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ONE Fighting Championship™ Announces Largest MMA Network In Asian History

Tweet Press Release – 26 October, 2011 – Singapore: ONE Fighting Championship™ has signed mutually exclusive partnerships with most of the major Asian MMA promotions and MMA gyms in Asia as a part of its ONE Asia strategy to unify all the key players in the sport of MMA in Asia. The ONE Asia Partnership […]

Press Release – 26 October, 2011 – Singapore: ONE Fighting Championship™ has signed mutually exclusive partnerships with most of the major Asian MMA promotions and MMA gyms in Asia as a part of its ONE Asia strategy to unify all the key players in the sport of MMA in Asia. The ONE Asia Partnership Network is the largest of its kind in MMA history in Asia.

ONE Fighting Championship™ has formed exclusive partnerships with the following organizations:

-URCC (Philippines)

-Cage Fighting Championship (Australia)

-ROAD Fighting Championship (Korea)

-DARE Fightsports (Thailand)

-Team Lakay Wushu (Philippines)

-Tiger Muay Thai and MMA (Thailand)

-Tigers Gym (India)

-Evolve Mixed Martial Arts (Singapore)

-Legacy Gym (Thailand)

-Tough MMA (Taiwan)

-Synergy Jiu-Jitsu (Indonesia)

-Juggernaut FC (Singapore)

-Fightworks Asia (Singapore)

-PAK MMA (Pakistan)

-Team Force (Korea)

-MuayFit (Malaysia)

-Leverage MMA (Malaysia)

ONE Fighting Championship™ currently remains in confidential discussions with many of the other top Asian MMA promotions and MMA gyms across Asia. Additionally, ONE FC has added another 17 of Asia’s top MMA fighters to its roster. Further announcements will be made in the near future.

Victor Cui, CEO/Owner of ONE Fighting Championship, said, ”Our goal is to unify Asian MMA and to build the sport that we all love dearly. With today’s announcement, many of the top MMA organizations and gyms in Asia have joined hands. Given our current discussions with various parties, we will be announcing another 23 additional MMA organizations and gyms to the ONE FC Network in the coming days and weeks. These strong partnerships will help to accelerate the development of Asian fighters and the sport of MMA in the region. Asian fighters need platforms to gain invaluable experience and to showcase their skills to the world. If you are a ONE FC fighter, you will automatically be able to compete in the biggest MMA events across Asia within the ONE FC Network. If you are a sponsor, you will be able to leverage and target your sponsorship dollars across multiple platforms. If you are a fan, you will enjoy many more high quality MMA shows around Asia. Ultimately, as it continues to grow, the ONE FC Network will multiply in benefits for all parties involved.”

Additionally, ONE Fighting Championship is pleased to announce the dates and countries of its next 3 events:

ONE FC 2: February 11, 2012 in Indonesia
ONE FC 3: March 31, 2012 in Singapore
ONE FC 4: April 27, 2012 in Malaysia

About ONE Fighting Championship™

Headquartered in Singapore, ONE Fighting Championship™ (http://www.onefc.com

) is Asia’s largest mixed martial arts organization. ONE Fighting Championship hosts the most prestigious mixed martial arts event in Asia.

ONE Fighting Championship Announces Events For Indonesia, Singapore, & Malaysia

Tweet The Asian based ONE Fighting Championship promotion announced the dates for three events on Monday in locations across South Asia. The first date, and the promotions second event ever, was announced for February 11th, 2012 at the BritAma Arena in North Jakarta, Indonesia. Then a month-and-a-half later, ONE FC 3 will take place on […]

The Asian based ONE Fighting Championship promotion announced the dates for three events on Monday in locations across South Asia.

The first date, and the promotions second event ever, was announced for February 11th, 2012 at the BritAma Arena in North Jakarta, Indonesia. Then a month-and-a-half later, ONE FC 3 will take place on March 31st at the Singapore Indoor Stadium in Kallang, Singapore, returning the site of the promotions first event. And lastly, ONE FC 4 is scheduled for April 27th at the Stadium Negara in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

The ONE FC promotion is run by former Martial Combat promoter Victor Cui, who is looking to make his promotion the “UFC” of Asia.

