Tag: Troy Worthen

‘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 on TNT III results: John Lineker scores first-round knockout of Troy Worthen, calls out champ Bibiano Fernandes

Brazilian slugger John Lineker kept his ONE championship record perfect, scoring an emphatic first-round knockout of Troy Worthen.

Brazilian slugger [autotag]John Lineker[/autotag] (34-9) kept his ONE championship record perfect, scoring an emphatic first-round knockout of [autotag]Troy Worthen[/autotag] (7-2) to move to 3-0 in the promotion.

The contest served as the headlining bout of ONE on TNT III, which took place at Singapore Indoor Stadium and aired in primetime Wednesday in the U.S on TNT.

Lineker was aggressive early, pushing forward and landing massive bodyshots with high pressure and reckless abandon. Once Worthen felt the power, Lineker added punches to the chin to his flurries, as well. To his credit, Worthen stood his ground and tried to return fire, but he wasn’t able to implement his wrestling while he was defending powerful strikes.

It was playing with fire, and it cost Worthen, who caught a straight right hand to the chin late in the frame. Another right hand landed clean while he was on the floor, ending the fight at the 4:35 mark of the opening round.

After the win, Lineker called out current ONE bantamweight champ [autotag]Bibiano Fernandes[/autotag].

“I know that I’m better than him,” Lineker said through an interpreter. “I’m the best, and I showed all the world that I will be the best in the world.”

In an intriguing flyweight matchup, [autotag]Yuya Wakamatsu[/autotag] (14-4) was able to outwork [autotag]Reece McLaren[/autotag] (14-8) over the course of 15 minutes and was awarded with a unanimous decision victory for his efforts.

While McLaren flashed his grappling chops in the early stages of the fight, he was never able to really secure an earnest submission attempt. Solid takedowns and flashy sweeps were impressive for McLaren, but it didn’t match the power Wakamatsu showed on the feet with big strikes. Complicating matters for McLaren, he seemed to fade down the stretch, and Wakamatsu continued pressing forward, scoring a decision win in the process.

Wakamatsu now boasts a four-fight winning streak, built following a 2019 loss to Demetrious Johnson in the ONE debut of “Mighty Mouse.”

On the card’s featured prelim, [autotag]Rae Yoon Ok[/autotag] (14-3) got off to a hot start and then survived the late pushes from a gritty [autotag]Marat Gafurov[/autotag] (18-4) to secure a hard-fought win via unanimous decision. With the result, Ok earned a booking against [autotag]Eddie Alvarez[/autotag] (30-8) at next week’s ONE on TNT IV event.

ONE on TNT III results include:

MAIN CARD

  • John Lineker def. Troy Worthen via knockout (punches) – Round 1, 4:35
  • Yuya Wakamatsu def. Reece McLaren via unanimous decision

PRELIMINARY CARD

  • Rae Yoon Ok def. Marat Gafurov via unanimous decision
  • [autotag]Miao Li Tao[/autotag] def. [autotag]Ryuto Sawada[/autotag] via unanimous decision

How to watch ONE on TNT III: Fight card, start time, live stream for John Lineker vs. Troy Worthen

ONE Championship continues the most prolific month in its history this week with the third of four straight events on TNT.

ONE Championship continues the most prolific month in its history this week with the third of four straight events on TNT.

Here’s how to watch the [autotag]John Lineker[/autotag] vs. [autotag]Troy Worthen[/autotag] bout from Singapore.

Tears of joy and defeat: Go behind the scenes at ‘ONE Championship 109: King of the Jungle’

Go behind the scenes for instant reaction from the fighters after their respective fights at “ONE Championship 109: King of the Jungle” in Singapore.

The most recent ONE Championship show marked the first instance of a major MMA organization taking significant steps to combat the spread of the coronavirus, as the promotion placed “ONE Championship 109: King of the Jungle” behind closed doors on Friday, Feb. 28.

