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ONE 168 headlined by Stamp Fairtex vs. Jing Nan Xiong dual champion bout

ONE Championship’s September event in Denver will feature a champion vs. champion bout between Stamp Fairtex and Jing Nan Xiong.

ONE Championship’s return to U.S. soil in September will feature a pair of champion vs. champion bouts.

On Sept. 6, ONE 168 will be headlined by a strawweight title bout between women’s atomweight champion Stamp Fairtex and strawweight champion Jing Nan Xiong, according to a press release from the promotion.

In the co-feature, Jonathan Haggerty will put his ONE bantamweight muay Thai championship on the line against ONE flyweight kickboxing champion Superlek Kiatmoo9.

The event will take place at Ball Arena in Denver and will air live on Prime Video at 8 p.m. ET.

Fairtex became the first three-sport champion in ONE history, claiming titles in MMA, kickboxing, and muay Thai. Fairtex accomplished the feat by stopping Seo Hee Ham at ONE Fight Night 14 to win the vacant atomweight title. To build upon her legacy, she will now look to become a two-division champion in MMA.

Xiong will have her say, though. She claimed the vacant strawweight title in 2018, and has since recorded seven defenses. In her last MMA outing in September 2022, Xiong defeated Angela Lee by unanimous decision, capping off an incredible trilogy. She was most recently in action against Nat Jaroonsak in a mixed rules bout at ONE Fight Night 14 last September.

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‘ONE Championship: Heavy Hitters’ results: Jing Nan Xiong retains belt, Saygid Izagakhmaev claims $50k bonus

ONE Championship strawweight champ Jing Nan Xiong retained her belt, while Saygid Izagakhmaev announced his arrival to the promotion.

ONE Championship kicked off the promotion’s 2022 schedule on Friday in Singapore, and strawweight champ [autotag]Jing Nan Xiong[/autotag] was able to retain her belt, while lightweight prospect [autotag]Saygid Izagakhmaev[/autotag] announced his arrival to the promotion in emphatic fashion.

The action took place in the featured bouts of “ONE Championship: Heavy Hitters,” which streamed on B/R Live from Singapore Indoor Stadium.

Xiong (17-2) was dominant in the main event, outstriking grappling specialist [autotag]Ayaka Miura[/autotag] (11-4) over the course of five rounds and cruising to a unanimous decision to notch the sixth consecutive defense of her strawweight belt.

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Meanwhile, Khabib Nurmagomedov protege Izagakhmaev (20-2) was perhaps even more dominant in his second-round submission win over [autotag]James Nakashima[/autotag] (12-3). While Nakashima had some early moments of success on the feet, Izagakhmaev quickly settled into his own rhythm before dragging the action to the floor and scoring a second-round submission via arm-triangle choke, as well as a $50,000 bonus for his efforts.

After the win, Izagakhmaev boldly called out MMA legends Shinya Aoki and Eddie Alvarez.

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You can check out a replay of the event in the video above.

Complete MMA results from ‘ONE Championship: Heavy Hitters’ include:

MAIN CARD (B/R Live, 7:30 a.m. ET)

Champ Jing Nan Xiong def. Ayaka Miura via unanimous decision – to defend strawweight title
Saygid Izagakhmaev def. James Nakashima via submission (arm-triangle choke) – Round 2, 2:17
[autotag]Senzo Ikeda[/autotag] def. [autotag]Elipitua Siregar[/autotag] via knockout (strikes) – Round 3, 2:00

PRELIMINARY CARD (B/R Live, 6:30 a.m. ET)

[autotag]Tiffany Teo[/autotag] def. [autotag]Meng Bo[/autotag] via submission (rear-naked choke) – Round 2, 3:45
[autotag]Shuya Kamikubo[/autotag] def. [autotag]Troy Worthen[/autotag] via submission (rear-naked choke) – Round 3, 4:36

ONE Championship: Heavy Hitters results – Jing Nan Xiong continues dominance, defends title

The first ONE Championship show of the year is in the books, and Jing Nan Xiong still is champion.

The first ONE Championship show of the year is in the books, and [autotag]Jing Nan Xiong[/autotag] still is champion.

Xiong (17-2) retained her women’s strawweight title with a unanimous decision over [autotag]Ayaka Miura[/autotag] (11-4) in the main event. It was Xiong’s sixth successful defense of the belt. ONE Championship: Heavy Hitters took place at Singapore Indoor Stadium.

Miura hoped to take the fight to the canvas against the champ, but Xiong’s boxing and power was too strong, as was her takedown defense en route to the decision win. The 34-year-old Chinese fighter won for the third straight time and 12th time in 13 fights. Her only loss in that stretch was when she move down 10 pounds to challenge for Angela Lee’s atomweight title and was submitted in 2019.

In other MMA action on the card, Khabib Nurmagomedov protege [autotag]Saygid Izagakhmaev[/autotag] submitted former title challenger [autotag]James Nakashima[/autotag] with an arm-triangle choke in the second round. Izagakhmaev picked up a $50,000 performance bonus from ONE after the fight.

