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‘ONE Championship: Full Blast’ results: Xie’s flying knee cuts Agasa, ends fight between rounds

Check out the results from Friday’s “ONE Championship: Full Blast” event in Singapore.

ONE Championship returned to action on Friday at Singapore Indoor Stadium in Singapore for “ONE Championship: Full Blast.” The tape-delayed event, which streamed on B/R Live, featured three mixed martial arts bouts.

The feature MMA bout on the card was between India’s [autotag]Kantharaj Agasa[/autotag] (11-3) and China’s [autotag]Wei Xie[/autotag] (7-4).

An aggressive wrestler, Agasa’s game plan was on display from the onset as he came out of the gates looking to secure takedowns. However, Xie was ready and successfully defended the first attempts to bring the action to the mat. Most of the first round was spent in the clinch as Agasa tried to bring the fight to the ground. Xie was able implement his own game plan and land a few sharp strikes between defending takedowns. It was apparent that Agasa was not interested in trading strikes with the sharp kickboxer.

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In the second round, Xie kept the pressure high, forcing Agasa to circle on the outside of the cage while he searched for openings to land strikes. Midway through the round, Xie landed a hard leg kick that knocked his opponent off his feet briefly. Agasa almost completed a single leg takedown with just over a minute remaining in the round, but Xie immediately returned to his feet. Agasa did not give up on the attempt and continued to pressure against the fence, but it was to no avail. In the closing moments of the round, Xie landed a flying knee to counter a takedown attempt, which caused a deep cut on the forehead of Agasa.

Between rounds, Agasa did not get off the stool and his corner called for a stop to the bout, giving Xie the win by TKO.

Kelly takes split decision

The second bout on the card saw [autotag]Edward Kelly[/autotag] (13-8) face [autotag]Ahmed Faress[/autotag] (16-4). Early on, Faress looked to utilize his striking power while Kelly wanted to bring the fight to the canvas. Despite a pair of deep triangle attempts from Faress, Kelly survived and continued to find success on the feet and in superior positions on the mat.

Two of the judges saw the fight for Kelly, who earned a split decision victory that snapped a two-fight skid.

Do sleeps Liang with triangle choke

In the first fight of the event, [autotag]Anthony Do[/autotag] (8-4) took on [autotag]Hui Liang[/autotag] (5-7-1) in a catchweight bout. The first round was filled with back-and-forth action on the mat, with both fighters having successful moments. Late in the second, Liang attempted a takedown, but it was immediately countered by a triangle attempt by Do – and it was deep.

Do returned to the win column in spectacular fashion with a slick triangle that put his opponent to sleep.

‘ONE Championship: Full Blast’ results:

MAIN CARD

  • Xie Wei def. Kantharaj Agasa via TKO (corner stoppage) – Round 2, 5:00
  • Edward Kelly def. Ahmed Faress via split decision
  • Anthony Do def. Hui Liang via triangle submission – Round 2

Joshua Pacio defends 125-pound title vs. Alex Silva in ONE Championship 107 main event

The 125-pound title will be on the line when ONE Championship returns to its regular stomping grounds in the Philippines in January.

The 125-pound title will be on the line when ONE Championship returns to its regular stomping grounds in the Philippines in January.

“ONE Championship 107: Fire & Fury” is set for Jan. 31 at Mall of Asia Arena in Manila, the promotion announced Thursday. The card will stream on the B/R Live app.

In the headliner, strawweight (125 pounds for ONE) champion [autotag]Joshua Pacio[/autotag] (18-3) will defend his title in front of his home fans against former champion [autotag]Alex Silva[/autotag] (9-4). And former lightweight champion [autotag]Eduard Folayang[/autotag] (22-8) gets a home fight when he takes on [autotag]Ahmed Mujtaba[/autotag] (8-2).

The 23-year-old Pacio won the title in September 2018 with a unanimous decision over Yoshitaka Naito. But in his first defense four months later, he lost a split call to Yosuke Saruta and surrendered the belt.

He got a rematch three months later, though, and took Saruta out with a fourth-round knockout. Then, just a month ago, he defended the title with a second-round submission of Rene Catalan in Manila.

Silva beat Naito to win the title in December 2017, but lost it to him in a split decision in May 2018. He then dropped a decision to Saruta for the first consecutive losses of his career, and after Naito had lost the title to Pacio, Silva fought him in a rematch and lost a unanimous decision in May.

But he’s been on the upswing the past few months and has back-to-back second-round armbar wins over STefer Rahardian and Xuewen Peng to cement himself back into the title picture. Eight of the Brazilian’s nine career wins have come by submission.

The ONE Championship 107 lineup includes:

  • Joshua Pacio vs. Alex Silva – for strawweight title
  • Eduard Folayang vs. Ahmed Mujtaba
  • [autotag]Danny Kingad[/autotag] vs. [autotag]Wei Xie[/autotag]
  • [autotag]Won Il Kwon[/autotag] vs. [autotag]Shoko Sato[/autotag]
  • [autotag]Lito Adiwang[/autotag] vs. [autotag]Pongsiri Mitsatit[/autotag]
  • [autotag]Gina Iniong[/autotag] vs. [autotag]Asha Roka[/autotag]
  • [autotag]Jenny Huang[/autotag] vs. [autotag]Jomary Torres[/autotag]

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