Completed MMA, Kickboxing, & Muay Thai Event

ONE Championship: A New Era

• Sunday 03.31.2019 at 02:30 AM ET
• U.S. Broadcast: Pay Per View | Prelims: Internet Stream
• Promotion: ONE Championship
• Ownership:
• Venue: Ryogoku Kokugikan
• Location: Tokyo, Japan
• Enclosure: Cage
• TV Announcers: Mitch Chilson, Michael Schiavello
• Ring Announcer: Dom Lau
• Post-Fight Interviews: Mitch Chilson
• MMA Bouts: 11
• Kickboxing Bouts: 2
• Muay Thai Bouts: 2
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Fight Card

• ONE Welterweight Championship
  Submission, Arm Triangle Choke
  2:34 Round 1 of 5

  15

  

  Shinya Aoki

  

  Climbed to 43-8

  Main Event 170 5 x 5  |  Pro

  Eduard Folayang

  

  Fell to 21-7

  
• ONE Flyweight Championship
  KO/TKO, Body Kicks and Punches
  1:37 Round 5 of 5, 21:37 Total

  14

  

  Jingnan Xiong

  

  Climbed to 14-1

  Co-Main Event 125 5 x 5  |  Pro

  Angela Lee

  

  Fell to 9-1

  
• ONE Light Heavyweight Championship
  KO/TKO, Punches
  4:41 Round 2 of 5, 9:41 Total

  13

  

  Aung La N Sang

  

  Climbed to 25-10

  Main Card 205 5 x 5  |  Pro

  Ken Hasegawa

  

  Fell to 16-4

  
• ONE Featherweight Championship
  Disqualificaton, Elbows To Back Of Head
  1:21 Round 3 of 5, 11:21 Total

  12

  

  Bibiano Fernandes

  

  Climbed to 23-4

  Main Card 145 5 x 5  |  Pro

  Kevin Belingon

  

  Fell to 20-6

  
• Submission, Guillotine Choke
  2:40 Round 2 of 3, 7:40 Total

  11

  

  Demetrious Johnson

  

  Climbed to 21-3

  Main Card 135 3 x 5  |  Pro

  Yuya Wakamatsu

  

  Fell to 10-4

  
• KO/TKO, Punches
  4:05 Round 1 of 3

  10

  

  Timofey Nastyukhin

  

  Climbed to 13-4

  Main Card 170 3 x 5  |  Pro

  Eddie Alvarez

  

  Fell to 29-7

  
• KO/TKO, Punch
  0:51 Round 2 of 3, 3:51 Total

  9

  

  Yodsanklai Photirat

  

  Main Card 159 3 x 3  |  Pro Kickboxing

  Andy Souwer

  

  
• Decision, Unanimous
  3 Rounds, 15:00 Total

  8

  

  Danny Kingad

  

  Climbed to 12-1

  Prelim 135 3 x 5  |  Pro

  Senzo Ikeda

  

  Fell to 11-5

  
• Decision, Unanimous
  3 Rounds, 15:00 Total

  7

  

  Kairat Akhmetov

  

  Climbed to 26-2

  Prelim 135 3 x 5  |  Pro

  Reece McLaren

  

  Fell to 12-6

  
• Decision, Split
  3 Rounds, 9:00 Total

  6

  

  Rodtang Jitmuangnon

  

  Prelim 135 3 x 3  |  Pro Muay Thai

  Hakim Hamech

  

  
• Decision, Majority
  3 Rounds, 9:00 Total

  5

  

  Joseph Lasiri

  

  Prelim 135 3 x 3  |  Pro Kickboxing

  Hiroki Akimoto

  

  
• Submission, Armbar
  3:18 Round 3 of 3, 13:18 Total

  4

  

  Mei Yamaguchi

  

  Climbed to 19-11

  Prelim 115 3 x 5  |  Pro

  Ksenia Lachkova

  

  Fell to 9-3

  
• KO/TKO, Ground & Pound
  4:12 Round 1 of 3

  3

  

  Garry Tonon

  

  Climbed to 4-0

  Prelim 155 3 x 5  |  Pro

  Anthony Engelen

  

  Fell to 8-6

  
• Decision, Unanimous
  3 Rounds, 9:00 Total

  2

  

  Panicos Yusuf

  

  Prelim 145 3 x 3  |  Pro Muay Thai

  Mohammed Bin Mahmoud

  

  
• Submission, Rear Naked Choke
  4:16 Round 1 of 3

  1

  

  Chang Min Yoon

  

  Climbed to 1-0

  Prelim 170 3 x 5  |  Pro

  Bala Shetty

  

  Fell to 0-3

  

Event Discussion

ONE Championship: A New Era

"The official Tapology discussion thread for the event!" (4 years, 3 months)

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loudenSwain

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04.01.2019 | 7:52 PM ET

I agree free. That’s a lot of weight. He lost to Nick Thompson in Bodog the 170 back in the day before going down and putting himself on the scope in Dream. 

fish, I agree as a diehard fan of his but I get it too. He got probably his last huge contract. Again, he’s at that age and mileage level. I know you’re not a fan of his but he’s beaten every league ps champ in his Prime (other than Pride but I’m counting Dream since they were bought out) when he avenged his Aoki and Chandler loss then won the UFC title. 

I see him changing his style to more conservative or tentative at times. 2xNCAA champ said it best when he said about his opponent wrestling not lose while he was wrestling to win. Most time the guy fighting to win, not to just not lose will win. 

loudenSwain

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04.02.2019 | 6:22 PM ET

Someone just posted this elsewhere but I thought you guys would get a kick outta it:

https://www.instagram.com/p/BvwtZ3wn1yI/?utm_source=ig_share_sheet&igshid=12sbn5d5xo9re

loudenSwain

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04.02.2019 | 8:49 PM ET

Eddies response

i agree with what he said and love that he took complete accountability 


“Hey guys, first and foremost congrats to Timofey in his victory. He is very deserving of everything that comes with victory and I wish him the best in the continued tournament.

Honestly speaking, how I fought my One Championship debut is not a reflection of my training my coaches, my team— it’s not even a reflection of my beliefs. I am sincerely disappointed and confused in my inability to not pull the trigger and my hesitancy on recent fight nights. It’s been quite confusing to figure out the past year or so.

Coach Mark [Henry] always stresses “Hesitancy is death” and it’s not something that is even in my character to do. In this particular fight, I waited too long for an opening and paid the ultimate price. The punch that hit me, instantly blinded me and split both eyelids in half. It felt like my eye exploded from the inside and the pain was instant.

From an outsider watching myself I should of have expected the result considering my actions. You have to punch, kick, takedown and pressure to win a fight. I waited . I simply waited too long for the correct timing and opening that never came.

Fighting continues to teach me life lessons [through] my victories and even more through tough defeats. Victory and defeat are by products of putting it on the line, they have been inescapable throughout my whole life. I hope to be judged on how I adjust and pivot from defeat and behave in victory rather than the result of a small moment in time.”

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