(Brandon Vera vs. Igor Subora. PRIDE…[*wipes away tear*]…neva die.)
ONE FC 23: Warrior’s Way just wrapped up in Pasay City, Philippines, featuring the promotional debuts of Brandon Vera and Roger Gracie, who were both victorious. Full results are below, and GIFs of the main card stoppages continue after the jump, via Zombie Prophet. As usual, brutal soccer kicks were involved.
– Bibiano Fernandes def. Dae Hwan Kim via submission (rear-naked choke), 1:16 of round 2
– Brandon Vera def. Igor Subora via KO (punch, soccer kicks), 3:54 of round 1
– Timofey Nastyukhin def. Eduard Folayang via KO (flying knee, soccer kicks), 3:11 of round 1
– Roger Gracie def. James McSweeney via TKO, 3:15 of round 3
– Kevin Belingon def. Koetsu Okazaki via unanimous decision
– Herbert Burns def. Honorio Banario via submission (rear-naked choke), 3:59 of round 1
– Jake Butler def. Sylvain Potard via unanimous decision
– Dejdamrong Sor Amnuaysirichoke def. Rene Catalan via KO (knee), 2:30 of round 1
– Ana Julaton def. Walaa Abas Mohamed Kamaly via unanimous decision
– Jujeath Nagaowa def. Tharoth Sam via TKO, 3:34 of round 2
(Bibiano Fernandes vs. Dae Hwan Kim)
(Brandon Vera vs. Igor Subora. PRIDE…[*wipes away tear*]…neva die.)
ONE FC 23: Warrior’s Way just wrapped up in Pasay City, Philippines, featuring the promotional debuts of Brandon Vera and Roger Gracie, who were both victorious. Full results are below, and GIFs of the main card stoppages continue after the jump, via Zombie Prophet. As usual, brutal soccer kicks were involved.
– Bibiano Fernandes def. Dae Hwan Kim via submission (rear-naked choke), 1:16 of round 2
– Brandon Vera def. Igor Subora via KO (punch, soccer kicks), 3:54 of round 1
– Timofey Nastyukhin def. Eduard Folayang via KO (flying knee, soccer kicks), 3:11 of round 1
– Roger Gracie def. James McSweeney via TKO (and possibly a busted right leg), 3:15 of round 3
– Kevin Belingon def. Koetsu Okazaki via unanimous decision
– Herbert Burns def. Honorio Banario via submission (rear-naked choke), 3:59 of round 1
– Jake Butler def. Sylvain Potard via unanimous decision
– Dejdamrong Sor Amnuaysirichoke def. Rene Catalan via KO (knee), 2:30 of round 1
– Ana Julaton def. Walaa Abas Mohamed Kamaly via unanimous decision
– Jujeath Nagaowa def. Tharoth Sam via TKO, 3:34 of round 2
After a shoulder injury sidelined him for most of 2012, OneFC bantamweight champion Soo Chul Kim finally returned to action this morning to take on former DREAM bantamweight/featherweight champion and current OneFC interim bantamweight champion Bibiano Fernandes at OneFC 11. Unfortunately for the South Korean, his underdog status heading into the fight turned out to be well deserved, as the Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu blackbelt successfully unified the belts with a grapple-heavy unanimous decision victory in this morning’s main event.
As was the case with his interim belt-earning defeat of Koetsu Okazaki in May, Fernandes’ victory was marked by long periods of top control that could be described as “Askrenian” in its… timiditylack of offense let’s go with “execution.” Save a brief rally by Kim in the fourth round, this one was all Fernandes, who has now scored 14 wins in his past 15 fights.
In the co-main event, current OneFC lightweight champion Shinya Aoki dominated Ohio-native Cody Stevens en route to a decision victory of his own. Again, it wasn’t the most entertaining affair, but Aoki did catch a nasty knee to the groin in the first. Someone should gif that so I can set it as my background.
The full results for OneFC 11 are below. Additionally, we’ve thrown a full video replay of the OneFC 11 undercard above. We’ll make sure to throw up videos of the main card as soon as they are made available.
After a shoulder injury sidelined him for most of 2012, OneFC bantamweight champion Soo Chul Kim finally returned to action this morning to take on former DREAM bantamweight/featherweight champion and current OneFC interim bantamweight champion Bibiano Fernandes at OneFC 11. Unfortunately for the South Korean, his underdog status heading into the fight turned out to be well deserved, as the Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu blackbelt successfully unified the belts with a grapple-heavy unanimous decision victory in this morning’s main event.
As was the case with his interim belt-earning defeat of Koetsu Okazaki in May, Fernandes’ victory was marked by long periods of top control that could be described as “Askrenian” in its… timiditylack of offense let’s go with “execution.” Save a brief rally by Kim in the fourth round, this one was all Fernandes, who has now scored 14 wins in his past 15 fights.