The event played out to a virtually empty arena at Singapore Indoor Stadium, as the fighters battled it out inside the ONE Championship circle while the fans stayed in their homes, and Asia began the routine we all now recognize as “self-isolation” and “social distancing.”

The night’s main event featured a rematch for the ONE atomweight women’s kickboxing title, as America’s [autotag]Janet Todd[/autotag] avenged her prior loss to Thailand’s [autotag]Stamp Fairtex[/autotag] to capture her first ONE title after another highly-competitive battle.

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It was a disappointing night for Singapore’s own [autotag]Amir Khan[/autotag] (12-7), who was submitted by rising Japanese prospect [autotag]Kimihiro Eto[/autotag] (17-5), while Asian MMA legend [autotag]Yoshihiro Akiyama[/autotag] (15-7) defied his 44 years to knock out [autotag]Sherif Mohamed[/autotag] (9-6) in the first round of their welterweight bout.

There was also an impressive win for Florida’s [autotag]Troy Worthen[/autotag] (7-0), who extended his unbeaten record with a dominant victory over New Zealand’s [autotag]Mark Abelardo[/autotag] (19-7).

ONE’s cameras were on hand to capture the emotion of the fighters after their respective bouts as they headed back to the locker room on one of the more unusual nights of their fighting careers. Check out their reactions, featuring tears of joy and defeat, via the video above.

And if you’ve got some extra time to kill, be sure to stick around at the end of the behind-the-scenes video, as ONE have included the full fight from Todd’s title bout with Fairtex.

ONE Championship 109 free fight: Troy Worthen extends undefeated streak in Singapore

Recap the action in full as undefeated American Troy Worthen secured a dominant decision victory over Mark Abelardo in Singapore.

American bantamweight [autotag]Troy Worthen[/autotag] has his sights set on a shot at ONE bantamweight champion Bibiano Fernandes, and the undefeated 26-year-old moved one step closer to that goal with a dominant decision victory at “ONE Championship 109: King of the Jungle” on Feb. 28.

Worthen (7-0) defeated heavy-handed Kiwi Mark Abelardo at Singapore Indoor Stadium in their preliminary card matchup as he extended his perfect professional record with a controlled performance of wrestling dominance.

Worthen mixed up his takedowns with sharp striking as he dropped Abelardo (19-7) with a left high kick. Then, after the Kiwi bounced back to his feet, he picked him up and slammed him down to the mat.

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Despite the bout looking like a wrestler versus striker matchup on paper heading into the matchup, Worthen showcased his evolving striking game to keep Abelardo on the back foot as he mixed up his strikes with his bread and butter, his wrestling.

Abelardo’s durability ensured Worthen didn’t get the finish he had hoped for going into the bout, but the American’s controlled performance was enough to secure a unanimous decision to move him one step closer to a possible shot at Fernandes’ title.

Recap the action in full from Singapore via the video above.

ONE Championship 109 results: Yoshihiro Akiyama rolls back the years to flatten Sherif Mohamed

Asian MMA icon Yoshihiro Akiyama produced a stunning one-punch knockout to stun Sherif Mohamed at “ONE Championship 109: King of the Jungle” in Singapore.

Asian MMA legend [autotag]Yoshihiro Akiyama[/autotag] turned the tables on heavy-handed [autotag]Sherif Mohamed[/autotag] to score a stunning first-round knockout and show that at 44, he still possesses the sort of punching power that can finish a fight in an instant.

Akiyama (15-7) had to weather an early storm against Mohamed (9-6) when the Egyptian came flying out of his corner throwing bombs from the opening bell and tagged the Japanese-Korean star in the opening exchanges of their bout at “ONE Championship 109: King of the Jungle.”

Mohamed had clearly arrived in Singapore looking to overwhelm the older man, and kept the pressure on as he chased the backpedaling Akiyama around the cage, connecting with heavy punches as he dominated the first 90 seconds of the fight.

But Akiyama eventually found his feet and briefly halted Mohamed’s charge with a thumping leg kick that clearly affected his opponent. He then narrowly missed with a spectacular spinning heel kick to the head as the veteran showed his physical gifts were still very much at his disposal.

