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ONE X results, prelims live stream

Follow along with complete results of ONE Championship’s massive 10-year anniversary event in Singapore.

ONE Championship’s 10-year anniversary event, ONE X, takes place Saturday at Singapore Indoor Stadium in Singapore, with a 20-fight lineup that includes 11 MMA bouts and a special bout involving one of the greatest MMA fighters of all time.

In the main event, atomweight champion [autotag]Angela Lee[/autotag] returns from a two-and-a-half year absence to defend her tile against [autotag]Stamp Fairtex[/autotag]. And in the co-main event, former UFC flyweight champion [autotag]Demetrious Johnson[/autotag] steps into an unknown realm against muay Thai champion [autotag]Rodtang Jitmuangnon[/autotag] in a mixed-rules bout scheduled for alternating rounds of muay Thai and MMA.

Also on the main card, flyweight champion [autotag]Adriano Moraes[/autotag] puts his title on the line against [autotag]Yuya Wakamatsu[/autotag], while Japanese legends [autotag]Yoshihiro Akiyama[/autotag] and [autotag]Shinya Aoki[/autotag] square off in a highly anticipated 170-pound matchup.

Recaps of the four main card MMA bouts (beginning at 8 a.m. ET) and full results can be seen below.

ONE X pre-fight press conference staredowns video and highlight photo gallery

Check out the photos from the ONE X pre-fight press conference and highlight photo gallery.

Fight week for ONE X is underway ahead of Saturday’s 10-year anniversary event.

On Wednesday, competitors of the event, which features muay Thai, kickboxing, submission grappling, mixed rules, and MMA fights, came face-to-face after the pre-fight press conference.

In MMA competition, the main card features two title fights. In the main event, [autotag]Angela Lee[/autotag] will defend her atomweight championship against [autotag]Stamp Fairtex[/autotag] and [autotag]Adriano Moraes[/autotag] will put his flyweight title on the line against [autotag]Yuya Wakamatsu[/autotag]. Also, a long-standing rivalry between Japanese legends [autotag]Shinya Aoki[/autotag] and [autotag]Yoshihiro Akiyama[/autotag] will be settled as they meet in a lightweight contest.

Also in action is former UFC flyweight champion [autotag]Demetrious Johnson[/autotag], who will compete in a hybrid rules fight against [autotag]Rodtang Jitmuangnon[/autotag]. Rounds will be alternated between muay Thai and MMA rules.

Watch the full pre-fight press conference staredowns in the video above and check out the photo gallery below.

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How to watch ‘ONE X’: Fight card, start time, live stream

ONE Championship is back Saturday to commemorate its 10-year anniversary with “ONE X,” which includes two MMA title fights.

ONE Championship is back on Saturday to commemorate its 10-year anniversary with “ONE X,” which includes two MMA title fights.

Here’s how to watch the “ONE X” card from Singapore, where women’s atomweight champion Angela Lee (10-2) puts her title on the line against Stamp Fairtex (7-1) and flyweight champion Adriano Moraes (19-3) defends against Yuya Wakamatsu (14-4).

ONE Championship: Winter Warriors results – Stamp Fairtex submits Ritu Phogat to win atomweight grand prix

Stamp Fairtex put a stamp – pun intended – on her run through ONE Championship’s atomweight grand prix.

[autotag]Stamp Fairtex[/autotag] put a stamp – pun intended – on her run through ONE Championship’s atomweight grand prix.

Fairtex (8-1) submitted [autotag]Ritu Phogat[/autotag] (7-2) with a second-round armbar in the tournament final at ONE Championship: Winter Warriors. Fairtex had to work through early aggression from Phogat, but eventually found herself in position to get the tap and the win after back-to-back decisions in the grand prix’s opening round and semifinals.

Phogat tried to get the fight to the canvas early, but Fairtex, a former ONE muay Thai and kickboxing champion, used her kicking game to defend. And in the middle frame, Stamp locked up a triangle choke after a Phogat takedown, then transitioned to an armbar to get the tap at the 2:14 mark of the round and the grand prix title.

Also on the card, [autotag]Saygid Guseyn Arslanaliev[/autotag] went to proverbial war with [autotag]Timofey Nastyukhin[/autotag] and ultimately shut him down in the third round. After a back-and-forth opening round, Arslanaliev had Nastyukhin on the ropes in the middle frame. Nastyukhin survived to see the third, but it didn’t take Arslanaliev long into the last round to land a big right for the finish just 49 seconds into the round.

ONE Championship: Winter Warriors MMA results included:

  • Stamp Fairtex def. Ritu Phogat via submission (armbar) – Round 2, 2:14
  • Saygid Guseyn Arslanaliev def. Timofey Nastyukhin via TKO (strikes) – Round 3, 0:49
  • [autotag]Marcus Almeida[/autotag] def. [autotag]Ji Won Kang[/autotag] via submission (rear-naked choke) – Round 1, 2:27
  • [autotag]Yuya Wakamatsu[/autotag] def. [autotag]Yong Hu[/autotag] via unanimous decision

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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

ONE Championship 119 results, video highlights: Champ Kiamrian Abbasov rallies to stop James Nakashima

“ONE Championship 119: Inside the Matrix II” took place Friday at Singapore Indoor Stadium. The welterweight title was on the line in the main event between champion Kiamrian Abbasov and unbeaten challenger James Nakashima. Check out the results and …

“ONE Championship 119: Inside the Matrix II” took place Friday at Singapore Indoor Stadium. The welterweight title was on the line in the main event between champion Kiamrian Abbasov and unbeaten challenger James Nakashima. Check out the results and highlights from the five MMA fights on the card below.