In the co-main event, current OneFC lightweight champion Shinya Aoki dominated Ohio-native Cody Stevens en route to a decision victory of his own. Again, it wasn’t the most entertaining affair, but Aoki did catch a nasty knee to the groin in the first. Someone should gif that so I can set it as my background.
The full results for OneFC 11 are below. Additionally, we’ve thrown a full video replay of the OneFC 11 undercard above. We’ll make sure to throw up videos of the main card as soon as they are made available.
Main Card
-Bibiano Fernandes defeated Soo Chuk Kim by Unanimous Decision
-Shinya Aoki defeated Cody Stevens by Unanimous Decision
-Eddie Ng defeated Peter Davis by Submission (Armbar, Round 1)
-Tatsuya Mizuno defeated Rafael Silva by Unanimous Decision
-Sylvain Potard defeated Jake Butler by KO (Round 2)
-Shannon Wiratchai defeated Mitch Chilson by KO (Strikes, Round 1)
-Khim Dima defeated Rene Catalan by TKO (Ref Stoppage, Round 2)
Preliminary Card
-Sherilyn Lim defeated Ann Osman by Split Decision
-Juan Wen Jie defeated Alex Lim by TKO (Ref Stoppage, Round 2)
-Stephen Langdown defeated Marc Marcellinus by TKO (Ref Stoppage, Round 1)
SPOILER ALERT: Despite being one of the only fighters to actually make weight yesterday, it’s safe to say that Phil Baroni’s bout with Nobutatsu Suzuki didn’t go quite as planned at ONE FC ‘Rise to Power’ earlier today.
After getting backed into the cage by a series of knees around the four minute mark of the first round, Baroni was dropped by a Suzuki right hand that appeared to put him down for the count. A few follow up punches wrote this notion home and the referee was forced to step in. Unfortunately, said ref didn’t appear to notice that Baroni’s foot was trying to break free from the rest of his leg and provided little comfort for “The New York Bad Ass,” who now falls to 15-17 in his professional MMA career. At this point in his career, Baroni should consider challenging James “Why Me?” Irvin for the right to be called the most cursed man in MMA.
Of course, Baroni wasn’t the only former UFC star to suffer a tough loss this morning…
SPOILER ALERT: Despite being one of the only fighters to actually make weight yesterday, it’s safe to say that Phil Baroni’s bout with Nobutatsu Suzuki didn’t go quite as planned at ONE FC ‘Rise to Power’ earlier today.
After getting backed into the cage by a series of knees around the four minute mark of the first round, Baroni was dropped by a Suzuki right hand that appeared to put him down for the count. A few follow up punches wrote this notion home and the referee was forced to step in. Unfortunately, said ref didn’t appear to notice that Baroni’s foot was trying to break free from the rest of his leg and provided little comfort for “The New York Bad Ass,” who now falls to 15-17 in his professional MMA career. At this point in his career, Baroni should consider challenging James “Why Me?” Irvin for the right to be called the most cursed man in MMA.
Of course, Baroni wasn’t the only former UFC star to suffer a tough loss this morning…
Yes, former UFC heavyweight champion Tim Sylvia suffered a(nother) setback in his quest to end his career in the UFC, and we’re not talking about the fact that he showed up to yesterday’s weigh-ins 7 pounds over the heavyweight limit. After being spared a loss against rival Andrei Arlovski in his last ONE FC appearance via a loosely-defined technicality, “The Maine-Iac” was outgunned by young prospect Tony Johnson earlier this morning.
Sylvia simply had no answers for the speed and wrestling prowess of Johnson, who worked Sylvia over for three rounds before opening a fight-ending cut above the eye of the former champ with a minute and a half left in the fight. No word yet on whether or not Sylvia will combat this latest setback by calling out one of those “overrated” UFC heavyweights we keep hearing him talk about.
Speaking of UFC veterans, Koji Oishi — best known as the guy who tried to block Nick Diaz’s punches with punches in a bizarre octagon appearance back at UFC 53 – successfully captured the ONE FC featherweight title in this morning’s main event with a second round knockout of Honorio Banario. It was Oishi’s first win under the ONE FC banner, and improved his overall record to 23-9-10.
A full list of results from ONE FC ‘Rise to Power’ is below.
