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ONE on TNT IV results: Reinier de Ridder gets champ-champ status; Eddie Alvarez comes up short in epic brawl

Dutchman Reinier de Ridder is now a two-division champion, adding ONE’s light heavyweight belt to the middleweight title he already owns.

Undefeated Dutchman [autotag]Reinier de Ridder[/autotag] is now a two-division champion, adding ONE’s light heavyweight belt to the middleweight title he already owns with a decision win in the main event of ONE on TNT IV, which aired Wednesday in the U.S.

And de Ridder (14-0) earned both belts by taking them away from [autotag]Aung La N Sang[/autotag] (26-12) – the latest in a one-sided decision win at Singapore Indoor Stadium.

At the opening bell, de Ridder moved immediately forward and was able to drag the action to the canvas, scrambling through a seres of attempted escapes before setting up on top of N Sang’s half-guard. After advancing to mount shortly after, de Ridder was able to take the back when his opponent rolled. The body triangle came in immediately after, and de Ridder went to work on a potential choke.

To his credit, N Sang defended his neck well despite being in a bad position. In reply, de Ridder simply punched away to soften things up before beautifully transitioning to an arm-triangle attempt. N Sang defended it perfectly and was able to move back to the feet and deliver a few big punches before perhaps surprisingly choosing to engage again on the floor.

In the second frame, de Ridder again shot inside immediately, but N Sang was able to defend the initial effort. As de Ridder continued working in tight, he did get the occasional takedown, but he wasn’t able to keep the fight on the canvas until past the halfway mark of the frame, when he was finally able to secure top position and step quickly to mount.

N Sang rolled to escape and did get back to his feet, but de Ridder took him down again and finished the frame on top.

The third saw de Ridder get the fight to the floor with relative ease, where he dominated the positioning. N Sang kept himself out of submission trouble, but he wasn’t able to muster any offense of his own. He worked back to his feet late in the round, but even then, he was simply stuck against the cage.

The fourth round was a carbon copy of the first three, and the final frame started out exactly the same. N Sang was able to sweep to the top with three minutes left, but he was unable to muster any offense in the position, and de Ridder cruised to a one-sided decision win, claiming his second ONE Championship belt – and announcing his intention to get a third by coming after current heavyweight titleholder Brandon Vera.

The ONE Championship struggles continue for [autotag]Eddie Alvarez[/autotag] (30-8), who fought his heart out in an all-out brawl but ultimately suffered a unanimous-decision loss to [autotag]Rae Yoon Ok[/autotag] (15-3).

Alvarez attacked the legs of the taller Ok in the early going before driving forward and taking the fight to the floor. Ok stood quickly, and the battle in the clinch began. Ok was up to the challenge, and Alvarez was forced to back away and strike with the bigger man. It proved to be a dangerous proposition.

As they engaged on the feet, a massive two-punch combination from Ok sent Alvarez to the floor and seemed destined to end the fight. The South Korean set up on top and unleashed a non-stop barrage of hammerfists and straight punches. The referee gave Alvarez every opportunity to recover, and he did, taking an unbelievable amount of damage but refusing to quit.

Sensing he wasn’t going to be awarded the finish, Ok returned to the feet in the final 30 seconds, and Alvarez unbelievably was able to mount some offense just before the bell.

Alvarez was quick to the takedown in the second, but Ok remained up to the challenge. Even when Alvarez did get his opponent briefly down, Ok would work right back to his feet. Alvarez struggled to really get any effective offense logged, but he was the aggressor, even if Ok was able to defend most of it by simply setting up on the cage and staying upright.

Alvarez seemed the fresher man in the third, and he started mixing up his attacks, faking a few takedowns and driving in uppercuts and overhands depending on the read. Clearly fatigued, Ok dug deep and found the energy for a few knees and kicks up the middle while continuing to defend the takedown. In the closing seconds, the two stood toe-to-toe and took turns checking the chin to end an absolute brawl of a fight. In the end, though, the early damage proved too much to overcome for Alvarez, and judges awarded Ok the win via unanimous decision.

Viral star ‘Reug Reug’ suffers odd defeat

In a battle of undefeated heavyweights [autotag]Kirill Grishenko[/autotag] (4-0) was able to earn a somewhat bizarre victory over Senegalese wrestling sensation [autotag]Oumar Kane[/autotag] (3-1), better known as “Reug Reug.”

It was Grishenko who was the aggressor early, and he showed solid takedown defense when Kane immediately changed levels and worked from the clinch for a takedown. The position proved a stalemate, and the two would eventually reset, where Grishenko would score a couple of quick strikes before being forced to defend a takedown once again.

Kane clearly slowed as the round wore on, and Grishenko scored with a big kick to the thigh and a spinning backfist before the bell.

