(Roger Huerta destroys Christian Holley with the help of ONE FC’s “Sure, knee ‘em in the head when they’re down, we don’t really care” rule. / GIF via ZP)
ONE FC: Reign of Champions (aka ONE FC 19) went down today at the World Trade Centre in Dubai, featuring Shinya Aoki, Ben Askren, and the return of Roger Huerta after a two-year absence and four-fight losing streak. Quick results are below, and more GIFs are after the jump, via ZombieProphet.
– Shina Aoki def. Kamal Shalorus via submission (rear-naked choke), 2:15 of round 1; Aoki retains the ONE FC lightweight championship
– Ben Askren def. Nobutatsu Suzuki via TKO, 1:24 of round 1; Askren becomes the new ONE FC welterweight champion, and secures his second-straight first-round stoppage. How ’bout that!
– Jadamba Narantungalag def. Koji Oishi via unanimous decision; Narantungalag becomes the new ONE FC featherweight champion
– Roger Huerta def. Christian Holley via TKO (knees & punches), 3:13 of round 1
– James McSweeney def. Cristiano Kaminishi via KO (punch & soccer kick), 1:17 of round 1
– Herbert Burns def. Hiroshige Tanaka via unanimous decision
– Mohamad Walid def. Vaughn Donayre via submission (armbar), 1:05 of round 1
– Dejdamrong Sor Amnuaysirichoke def. Ali Yaakub via submission (rear-naked choke), 2:34 of round 1
– Ann Osman def. Ana Julaton via split-decision
(Shinya Aoki chokes out Kamal Shalorus)
(Ben Askren beats the tar out of Nobutatsu Suzuki)
(TUF 10 vet James McSweeney, soccer-kicking the daylights out of Cristiano Kaminishi)
(Mohamad Walid armbars Vaughn Donayre with the quickness.)
(Dejdamrong Sor Amnuaysirichoke sinks the RNC on Ali Yaakub)