Main Card:
-Koji Oishi def. Honorio Banario by KO (punches) at 1:45 of Round Two
-Bibiano Fernandes def. Koetsu Okazaki by unanimous decision
-Masakatsu Ueda def. Kevin Belingon by unanimous decision
-Yasuhiro Urushitani def. Rey Docyogen by split decision
-Nobutatsu Suzuki def. Phil Baroni by TKO (strikes/injury) at 4:17 of Round One
-Kamal Shalorus def. Eduard Folayang by unanimous decision
-Andrew Leone def. Geje Estaquio by unanimous decision
Under Card:
-Lowen Tynanes def. Felipe Enomoto by TKO (elbows) at 2:41 of Round One
-Yusup Saadulaev def. Ryan Diaz by submission (D’arce choke) at 2:57 of Round Two
-Tony Johnson def. Tim Sylvia by TKO (cut) at 3:25 of Round Three
(No, Tim, we do not know where they keep the rest of the honey. Photo via Sherdog.)
You guys, this might come as a Scanners.gif to you, but Tim Sylvia — best known around these parts as Fatty Boom-Boom — failed to make weight for his scheduled contest with Tony Johnson at ONE FC ‘Rise to Power’ tomorrow. Tipping the scales at a hefty-yet-slimmed down 271 pounds (perhaps The Maine-Iac 90 Day Weight Loss Challenge works after all!), Sylvia missed the heavyweight limit by 6 pounds earlier today. While some of you may accuse of us going after the low hanging fruit here, let us not forget that this is the same Tim Sylvia who just weeks ago was informing us of his desires to finish his career in the UFC. This is not a great start.
To be fair, Sylvia wasn’t the most egregious offender at today’s weigh-ins, not by a long shot. That dishonor would be bestowed upon Ryan “The Lion” Diaz, the 13-13 Strikeforce and KOTC veteran who had not competed in nearly three years before agreeing to face Yusup Saadulaev in a bantamweight contest. Weighing in at 144.8 pounds, Diaz surpassed the limit by nearly ten pounds. Somewhere, Anthony Johnson is eating his second straight double fudge ice cream sundae and smiling for completely unrelated reasons.
Sylvia and Diaz, along with Andrew Leone and Lowen Tynanes, will all face penalties for missing weight in the form of purse deductions, although just how much they will lose has yet to be disclosed by ONE FC officials. Thankfully, the scheduled title fights in Honorio Banario vs. Koji Oishi (featherweight) and Bibiano Fernandes vs. Koetsu Okazaki (bantamweight) will actually make it to fruition, as all four fighters successfully made weight.
The entire ONE FC ‘Rise to Power’ fight card can be purchased for just $9.99 through ONE FC’s official website. Featuring the likes of Phil Baroni, Kamal Shalorus, Masakatsu Ueda, and Eduard Folayang, the card is set to kick off tomorrow morning starting at 6:30 a.m. EST.
The full weigh-in results and a video preview of ONE FC ‘Rise to Power’ are after the jump.
(No, Tim, we do not know where they keep the rest of the honey. Photo via Sherdog.)
You guys, this might come as a Scanners.gif to you, but Tim Sylvia — best known around these parts as Fatty Boom-Boom — failed to make weight for his scheduled contest with Tony Johnson at ONE FC ‘Rise to Power’ tomorrow. Tipping the scales at a hefty-yet-slimmed down 271 pounds (perhaps The Maine-Iac 90 Day Weight Loss Challenge works after all!), Sylvia missed the heavyweight limit by 6 pounds earlier today. While some of you may accuse of us going after the low hanging fruit here, let us not forget that this is the same Tim Sylvia who just weeks ago was informing us of his desires to finish his career in the UFC. This is not a great start.
To be fair, Sylvia wasn’t the most egregious offender at today’s weigh-ins, not by a long shot. That dishonor would be bestowed upon Ryan “The Lion” Diaz, the 13-13 Strikeforce and KOTC veteran who had not competed in nearly three years before agreeing to face Yusup Saadulaev in a bantamweight contest. Weighing in at 144.8 pounds, Diaz surpassed the limit by nearly ten pounds. Somewhere, Anthony Johnson is eating his second straight double fudge ice cream sundae and smiling for completely unrelated reasons.
Sylvia and Diaz, along with Andrew Leone and Lowen Tynanes, will all face penalties for missing weight in the form of purse deductions, although just how much they will lose has yet to be disclosed by ONE FC officials. Thankfully, the scheduled title fights in Honorio Banario vs. Koji Oishi (featherweight) and Bibiano Fernandes vs. Koetsu Okazaki (bantamweight) will actually make it to fruition, as all four fighters successfully made weight.
The entire ONE FC ‘Rise to Power’ fight card can be purchased for just $9.99 through ONE FC’s official website. Featuring the likes of Phil Baroni, Kamal Shalorus, Masakatsu Ueda, and Eduard Folayang, the card is set to kick off tomorrow morning starting at 6:30 a.m. EST.
The full weigh-in results and a video preview of ONE FC ‘Rise to Power’ are below.