The second round was more of the same, with Grishenko landing big strikes when given space and then capably defending takedown attempts in the clinch. A frustrated Kane tried to land a few clubbing shots each time he would release the clinch, but he found himself unable to cause any real damage.

Controversy surrounded the ending sequence of the frame, as Grishenko landed a right hand to his opponent’s throat just after the bell, and Kane protested before dropping to the canvas. When Kane couldn’t answer the bell for the third, Grishenko was awarded a TKO win.

Shinya Aoki, Colbey Northcutt pick up submission wins on prelims

Submission wizard [autotag]Shinya Aoki[/autotag] (47-9) closed out his trilogy with fellow former ONE champ [autotag]Eduard Folayang[/autotag] (22-11) in style, scoring a first-round submission via armbar.

After a brief feeling out process to start the contest, Aoki was able to work inside to the clinch and eventually trip the action to the canvas, working quickly to mount. Once there, the end seemed almost inevitable, with Aoki controlling from the top before setting up the armbar and turning for the submission, cranking on the limb until earning the stoppage with 40 seconds left in the first round.

In the night’s first prelim, vaunted striker [autotag]Colbey Northcutt[/autotag] (2-1) showed off some grappling skills in a first-round submission win over the debuting [autotag]Courtney Martin[/autotag] (0-1).

Martin did her best to avoid the standup game by clinching and bringing the action to the floor early, but Northcutt was game from her back, chaining submission attempts together before locking in an armbar and extending the limb to earn a tap at the 2:28 mark of the first frame.

ONE on TNT IV results include:

  • Reinier de Ridder def. Aung La N Sang via unanimous decision – to win light heavyweight title
  • Rae Yoon Ok def. Eddie Alvarez via unanimous decision
  • Kirill Grishenko def. Oumar Kane via TKO (punch) – Round 2, 5:00
  • Shinya Aoki def. Eduard Folayang via submission (armbar) – Round 1, 4:20
  • Colbey Northcutt def. Courtney Martin via submission (armbar) – Round 1, 2:28

ONE Championship 104 highlights: Khan’s bloody win, Northcutt’s stellar debut

ONE Championship 104 is in the books, and you can check out the video highlights right here on MMA Junkie.

ONE Championship 104 is in the books, and you can check out the highlights right here on MMA Junkie.

ONE Championship 104 took place Friday at Singapore Indoor Stadium in Singapore and streamed on B/R Live.

In the main event, [autotag]Amir Khan[/autotag] hurt [autotag]Ev Ting[/autotag] early in the fight and bloodied him up, then hung on through Ting’s rally to win a hard-fought split decision. The fight card also saw some stellar TKOs and submissions on the MMA side of things, as well as the promotional debut of [autotag]Colbey Northcutt[/autotag], sister of Sage Northcutt, who got her first pro win.

You can watch the highlights in the video above, which includes fights in ONE’s Super Series, as well.

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ONE Championship 104 results: Amir Khan survives Ev Ting rally, Colbey Northcutt gets first win

Amir Khan did damage early against Ev Ting, but had to survive Ting’s third-round rally to escape with a split decision win.

[autotag]Amir Khan[/autotag] did damage early against [autotag]Ev Ting[/autotag], but had to survive Ting’s third-round rally to escape with a split decision win in the ONE Championship 104 MMA main event.

“ONE Championship 104: Edge of Greatness” took place Friday at Singapore Indoor Stadium in Singapore. The event streamed on B/R Live.

Ting (17-7) was able to utilize many of his weapons in the first round, but Khan’s (12-6) striking was on point. In particular, when Ting and Khan clinched, Khan was able to land a hard elbow on the break that damaged Ting’s nose.

Khan’s striking again was rolling in the second after targeted Ting’s nose. He turned Ting’s face into a bloody mess. But with a little more than a minute left in the second round, Ting was able to land a takedown and got on top and tried to turn the tide with ground-and-pound. But Khan got back to his feet after only a few seconds on his back to ride out the round on his feet.

Ting clinched Khan up in the final frame and tried to get a takedown, but Khan stayed on his feet and moved back to the center. When Ting tried to kick high 90 seconds in, Khan slipped it and landed a hard right hand that was emblematic of his striking throughout the fight. But with at the 2:50 mark, Ting landed a pair of heavy punches, and the second seemed to stun Khan and forced him to tie things up.

Ting got the fight to the canvas late and tried to go to work on top. Khan tried to work back to his feet and finally did with 25 seconds left. And despite Ting’s third-round rally, Khan already had done enough in the eyes of two of the three judges.

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[autotag]Troy Worthen[/autotag] (6-0) stayed unbeaten when he took out [autotag]Chen Lei[/autotag] (6-2) with just four seconds left in the second round of their fight. With Lei covered up, Worthen repeatedly rained punches down on him until he got the stoppage. The ref arguably could have let them go to the horn to allow Lei a chance to see a third round, but he wasn’t showing anything while Worthen hammered away on him to get the stoppage.