Then, with Mohamed launching into another charge, “Sexyama” struck. A perfectly-timed short left hand connected flush on the onrushing Mohamed’s chin, sending the former EFC champion crumbling down to the canvas. Akiyama moved in to land a finishing shot to his downed foe, and the fight was swiftly stopped to give the former UFC veteran a stunning knockout win – his first victory since his win over Amir Sadollah at UFC Fight Night 52 in Saitama in September 2014.

After his victory, Akiyama told ONE co-commentator Mitch Chilson, “This is the start of my martial arts journey,” before asking for the chance to fight in South Korea.

“I want a chance, if possible, in Korea,” he said.

Eto stuns Singapore’s Khan with quickfire submission

The top-billed MMA fight on the card saw Singaporean lightweight contender [autotag]Amir Khan[/autotag] submitted in swift fashion by Japanese grappler [autotag]Kimihiro Eto[/autotag] as the ONE Warrior Series graduate announced himself as a legitimate threat to the lightweight division’s best.

Khan (12-7) looked to settle into his striking early, but was quickly taken to the canvas by Eto (17-5-2), who pinned his man against the fence, then locked up a tight rear-naked choke that eventually put Khan to sleep inside the opening two minutes of the matchup.

Teo surges back into title contention at strawweight

It may have been a disappointing night for Singapore’s Khan, but it was a huge night for his compatriot as former women’s strawweight title challenger [autotag]Tiffany Teo[/autotag] stopped surging Japanese judoka [autotag]Ayaka Miura[/autotag] to position herself for a potential title rematch with the woman who beat her to win the inaugural title, China’s Xiong Jing Nan.

Xiong was an interested spectator at cageside as Teo (9-1) used her striking skills to nullify Miura’s grappling attack before eventually finishing an exhausted “Zombie” with body shots on the ground with 15 seconds remaining in the fight.

Miura (10-3) had actually started well, and appeared to be dominating the action on the mat, but Teo managed to escape before settling into her striking rhythm to pepper the Japanese contender with a constant jab and chopping leg kicks en route to a last-gasp stoppage victory.

“ONE Championship 109: King of the Jungle” official MMA results:

  • Kimihiro Eto def. Amir Khan via submission (rear-naked choke) – Round 1, 1:39
  • Yoshihiro Akiyama def. Sherif Mohamed via knockout (punch) – Round 1, 3:04
  • Tiffany Teo def. Ayaka Miura via TKO (strikes) – Round 3, 4:45

PRELIMINARY CARD

  • [autotag]Denice Zamboanga[/autotag] def. [autotag]Mei Yamaguchi[/autotag] via unanimous decision
  • [autotag]Troy Worthen[/autotag] def. [autotag]Mark Abelardo[/autotag] via unanimous decision
  • [autotag]Honorio Banario[/autotag] def. [autotag]Shannon Wiratchai[/autotag] via split decision
  • [autotag]Ritu Phogat[/autotag] def. [autotag]Wu Chiao Chen[/autotag] via unanimous decision
  • [autotag]Murad Ramazanov[/autotag] def. [autotag]Myung Ho Bae[/autotag] via TKO (ground strikes) – Round 1, 4:53
  • [autotag]Jeff Chan[/autotag] def. [autotag]Radeem Rahman[/autotag] via submission (rear-naked choke) – Round 2, 2:00

‘ONE Championship 109: King of the Jungle’ live results

Stay up to date with MMA Junkie’s live results as ONE Championship returns to Singapore for its latest offering: “King of the Jungle.”

The coronavirus may have forced the postponement and cancellation of a host of sporting events across Asia in recent weeks, but ONE Championship is continuing its 50-event 2020 schedule, undeterred.

