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“Sexyama” Yoshihiro Akiyama To Make ONE Championship Debut Next Month

“Sexyama” Yoshihiro Akiyama has his next fight booked and it will also serve as his ONE Championship debut. Akiyama is slated to fight former welterweight title contender Agilan Thani in the co-headliner of ONE: Legendary Quest in Shanghai, China at Shanghai’s Baoshan Arena on June 20th. “Sexyama” hasn’t competed since a decision loss to Alberto […]

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“Sexyama” Yoshihiro Akiyama has his next fight booked and it will also serve as his ONE Championship debut.

Akiyama is slated to fight former welterweight title contender Agilan Thani in the co-headliner of ONE: Legendary Quest in Shanghai, China at Shanghai’s Baoshan Arena on June 20th.

“Sexyama” hasn’t competed since a decision loss to Alberto Mina in the UFC in 2015. After winning in only two of his seven Octagon appearances, he decided to part ways with the UFC. He holds wins over Amir Sadollah and Alan Belcher while losses to Chris Leben, Michael Bisping, Vitor Belfort and Jake Shields.

On the flip side, Thani once challenged Ben Askren for the ONE Title. He has suffered stoppage losses to Zebaztian Kadestam and Kiamrian Abbasov in 2018.

Stamp Fairtex (62-15-5) will return to the ring to defend her ONE atomweight muay thai world title Alma Juniku (24-4) in the headliner. Here’s the card:

Stamp Fairtex (c) vs. Alma Juniku (ONE Atomweight Muay Thai World Championship)

Yoshihiro Akiyama vs. Agilan Thani (mixed martial arts – welterweight)

Tarik Khbabez vs. Anderson Silva (ONE Super Series kickboxing – light heavyweight)

Reinier De Ridder vs. Gilberto “Giba” Galvao (mixed martial arts – middleweight)

Han Zi Hao vs. Andrew Miller (ONE Super Series Muay Thai – bantamweight)

Koyomi Matsushima vs. Kwon Won Il (mixed martial arts – featherweight)

Rodlek PK.Saenchaimuaythaigym vs. Liam Harrison (ONE Super Series Muay Thai – featherweight)

Fan Rong vs. Sherif Mohamed (mixed martial arts – middleweight)

Chen Lei vs. Anthony Engelen (mixed martial arts – 67.5-kilogram catch weight)

Victorio Senduk vs. Phoe Thaw (mixed martial arts – featherweight)

Yoon Chang Min vs. Trestle Tan (mixed martial arts – lightweight)

Itsuki Hirata vs. Angelie Sabanal (mixed martial arts – women’s atomweight)

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Sage Northcutt Suffered Eight Fractures In ONE Debut Loss

Former UFC star Sage Northcutt suffered a devastating loss to Cosmo Alexandre in his ONE Championship debut in Singapore yesterday. ‘Super’ Sage was floored with an absolutely massive right hand in just 29 seconds. The loss elicited a wide range of reactions from the collective mixed martial arts (MMA) community. Many personalities were not so […]

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Former UFC star Sage Northcutt suffered a devastating loss to Cosmo Alexandre in his ONE Championship debut in Singapore yesterday.

‘Super’ Sage was floored with an absolutely massive right hand in just 29 seconds. The loss elicited a wide range of reactions from the collective mixed martial arts (MMA) community. Many personalities were not so much shocked that he lost, but that he was matched up with such a dangerous veteran in his ONE debut. Either way, it was obviously a devastating defeat.

However, it’s only now that we’ve found out just how devastating it was. Northcutt released a photo on his official Instagram account detailing that he suffered eight fractures from the KO and had just gotten out of an intense nine-hour surgery:

“Fresh out of surgery…I had 8 fractures and a nine hour intense operation. Feeling blessed for the amazing care and all the support from @onechampionship, my family/friends and fans! My Terminator face is not too Shabby.. ?“I’ll be back!” Next post is catheter removal?…stay tuned-JK”

It appears Northcutt will be out of the cage for quite some time to recover from this injury. He’s still only 23, and will undoubtedly maintain the positive attitude he’s known for throughout his recovery process.

Either way, former UFC stars fighting for the first time in ONE this year just haven’t fared all too well in their debuts so far.

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Quote: It Was ‘Disturbing’ Seeing Sage Northcutt Get KO’d In ONE Debut

Earlier today (Fri. May 17, 2019) former UFC star Sage Northcutt made his ONE debut. Unfortunately, things didn’t go “Super’s” way. He was knocked out in just 29 seconds by Cosmo Alexandre at welterweight. The fight was one of many great contests at “ONE: Enter The Dragon” that took place from the Singapore Indoor Stadium […]

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Earlier today (Fri. May 17, 2019) former UFC star Sage Northcutt made his ONE debut.