[autotag]Rahul Raju[/autotag] (7-4) continued his resurgence after a three-fight skid to open his ONE tenure when he submitted late-notice opponent [autotag]Furqan Cheema[/autotag] (8-3) with a second-round rear-naked choke. It was Raju’s second straight finish by the choke to get back on track after going 0-3 in his three ONE fights in 2018.

Earlier on the card, [autotag]Dejdamrong Sor Amnuaysirichoke[/autotag] (11-5) took out [autotag]Muhammad Imran[/autotag] (5-4) with a big TKO. Amnuaysirichoke landed heavy knees in the clinch to put Imran on the canvas, then quickly dropped to the mat to finish him with punches in the third round.

[autotag]Colbey Northcutt[/autotag] (1-1) picked up the first win of her pro MMA career with a striking clinic in her ONE debut. Northcutt, a karate standout and sister of ONE fighter Sage Northcutt, put her standup on display for a unanimous decision win over [autotag]Putri Padmi[/autotag] (0-2).

To open the MMA portion of the main card, former strawweight champion [autotag]Alex Silva[/autotag] (9-4) won for the second straight time by armbar when he took out [autotag]Xuewen Peng[/autotag] (3-6) in the second round. Brazil’s Silva put on a masterful grappling display late in the middle frame to get the tap in a similar fashion to how he beat Stefer Rahardian earlier this year to snap a three-fight skid.

On the prelims, Japan’s [autotag]Shuya Kamikubo[/autotag] (11-1-1) won for the sixth straight time and took a unanimous decision from Brazil’s [autotag]Bruno Pucci[/autotag] (7-4) in their featherweight fight.

MAIN CARD (B/R Live)

  • Amir Khan def. Ev Ting via split decision
  • Troy Worthen def. Chen Lei via TKO (punches) – Round 3, 4:56
  • Rahul Raju def. Furqan Cheema via submission (rear-naked choke) – Round 2, 3:00
  • Dejdamrong Sor Amnuaysirichoke def. Muhammad Imran via TKO (strikes) – Round 3, 1:21
  • Colbey Northcutt def. Putri Padmi via unanimous decision
  • Alex Silva def. Xuewen Peng via submission (armbar) – Round 2, 4:45

PRELIMINARY CARD (Facebook, Twitter)

  • Shuya Kamikubo def. Bruno Pucci via unanimous decision

Colbey Northcutt discusses lofty long-term ONE Championship goals

With Colbey Northcutt’s promotional debut here, is ONE Championship gold in her future?

[autotag]Colbey Northcutt[/autotag] dropped her professional MMA debut, but that won’t stop her from having big aspirations.

Northcutt (0-1) recently signed with ONE Championship, joining her brother, Sage, and will take on Putri Padmi (0-1) in a 135-pound women’s flyweight bout Friday at ONE Championship 104 in Singapore.

Since ONE doesn’t currently have a women’s flyweight champion, Northcutt hopes she can one day compete for its inaugural title and become the organization’s first titleholder.

“Right now, I don’t believe ONE Championship has a flyweight women’s world champion, so right now, coming into ONE, that’s my first immediate goal,” Northcutt said. “Get a few fights first obviously and get my feet wet, and then look to be the first women’s flyweight champ. And then I obviously love that they have kickboxing and muay Thai, so I can definitely branch out and do both. So one step at a time first, get past this fight, and then move forward.”

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It’s been more than two years since Northcutt made her pro MMA debut, and she now finds herself in the same organization as her brother, a chapter in her career that she’s very much looking forward to.

“I’m so excited to join Sage,” Northcutt said. “This is a longtime coming obviously. We grew up training and fighting together, and I’ve been following his career for years, so to be in the same organization and fight for ONE Championship is a dream come true really.”

A couple of opponent changes later, Northcutt drew Padmi, who, like Northcutt, also dropped her pro debut. Currently training at the Treigning Lab in California, Northcutt has made a lot of changes to her game.

“To be honest, my entire camp I kind of just worked on myself, improving every area that I could,” Northcutt said. “I’m very confident in my striking, but working on my wrestling, I’m at a wrestling camp grappling. But from what I see about Putri, she is a kickboxer like myself, stand-up background, and she’s very aggressive and likes to go forward, so I’m going to be expecting that aggression and waiting for her to come and get me.”

“My training’s been completely different from my last fight,” Northcutt added. “I’ve switched teams. I’ve switched camps. I’m surrounded by entirely new coaches, entirely new teammates, working with some of the best in the world over at the Treigning Lab, and I think that everybody is actually going to see the results out there when I fight.”