-Honorio Banario (144.7) vs. Koji Oishi (144.8) – for featherweight title
-Bibiano Fernandes (134.4) vs. Koetsu Okazaki (134.4) – for interim bantamweight title
-Kevin Belingon (134) vs. Masakatsu Ueda (134.6) – bantamweight grand-prix final
-Rey Docyogen (124.7) vs. Yasuhiro Urushitani (124.7)
-Phil Baroni (169) vs. Nobutatsu Suzuki (169.4)
-Eduard Folayang (154.4) vs. Kamal Shalorus (154.2)
-Geje Eustaquio (124.7) vs. Andrew Leone (127.7)
-Ryan Diaz (144.8) vs. Yusup Saadulaev (134.4)
-Felipe Enomoto (153.1) vs. Lowen Tynanes (155.2)
-Tony Johnson (264.2) vs. Tim Sylvia (271)
(Melvin Manhoef def. Denis Kang via knee-to-the-body KO, 0:50 of round 1. Fight starts at the 3:44 mark, but we’ve got the video cued up to the *real* action.)
(Shinya Aoki def. Antonio McKee via submission due to eye-punch, 0:24 of round 2)
(Melvin Manhoef def. Denis Kang via knee-to-the-body KO, 0:50 of round 1. Fight starts at the 3:44 mark, but we’ve got the video cued up to the *real* action.)
Hmm…do we count Tim Sylvia’s weight as a high or a low?
If you didn’t get to catch One FC’s fifth event yesterday, you more than likely are under the impression that it was an event crushed by its completely preposterous stance on soccer kicks. While the soccer kick fiasco brought the sort-of anticipated fourth bout between Tim Sylvia and Andrei Arlovski to new heights of freak show ridiculousness, the show gave fans plenty of reasons to cheer and a few things to jeer as well. With videos beginning to surface from yesterday’s bouts, and no other televised MMA to look forward to tonight, let’s take some time to re-watch some of the better fights.
Unfortunately, the best fight from yesterday’s card – a lightweight slugfest between Eduard Folayang and Felipe Enomoto – isn’t available as of now. We’ll keep you posted if a video surfaces, but if one doesn’t, you’ll only have to wait until October 6 to see Folayang battle Zorobabel Moreira for the promotion’s lightweight title. Videos from the rest of the card available after the jump.
Hmm…do we count Tim Sylvia’s weight as a high or a low?
If you didn’t get to catch One FC’s fifth event yesterday, you more than likely are under the impression that it was an event crushed by its completely preposterous stance on soccer kicks. While the soccer kick fiasco brought the sort-of anticipated fourth bout between Tim Sylvia and Andrei Arlovski to new heights of freak show ridiculousness, the show gave fans plenty of reasons to cheer and a few things to jeer as well. With videos beginning to surface from yesterday’s bouts, and no other televised MMA to look forward to tonight, let’s take some time to re-watch some of the better fights.
Unfortunately, the best fight from yesterday’s card – a lightweight slugfest between Eduard Folayang and Felipe Enomoto – isn’t available as of now. We’ll keep you posted if a video surfaces, but if one doesn’t, you’ll only have to wait until October 6 to see Folayang battle Zorobabel Moreira for the promotion’s lightweight title. Videos from the rest of the card available after the jump.
Phil Baroni vs. Rodrigo Ribeiro
High: I know how much you all love the technical, methodical fighting styles of Jon Fitch and Ben Askren, but sometimes quick, brutal knockouts are exciting. This one is over before it really ever begins… Low: …and yet it still went on for at least thirteen seconds longer than it needed to. Props to Phil Baroni for begging the referee to stop the fight, but it should have never had to come to that.
Rolles Gracie vs. Tony Bonello
High: In this three round grapplefest, Rolles Gracie demonstrates that he’s one of One FC’s premier heavyweights. Low:See above.
Eric Kelly vs. Jens Pulver
High: Pulver was surprisingly competitive, coming close to pulling off the upset a few times during the fight. Low: Unless you’re a total masochist, you’ll find nothing fun about watching the former world champion get knocked out by yet another fighter you’ve never heard of.
Andrei Arlovski vs. Tim Sylvia
High: It wasn’t nearly the pathetic freak show you were expecting it to be. Low: At least not until it ended as a no contest. Then it was much worse.
Bibiano Fernandes vs. Gustavo Falciroli
High: It wasn’t pretty, but Bibiano Fernandes continued to make his case for being one of the top bantamweights on the planet with a victory over the blue-haired Gustavo Falciroli. Low: After bailing on the UFC, Fernandes needed a much stronger performance than this to still be a top bantamweight in the eyes of most fans. We’ll have to wait and see how he rebounds from this fight.