Combat Rewind, May 28: Rapid-fire knockouts and a magnificent Marcelo Garcia

Check out the best highlights from this day in history with MMA Junkie’s “Combat Rewind.”

There’s “Flashback Friday” and “Throwback Thursday” (and Tuesday, too, if you want). But at MMA Junkie, we figured why not expand that to every day?

“Combat Rewind” brings you some of combat sports’ best highlights from every calendar day of the year. It’s a look back at history, courtesy of the UFC Fight Pass archives, featuring stellar finishes and classic moments in MMA and beyond on their anniversaries.

So kick back and relive the following bits of greatness in the video above:

  • Pancrase 287: [autotag]Hiroshige Tanaka[/autotag] vs. [autotag]Hatsu Hioki[/autotag] – May 28, 2017
  • ADCC World Championships 2005: [autotag]Leonardo Santos[/autotag] vs. [autotag]Georges St-Pierre[/autotag] – May 28, 2005
  • Cage Warriors 42: [autotag]Tim Newman[/autotag] vs. [autotag]Grzegorz Tredowski[/autotag] – May 28, 2011
  • ADCC World Championships 2005: [autotag]Marcelo Garcia[/autotag] vs. [autotag]Shinya Aoki[/autotag] – May 28, 2005
  • Pancrase – Brave 5: [autotag]Yoshiro Maeda[/autotag] vs. [autotag]Isamu Sugiuchi[/autotag] – May 28, 2004
  • ADCC World Championships 2005: [autotag]Marcelo Garcia[/autotag] vs. [autotag]Ricco Rodriguez[/autotag] – May 28, 2005
  • Cage Rage Contenders 1: [autotag]Jake Bostwick[/autotag] vs. [autotag]Troy Gorman[/autotag] – May 28, 2006
  • ADCC World Championships 2005: [autotag]Ronaldo Souza[/autotag] vs. [autotag]Dennis Hallman[/autotag] – May 28, 2005
  • Pancrase 287: [autotag]Yuya Wakamatsu[/autotag] vs. [autotag]Takahiro Furumaki[/autotag] – May 28, 2017

Fight footage courtesy of UFC Fight Pass, the UFC’s official digital subscription service, which is currently offering a seven-day free trial. UFC Fight Pass gives fans access to exclusive live UFC events and fights, exclusive live MMA and combat sports events from around the world, exclusive original and behind the scenes content and unprecedented 24-7 access to the world’s biggest fight library.

Combat Rewind, May 28

“Combat Rewind” brings you some of combat sports’ best highlights from every calendar day of the year, courtesy of the UFC Fight Pass archives.

“Combat Rewind” brings you some of combat sports’ best highlights from every calendar day of the year, courtesy of the UFC Fight Pass archives.

Video: ONE Championship’s Top 10 Knockouts of the Year: Part 1 – ‘Dagi’ Arslanaliev flattens Amir Khan

Recap the best knockout finishes from Asian MMA promotion ONE Championship in their end-of-year countdown.

It’s been a spectacular year for Singapore-based promotion ONE Championship. With big-name signings and a packed schedule of events encompassing MMA, kickboxing and Muay Thai, 2019 has been the biggest year in ONE Championship history.

The promotion has served up more than its fair share of spectacular finishes over the course of the year, as the stars of Asian MMA have delivered a plethora of eye-catching knockouts to wow the fans across the region.

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In Part 1 of ONE’s official countdown of their Top 10 Knockouts of the Year, we recap the finishes that occupy spots 10 to 7 on their list, as [autotag]Thanh Le[/autotag], [autotag]Yuya Wakamatsu[/autotag], [autotag]Saygid Guseyn Arslanaliev[/autotag] and [autotag]Niu Kang Kang[/autotag] registered highlight-reel finishes in their respective bouts.

The No. 8 KO from Arslanaliev was perhaps one of the most significant of the year, as the Turk proved that he belonged with ONE’s lightweight elite by handing Singaporean knockout artist Amir Khan his first knockout defeat at “ONE: Enter The Dragon” in May.

The victory propelled Arslanaliev into the final of the ONE lightweight grand prix tournament, where he eventually lost out to reigning ONE lightweight champion Christian Lee for the grand prix title. But despite his loss in the final, it cemented “Dagi” as one of the most dangerous fighters in ONE’s lightweight class.

Recap the first four entries in ONE’s Top 10 countdown via the video player above, or on YouTube here.

ONE Championship’s Knockouts of the Year 2019 – 7-10:

  1. Niu Kang Kang (vs. Sunoto)
  2. Saygid Guseyn Arslanaliev (vs. Amir Khan)
  3. Yuya Wakamatsu (vs. Geje Eustaquio)
  4. Thanh Le (vs. Yusup Saadulaev)