The Asian based ONE Fighting Championship promotion held it’s seventh event today in Malaysia with it’s ONE FC: Return of Warriors event.
The event saw the crowning of the first ONE FC featherweight champion as Filipino fighter Honorio Banario earned a controversial win over fellow countryman Eric Kelly in the fourth round of their title bout. Referee Yuji Shimda would call a halt to the action after Kelly complained of an eye poke in the fourth after taking solid left from Banario. Shimda says he didn’t see anything and since he’s been forced to stop the bout, Banario is declared the first ONE FC 145-lbs champioin.
ONE FC: Return of Warriors took place at the Putra Indoor Stadium in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The event aired on online pay-per-view across the World and was carried by The Fight Network in Canada.
Check out the full list of ‘Quick Results’ for ONE FC 7 below:
Main Card
ONE FC Featherweight Championship bout: (c) Honorio Banario def. Eric Kelly via TKO (Referee stoppage) – R4 @ 1:01
Flyweight bout: Shinichi Kojima def. Rey Docyogen via Submission (Guillotine choke) – R2 @ 4:47
Lightweight bout: Lowen Tynanes def. Vuyisile Colossa via Submission (Rear-naked choke) – R3 @ 4:37
Lightweight bout: Peter Davis def. Leo Krishna via TKO (Doctor stoppage) – R1 @ 2:01
Welterweight bout: Adam Kayoom def. Zuli Silawanto via Submission (Rear-naked choke) R1
ONE FC Bantamweight Grand Prix Quarterfinal
Bantamweight bout: Thanh Vu def. Ryan Diaz via TKO (Knees) – R1 @ 1:03
ONE FC Malaysian National Featherweight Championship Tournament
Featherweight bout: Melvin Yeoh def. Raymond Tiew via Submission (Triangle choke) – R2 @ 3:29
Featherweight bout: Jian Kai Chee def. AJ Lias Mansor via Unanimous Decision
Preliminary card
Catchweight (130lbs) bout: Gianni Subba def. Saiful Merican via Submission (Armbar) – R2 @ 4:08
Light Heavyweight bout: Jake Butler def. Antonio Romulo via TKO (Punches) – R1