The Asian promotion returns to its administrative home of Singapore for “King of the Jungle,” for an unusual behind-closed-doors event at the Singapore Indoor Stadium, with a fight card topped by kickboxing and muay Thai title fights. But here at MMA Junkie, our focus will be on the MMA matchups, with one of Singapore’s finest looking to shine on home soil.

Singaporean lightweight contender Amir Khan returns to action against Japanese prospect Kimihiro Eto looking to move back into title contention, while 44-year-old Asian MMA icon Yoshihiro Akiyama will bid to secure his first win as a ONE Championship athlete – and his first win in five and a half years – when he takes on Egypt’s Sherif Mohamed.

Japanese female judoka [autotag]Ayaka Miura[/autotag] could catapult herself straight into the strawweight title picture with victory over former title challenger [autotag]Tiffany Teo[/autotag] while, in the featured preliminary bout, longtime atomweight contender [autotag]Mei Yamaguchi[/autotag] will hope to secure a trilogy fight with old adversary Angela Lee with a decisive win over [autotag]Denise Zamboanga[/autotag].

Fans in the United States can stream the preliminary “lead card” live via the video player above from 4:30am E.T., with the main card streaming on B/R Live from 7:30am E.T.

Fans in other countries can stream the event in its entirety via YouTube here.

“ONE Championship 109: King of the Jungle” live MMA results include:

  • Kimihiro Eto vs. Amir Khan
  • Yoshihiro Akiyama vs. Sherif Mohamed
  • Ayaka Miura vs. Tiffany Teo

PRELIMINARY CARD

  • Mei Yamaguchi vs. Denice Zamboanga
  • [autotag]Mark Abelardo[/autotag] vs. [autotag]Troy Worthen[/autotag]
  • [autotag]Honorio Banario[/autotag] vs. [autotag]Shannon Wiratchai[/autotag]
  • [autotag]Wu Chiao Chen[/autotag] vs. [autotag]Ritu Phogat[/autotag]
  • [autotag]Myung Ho Bae[/autotag] vs. [autotag]Murad Ramazanov[/autotag]
  • [autotag]Jeff Chan[/autotag] vs. [autotag]Radeem Rahman[/autotag]

ONE Championship 109’s Troy Worthen targets fast finish in Singapore

Undefeated Troy Worthen is plotting the path of least resistance as he prepares to face Mark Abelardo at “ONE Championship 109: King of the Jungle.”

Undefeated American [autotag]Troy Worthen[/autotag] has his sights set on ONE bantamweight champion Bibiano Fernandes, and hopes he can take another big step toward a title shot with victory at “ONE Championship 109: King of the Jungle.”

Worthen (6-0 MMA) takes on heavy-handed New Zealander Mark Abelardo at Singapore Indoor Stadium on Feb. 28, in a bout that, on paper, looks like a classic striker-vs.-grappler matchup.

“He’s definitely a striker, we all know that, so that’s definitely what he wants to do,” he said. “I’m sure he’s been working his takedown defense, but all my opponents work their takedown defense, and that’s not really stopping me so far.”

Since joining ONE Championship in 2019, Worthen picked up a pair of second-round TKO finishes, and is looking to complete a hat trick of wins to push himself toward title contention, and a shot at two-time bantamweight champ Fernandes.

“I do this to be the champion,” he stated. “I think I could take on Bibiano next week, you know? But unfortunately, I have to work my way up – not unfortunately, fortunately! But I’m gonna work my way up, and I think I’m ready for those guys.”

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To prove that readiness, Worthen knows he needs an impressive showing against Abelardo (19-6), who has 11 knockout finishes to his name. And the 26-year-old said he will take the fastest route to victory when the pair throw down on fight night.

“The goal for me is always to get in and out healthy,” he said. “However I feel I can finish the fight quickly without taking any damage is what I’m going to do.

“But Mark’s an aggressive guy and he’s not going to go away easy, so it’s my job to go in there and make it look as easy as possible without taking damage. Obviously, he has different ideas of how that’s gonna go, but if I have it my way, it’ll be quick and easy just like the other ones, and you guys will find out what I have planned.”