The long-awaited debut of ONE Championship in the United States takes place Friday in Colorado.
ONE Championship made its United States debut Friday in Broomfield, Colo., just outside Denver.
ONE Fight Night 10 was headlined by former UFC flyweight champion [autotag]Demetrious Johnson[/autotag] as he defended his 135-pound title in a trilogy match against [autotag]Adriano Moraes[/autotag].
Also on the card, former UFC star [autotag]Sage Northcutt[/autotag] returned to action after four years away from competition as he battled [autotag]Ahmed Mujtba[/autotag] at 1STBANK Center.
Stamp Fairtex left a stamp on Alyse Anderson’s midsection with a pulverizing body kick at ONE Fight Night 10.
[autotag]Stamp Fairtex[/autotag] made her U.S. debut with a bang.
On Friday at ONE Fight Night 10, Fairtex (10-2) pulverized [autotag]Alyse Anderson[/autotag] (6-3) at 1STBANK Center in Broomfield, Colo. with a shutdown liver kick at 2:27 of Round 2. The event took place at 1STBANK Center, just outside Denver.
The violent finish extended Fairtex’s MMA winning streak to two. She moves to 5-1 in her most recent six with the lone loss in the stretch coming against Angela Lee. Fairtex, 25, has a decorated combat sports resume across multiple disciplines. She continues her rise as one of ONE Championship’s biggest stars, known for her exciting abilities and pre and post-fight dance routines.
Stamp 🇹🇠folds Alyse Anderson with a CRUSHING body kick to cap a spectacular U.S. debut! 💥
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Alyse Anderson sees more weight in being a ONE Championship title holder than an Invicta FC one.
[autotag]Alyse Anderson[/autotag] sees more weight in being a ONE Championship title holder than an Invicta FC one.
Anderson (5-1), who asked for her release from Invicta FC with one fight left on her contract, has signed with the Asian-based promotion after three fights under the Invicta FC banner.
While she appreciates her time there, the 25-year-old was having a hard time getting up for a fight and wanted to take her career to the next level.
“I’m not interested in going back to Invicta,” Anderson told MMA Junkie Radio. “I don’t want to hate on their promotion or anything, they’re a great promotion. But I just for me feel like I’d rather fight exclusively for ONE and just being the atomweight champion for Invicta doesn’t get me pumped up and excited. That’s another reason why I wanted this change so bad because when I felt like they were trying to find me a matchup with Invicta, I didn’t have that same excitement to get back to camp.
“I didn’t even want to take time off work, a leave of absence for fight camp, because I just feel like I personally outgrew the promotion and was just ready for, like, the next thing. But I still think it’s a great promotion, and they did so much for me, but I just don’t care to be the atomweight champion for them.”
Anderson will take part in the ONE Championship atomweight grand prix, where the winner of the tournament will get a shot at reigning champion Angela Lee. Anderson meets Itsuki Hirata in the opening round at “ONE Championship: Empower,” which takes place Sept. 3 and streams on B/R Live.
To see the full interview with Anderson, check out the video below.
The opening round of ONE Championship’s atomweight grand prix has been rescheduled for Sept. 3.
The opening round of ONE Championship’s atomweight grand prix has been rescheduled for Sept. 3.
Promotion officials recently announced that “ONE Championship: Empower” takes place on that date, streaming on B/R Live. The all-women’s card is headlined by a strawweight title fight between reigning champ [autotag]Jing Nan Xiong[/autotag] (15-2) and Brazilian challenger [autotag]Michelle Nicolini[/autotag] (6-2), and features the quarterfinal round of ONE’s atomweight grand prix, with the tournament winner earning a shot against reigning champion Angela Lee.
The grand prix was originally set to take place in May, but travel restrictions due to the ongoing global pandemic forced the promotion to reschedule.
The “ONE Championship: Empower” lineup includes:
MAIN CARD (B/R Live, 8:30 a.m. ET)
Champ Jing Nan Xiong vs. Michelle Nicolini – for strawweight title
[autotag]Seo Hee Ham[/autotag] vs. [autotag]Denice Zamboanga[/autotag] – atomweight grand prix quarterfinal
[autotag]Stamp Fairtex[/autotag] vs. [autotag]Alyona Rassohyna[/autotag] – atomweight grand prix quarterfinal
[autotag]Meng Bo[/autotag] vs. [autotag]Ritu Phogat[/autotag] – atomweight grand prix quarterfinal
[autotag]Alyse Anderson[/autotag] vs. [autotag]Itsuki Hirata[/autotag] – atomweight grand prix quarterfinal
PRELIMINARY CARD (B/R Live, 7 a.m. ET)
[autotag]Julie Mezabarba[/autotag] vs. [autotag]Mei Yamaguchi[/autotag] – atomweight grand prix alternate bout
[autotag]Grace Cleveland[/autotag] vs. opponent TBA – atomweight grand prix alternate bout