Unfortunately, things didn’t go “Super’s” way. He was knocked out in just 29 seconds by Cosmo Alexandre at welterweight. The fight was one of many great contests at “ONE: Enter The Dragon” that took place from the Singapore Indoor Stadium in Kallang, Singapore.

Mixed martial arts (MMA) manager Ali Abdelaziz took to Twitter to react. He called the scene “disturbing.” Here’s what he had to say:

“It was disturbing seeing sage get knocked out like that. Cosmo Alexander (sic) is a killer and that was a bad move fighting him. Sage is still so young, I wish him nothing but the best he’ll be back”

Northcutt signed with ONE back in November after wrapping up his contract with the UFC on a three-fight winning streak. It was surprising that the UFC allowed the 23-year-old to walk away from the promotion given he was a big part of their promotional tactics.

However, Northcutt ultimately decided to take his talents to Singapore. He joined the likes of former UFC stars such as Demetrious “Mighty Mouse” Johnson and Eddie Alvarez, who left for ONE as well.

For our full results from “ONE: Enter The Dragon” click here.

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Christian Lee Smashes Shinya Aoki To Win ONE Lightweight Title

Christian Lee won the ONE lightweight title when he picked up a win over Shinya Aoki in the headliner of ONE: Enter The Dragon. This fight took place this morning (Friday, May 17, 2019) at the Singapore Indoor Stadium in Kallang, Singapore. The finish of the fight saw Lee win by TKO due to strikes […]

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Christian Lee won the ONE lightweight title when he picked up a win over Shinya Aoki in the headliner of ONE: Enter The Dragon. This fight took place this morning (Friday, May 17, 2019) at the Singapore Indoor Stadium in Kallang, Singapore.

The finish of the fight saw Lee win by TKO due to strikes in the second round to become the new champion. You can read the full results here.

Aoki entered this fight on a four-fight winning streak with wins over Rasul Yakhyaev, Shannon Wiratchai, Ev Ting, and Eduard Folayang. In his latest bout, he beat Folayang by arm-triangle choke in the first round at the ONE Championship: A New Era event to win the lightweight title bout.

On the flip side, Lee entered this fight on a two-fight winning streak with wins over Kazuki Tokudome and Edward Kelly that saw him win both fights by TKO in the first round.

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Twitter Reacts To Sage Northcutt’s 29-Second KO Loss In ONE Debut

The promotional debut under the ONE Championship banner for former UFC star Sage Northcutt didn’t go as planned. Northcutt faced off Cosmo Alexandre in a welterweight bout at the ONE: Enter The Dragon event. Alexandre destroyed Northcutt in just 29 seconds with a first-round KO win after face planting him. This event took place on […]

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The promotional debut under the ONE Championship banner for former UFC star Sage Northcutt didn’t go as planned.

Northcutt faced off Cosmo Alexandre in a welterweight bout at the ONE: Enter The Dragon event. Alexandre destroyed Northcutt in just 29 seconds with a first-round KO win after face planting him.

This event took place on Friday morning (May 17, 2019) at the Singapore Indoor Stadium in Kallang, Singapore. You can read the full results here.

With the promotion signing him to a big money deal, it’s not how things were supposed to go after Northcutt returned to competition from a 10-month layoff. Check out how the mixed martial arts (MMA) community reacted to Northcutt’s loss on Twitter here:

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Video: Sage Northcutt Gets Destroyed In ONE Debut

Former UFC star Sage Northcutt made his promotional debut under the ONE banner in an interesting way. On Friday morning (May 17, 2019) at the Singapore Indoor Stadium in Kallang, Singapore. Northcutt faced off Cosmo Alexandre in a welterweight bout. This fight took place on the main card portion. In the fight, Alexandre destroyed Northcutt […]

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Former UFC star Sage Northcutt made his promotional debut under the ONE banner in an interesting way.

On Friday morning (May 17, 2019) at the Singapore Indoor Stadium in Kallang, Singapore. Northcutt faced off Cosmo Alexandre in a welterweight bout. This fight took place on the main card portion. In the fight, Alexandre destroyed Northcutt in just 29 seconds with a first-round KO win after face planting him.

You can read the full results here.

When his UFC contract was up, the rising prospect decided during this time as a free agent that it was best for him to sign with ONE instead of staying with the UFC. Northcutt made an appearance back in 2015 on the debut episode of Dana White’s “Lookin’ for a Fight” web series. He would later go 6-2 in the UFC.

In his previous fight, in the co-headliner of last year’s UFC Boise, the rising prospect picked up a win. He was able to secure a TKO win over the always-tough Zak Ottow. This fight didn’t go as originally planned for Northcutt as he had a tough first round.

Northcutt got floored with a punch early in the fight and absorbed shots from top position. However, he was able to rebound and get his hand raised. Northcutt bulked up for this fight as it was contested at welterweight. 

On the flip side, coming into this bout, Alexandre hadn’t competed in MMA since September 2016. He lost his professional debut with Bellator in 2011. He turned that around by winning seven straight.

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