight bout: Eduard Folayang vs. A Sol Kwon

Folayang defeated Kwon via unanimous decision.

• Welterweight bout: Yoshiyuki Yoshida vs. Phil Baroni

Yoshida defeated Baroni via unanimous decision.

• Featherweight bout: Mitch Chilson vs. Eric Kelly

Kelly defeated Chilson via submission (rear-naked choke) at 3:10 in round 1.

• Welterweight bout: Gregor Gracie vs. Seok Mo Kim

Gracie defeated Kim via unanimous decision.

• Lightweight bout: Andy Wang vs. Zorobabel Moreira

Moreira defeated Wang via TKO (punches) at 1:59 in round 2.

Under card

• 160lbs Catchweight bout: Eddie Ng vs. Yuan Chun Bo

Ng defeated Bo via KO (punches) at 0:45 in round 1.

• Flyweight bout: Radeem Rahman vs. Susovan Ghosh

Rahman defeated Ghosh via TKO (punches) at 3:18 in round 1.

• Lightweight bout: Vuyisile Colossa vs. Ma Xing Yu

Colossa defeated Yu via TKO (strikes) at 0:49 in round 1.

• Bantamweight bout: Daniel Mashamaite vs. Yodsanan Sityodtong

Sityodtong defeated Mashamaite via TKO (knee) at 0:14 in round 2.

• Bantamweight bout: Soo Chul Kim vs. Leandro Issa

Issa defeated Kim via unanimous decision.

References

1. ^ "One FC Announces Inaugural Card; Baroni vs. Yoshida to Co-Main Event". mmafighting.com. http://www.mmafighting.com/2011/07/18/one-fc-announces-inaugural-card-baroni-vs-yoshida-to-co-main-e/. Retrieved 2011-07-19. 
2. ^ "OneFC Institutes PrideFC/Unified Rules". mma-japan.com. http://www.mma-japan.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=789:onefc-institutes-pridefcunified-rules&catid=50:onefc&Itemid=94. Retrieved 2011-07-18. 
3. ^ "ONE Fighting Championship™ unveils CHAMPION versus CHAMPION". sherdog.com. http://www.sherdog.com/news/pressreleases/ONE-Fighting-Championship-unveils-CHAMPION-versus-CHAMPION-34230. Retrieved 2011-08-18. 
4. ^ "OneFC to be streamed on Sherdog". thailandmma.com. http://www.thailandmma.com/one-fighting-championship-to-be-streamed-live-on-sherdog/. Retrieved 2011-08-13. 
5. ^ Goyder, James. "Eddie Ng: The Chester Le St lad who is set to become an MMA superstar in Asia". London: independent.co.uk. http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2011/07/25/eddie-ng-the-chester-le-st-lad-who-is-set-to-become-an-mma-superstar-in-asia/. Retrieved 2011-08-18. 
6. ^ "Injury Modifies Main Event of Inaugural One FC Card". sherdog.com. http://www.sherdog.com/news/news/Injury-Modifies-Main-Event-of-Inaugural-One-FC-Card-34840. Retrieved 2011-08-18.