‘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