Over the weekend, Vitaly Bigdash was called out by reigning ONE welterweight champion Ben Askren. While many would love to see Askren taken on the ONE middleweight champion, Bigdash is headed for something different. Bigdash (9-0) will put his unbeaten record and title on the line June 30 at ONE Championship 56: Light of a […]
Over the weekend, Vitaly Bigdash was called out by reigning ONE welterweight champion Ben Askren. While many would love to see Askren taken on the ONE middleweight champion, Bigdash is headed for something different. Bigdash (9-0) will put his unbeaten record and title on the line June 30 at ONE Championship 56: Light of a […]
Over in Singapore Friday morning, former Bellator champion Ben Askren kept his unbeaten record intact, submitting Agilan Thani in the co-main event of ONE Championship: Dynasty of Heroes. Askren remains welterweight champion with his win, which was the fourth since signing with ONE after completing a run in Bellator as titleholder. The former U.S. Olympic […]
Over in Singapore Friday morning, former Bellator champion Ben Askren kept his unbeaten record intact, submitting Agilan Thani in the co-main event of ONE Championship: Dynasty of Heroes. Askren remains welterweight champion with his win, which was the fourth since signing with ONE after completing a run in Bellator as titleholder. The former U.S. Olympic […]
Details of the ONE Championship event scheduled for April 21 in Mall of Asia Arena in Manila has officially been announced on Monday. The main event sees lightweight champion Eduard Folayang defend his strap for the first time against Ev Ting. Folayang won the title by way of third-round knockout over Shinya Aoki in November. Ting […]
Details of the ONE Championship event scheduled for April 21 in Mall of Asia Arena in Manila has officially been announced on Monday. The main event sees lightweight champion Eduard Folayang defend his strap for the first time against Ev Ting. Folayang won the title by way of third-round knockout over Shinya Aoki in November. Ting […]
Bibiano Fernandes is sticking with ONE Championship. Fernandes is considered to be one of the best mixed martial arts (MMA) bantamweights outside the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). Recently, Fernandes had a chance to test the free agency market. “The Flash” chose to re-sign with ONE Championship. MMAFighting.com reached out to Fernandes to see what made […]
Bibiano Fernandes is sticking with ONE Championship. Fernandes is considered to be one of the best mixed martial arts (MMA) bantamweights outside the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). Recently, Fernandes had a chance to test the free agency market. “The Flash” chose to re-sign with ONE Championship. MMAFighting.com reached out to Fernandes to see what made […]
The mixed martial arts (MMA) community has lost a fighter and coach. ONE Championship bantamweight Casey Suire passed away in a motorcycle accident in Bali, Indonesia this past weekend. According to Rima News, Suire was found dead in a Canggu ditch. He lost control of his motorcycle and crashed into the side of the road. […]
The mixed martial arts (MMA) community has lost a fighter and coach. ONE Championship bantamweight Casey Suire passed away in a motorcycle accident in Bali, Indonesia this past weekend. According to Rima News, Suire was found dead in a Canggu ditch. He lost control of his motorcycle and crashed into the side of the road. […]
After over a year away from the sport, ONE Championship middleweight champ Vitaly Bigdash made a successful return Saturday. At ONE Championship 51 at the Jakarta Convention Center in Jakarta, Indonesia, h…
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After over a year away from the sport, ONE Championship middleweight champ Vitaly Bigdash made a successful return Saturday. At ONE Championship 51 at the Jakarta Convention Center in Jakarta, Indonesia, he defended his title against a game Aung La N Sang, bloodying the “Burmese Python” with elbows numerous times before the five-round bout went to the scorecards. Bigdash was awarded the unanimous decision, improving to 9-0. It was his first fight since winning the title against Igor Svirid in October, 2015 at ONE Championship 32. Sang, meanwhile, drops to 19-10.
The event was streamed online, and carried live on The Fight Network.
Elsewhere on the card, Martin Nguyen (8-1) steamrolled Japan’s Kazunori Yokota (25-7-3) with a first round TKO. Nguyen’s victory over the much more experienced fighter may have earned him a crack at the ONE Championship featherweight title, currently held by Marat Gafurov. Also in featherweight action, Anthony Engelen stiffened A.J. Lias Mansor with a right hand in the very first round. Mansor went crashing to the mat, and Engelen had a highlight reel KO.
Full ONE Championship 51 results:
Vitaly Bigdash def. Aung La N Sang via unanimous decision (for the ONE Championship middleweight title)
Martin Nguyen def. Kazunori Yokota via TKO (punches), Round 1, 3:36
Vincent Latoel def. Vaughn Donayre via unanimous decision
Georgi Stoyanov def. Saygid Guseyn Arslanaliev via disqualification (illegal kick), Round 1
Anthony Engelen def. A.J. Lias Mansor via knockout (punch), Round 1, 1:13
Sherif Mohamed def. Igor Subora via unanimous decision
Sunoto Peringkat def. Chan Heng via TKO (punches), Round 1, 2:30
Stefer Rahardian def Jerome S. Paye via unanimous decision
Rene Catalan def. Adrian Matheis via submission (armbar), Round 2, 2:08