Japan’s [autotag]Senzo Ikeda[/autotag] finished prospect [autotag]Elipitua Siregar[/autotag] with a third-round knockout. And on the prelims, [autotag]Shuya Kamikubo[/autotag] remained unbeaten in ONE with a second-round submission of [autotag]Troy Worthen[/autotag]. And women’s strawweight contender [autotag]Tiffany Teo[/autotag] dominated [autotag]Meng Bo[/autotag] on the canvas for a second-round rear-naked choke finish.

ONE Championship: Heavy Hitters results:

Champ Xiong Jing Nan def. Ayaka Miura via unanimous decision – to retain women’s strawweight title
Saygid Izagakhmaev def. James Nakashima via submission (arm-triangle choke) – Round 2, 2:17
Senzo Ikeda def. Elipitua Siregar via knockout (strikes) – Round 3, 2:00
Tiffany Teo def. Meng Bo via submission (rear-naked Choke) – Round 2, 3:45
Shuya Kamikubo def. Troy Worthen via submission (rear-naked choke) – Round 3, 4:36

ONE Championship: Empower results – Jing Nan Xiong dominates Michelle Nicolini to retain title

Check out the results from the historic first all-female card for ONE Championship.

On an historic card for ONE Championship, [autotag]Jing Nan Xiong[/autotag] kept her belt and staved off [autotag]Michelle Nicolini[/autotag]’s hope to become the promotion’s next superstar.

Xiong (16-2) outworked Nicolini (6-3) on the feet and mostly stayed away from Nicolini’s submission attempts and hopes for the fight to play out on the canvas. In doing so, Xiong retained the women’s strawweight title in the ONE Championship: Empower main event Friday at Singapore Indoor Stadium. The event was the first in ONE history to be made up exclusively of women’s fights.

Xiong’s title defense was her fifth, a ONE Championship record.

Ahead of that title fight, ONE’s atomweight grand prix kicked off with four quarterfinal fights featuring eight women from eight different countries. And while the four women in the semifinals are set the matchups are not. Those matchups will be picked through a fan vote. The eventual tournament winner will move on to a title fight with champion Angela Lee.

How to watch ‘ONE Championship: Empower’ – Fight card, start time, live stream

ONE Championship is back Friday with the launch of the promotion’s atomweight grand prix and is marking the occasion with a special all-women’s event.

Here’s how to watch the card from Singapore, which sees reigning strawweight champion [autotag]Jing Nan Xiong[/autotag] (15-2) put her title on the line against Brazil’s [autotag]Michelle Nicolini[/autotag] (6-2) in the in the night’s main event, as well as four quarterfinal grand prix matchups.

‘ONE Championship: Empower’ announced for Sept. 3, features rescheduled atomweight grand prix

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

‘ONE Championship 118: Inside the Matrix’ set for Oct. 30, features four title fights

ONE Championship 118 is now official for Oct. 30, and four championship fights headline the card.

ONE Championship CEO Chatri Sityodtong recently revealed the promotion’s plans, though he declined to name a location for the behind-closed-doors event, which will stream live on B/R Live.

In the night’s main event, two-division champion [autotag]Aung La N Sang[/autotag] (26-10) puts his light heavyweight title on the line against undefeated Dutch challenger [autotag]Reinier de Ridder[/autotag] (12-0).

Additionally, welterweight title holder [autotag]Christian Lee[/autotag] (13-3) puts his belt on the line against undefeated challenger [autotag]Iuri Lapicus[/autotag] (14-0), lightweight champion [autotag]Martin Nguyen[/autotag] (13-3) faces “The Ultimate Fighter 22” cast member [autotag]Thanh Le[/autotag] (11-2), and women’s flyweight champ [autotag]Jing Nan Xiong[/autotag] (14-2) faces [autotag]Tiffany Teo[/autotag] (9-1).

Additional fights are expected to be announced shortly.

“You know, I hate to sound trite but the show must go on, and what I have learned personally is that my team at ONE Championship, the resilience, the passion, the excellence, has far exceeded my expectations,” Sityodtong said on a recent media call promoting the event. “I will tell you that the morale internally in ONE Championship is at all-time high. People are just fired up.

“I always say that in crisis, you really discover who you are as a person, who you are as an individual, and as a team, and one quote that comes to mind, always is, you know, ‘Ships are not made for the calm waters of the harbor, ships are made for the rough seas in search of new horizons,’ and, ‘Great captains are made in rough seas, never in the calm of the harbor.’ That’s why I said, you know, I think, I genuinely believe that the best companies in the world will not only survive, they will thrive in the same way ONE Championship is thriving in this environment. The show must go on.”

ONE Championship hasn’t hosted a title fight since January’s ONE Championship 107 event in the Philippines.

The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic forced ONE Championship officials to halt live events from March until late July, when the company set up shop for a string of six fight cards in Thailand.

Ahead of the Oct. 30 event, the promotion will host two cards in Singapore, starting with Friday’s “ONE Championship 116: Reign of Dynasties,” which streams on B/R Live.

The lineup for “ONE Championship 118: Inside the Matrix” currently includes:

Champ Aung La N Sang vs. Reinier de Ridder – for light heavyweight title
Champ Christian Lee vs. Iuri Lapicus – for welterweight title
Champ Martin Nguyen vs. Thanh Le – for lightweight title
Champ Jing Nan Xiong vs. Tiffany Teo – for women’s flyweight title
[autotag]Antonio Caruso[/autotag] vs. [autotag]Eduard Folayang[/autotag]