One Fighting Championship held their inaugural event on Saturday, September 3, at the Singapore Indoor Stadium in Kallang, Singapore.
Fans who got up early enough were able to watch the entire “Champion vs. Champion” ten bout card for free via a live stream at Sherdog.com which began at 8AM EST (5AM PST).
The event featured a main event battle between Filipino Wushu champ Eduard Folayang battle it out for three rounds with South Korean A Sol Kwon. Folayang was the aggressor throughout most of the fight, scoring with a few great throws, but it was Kwon who would do most of the damage cutting his opponent in several places.
Folayang would fight through all of the injuries, as well as an ugly looking broken nose to earn a unanimous decision from the judges in Singapore.
The co-main event saw UFC vets Yoshiyuki Yoshida and Phil Baroni scrap for three rounds, with Yoshida using strong takedowns to control ‘The New York Bad Ass’ from the top. Baroni was clearly frustrated by his opponents top control and would end up losing by unanimous decision to his Japanese opponent.
CEO and Owner Victor Cui offered bonuses of $5,000 US dollars for “Fight of the Night” to Eduard Folayang and A Sol Kwon, while awarding a “Submission of the Night” bonus to Eric Kelly for his rear-naked choke win over Mitch Chilson, and a “Knockout of the Night” bonus went to (sorry missed it, update once I have it).
The full ONE FC: “Champion vs. Champion” quick results are as follows:
Main Card:
Lightweight bout: Eduard Folayang def. A Sol Kwon via Unanimous Decision*
Catchweight (175 lbs) bout: Yoshiyuki Yoshida def. Phil Baroni via Unanimous Decision*
Featherweight bout: Eric Kelly def. Mitch Chilson via Technical Submission (Rear-naked choke) – R1 @ 3:10
Welterweight bout: Gregor Gracie def. Seok Mo Kim via Unanimous Decision*
Catchweight (159 lbs) bout: Zorobabel Moreira def. Andy Wang via TKO (Knees) – R2 @ 1:49
Preliminary Card:
Catchweight (160 lbs) bout: Eddie Ng def. Yuan Chun Bo via KO (Punches) – R1 @ 0:45
Flyweight bout: Radeem Rahman def. Susovan Ghosh via TKO (Punches) – R1 @ 3:18
Lightweight bout: Vuyisile Colossa def. Ma Xing Yu via KO (Punch) – R1 @ 0:49
Bantamweight bout: Yodsanan Sor Nanthachai def. Daniel Mashamaite via TKO (Knee) – R2 @ 0:14
Bantamweight bout: Leandro Issa def. Soo Chul Kim via Unanimous Decision*
* Scores not given