The first event, ONE FC: Champion vs. Champion took place last month on September 3rd at the Singapore Indoor Stadium featuring a number of fighters from around Asia and the world. The event was certainly hailed as a success and as it’s notoriety grows it’s ability to draw bigger names will certainly help Cui’s plan to capture the Asian market.

One FC Looking To Increase Roster, Akihiro Gono & Fransino Tirta Likely Additions

Tweet With ONE Fighting Championship holding it’s first ever event this past Saturday in Singapore, the upstart promotion will look to put on an even better show the second time around. Their first event, “Champion vs. Champion” consisted of a ten-bout card showcasing several exciting matchups. There were, however a few bouts that featured mismatched […]

Photo by Shafudin Jaya via MMAWeekly.com

With ONE Fighting Championship holding it’s first ever event this past Saturday in Singapore, the upstart promotion will look to put on an even better show the second time around.

Their first event, “Champion vs. Champion” consisted of a ten-bout card showcasing several exciting matchups. There were, however a few bouts that featured mismatched opponents but that was to be expected for any new promotion with a shallow talent pool.

ONE FC CEO Victor Cui is certainly looking to increase the depth of those waters by adding fighters like UFC veteran Akihiro Gono (32-16-7), and undefeated Indonesian fighter Fransino Tirta (10-0-1) to the roster.

According to MMAWeekly.com, both fighters were in attendance at this past weekends Singapore event, also indicating from sources that both fighters had been in talks with Cui.

Although, the ONE FC show did not deliver on the promise that it would be the “UFC of Asia” it was certainly an entertaining event, which saw a packed Singapore Indoor Stadium. Cui noted to the website that his promotion has plans in the works for another eight events, so it appears that ONE FC won’t be going anywhere for the near future except up.

ONE FC “Champion vs. Champion” – ‘Quick Results’

Tweet One Fighting Championship held their inaugural event on Saturday, September 3, at the Singapore Indoor Stadium in Kallang, Singapore. Fans who got up early enough were able to watch the entire “Champion vs. Champion” ten bout card for free via a live stream at Sherdog.com which began at 8AM EST (5AM PST). The event […]

One Fighting Championship held their inaugural event on Saturday, September 3, at the Singapore Indoor Stadium in Kallang, Singapore.

Fans who got up early enough were able to watch the entire “Champion vs. Champion” ten bout card for free via a live stream at Sherdog.com which began at 8AM EST (5AM PST).

The event featured a main event battle between Filipino Wushu champ Eduard Folayang battle it out for three rounds with South Korean A Sol Kwon. Folayang was the aggressor throughout most of the fight, scoring with a few great throws, but it was Kwon who would do most of the damage cutting his opponent in several places.

Folayang would fight through all of the injuries, as well as an ugly looking broken nose to earn a unanimous decision from the judges in Singapore.

The co-main event saw UFC vets Yoshiyuki Yoshida and Phil Baroni scrap for three rounds, with Yoshida using strong takedowns to control ‘The New York Bad Ass’ from the top. Baroni was clearly frustrated by his opponents top control and would end up losing by unanimous decision to his Japanese opponent.

CEO and Owner Victor Cui offered bonuses of $5,000 US dollars for “Fight of the Night” to Eduard Folayang and A Sol Kwon, while awarding a “Submission of the Night” bonus to Eric Kelly for his rear-naked choke win over Mitch Chilson, and a “Knockout of the Night” bonus went to (sorry missed it, update once I have it).

The full ONE FC: “Champion vs. Champion” quick results are as follows:

Main Card:
Lightweight bout: Eduard Folayang def. A Sol Kwon via Unanimous Decision*
Catchweight (175 lbs) bout: Yoshiyuki Yoshida def. Phil Baroni via Unanimous Decision*
Featherweight bout: Eric Kelly def. Mitch Chilson via Technical Submission (Rear-naked choke) – R1 @ 3:10
Welterweight bout: Gregor Gracie def. Seok Mo Kim via Unanimous Decision*
Catchweight (159 lbs) bout: Zorobabel Moreira def. Andy Wang via TKO (Knees) – R2 @ 1:49

Preliminary Card:

Catchweight (160 lbs) bout: Eddie Ng def. Yuan Chun Bo via KO (Punches) – R1 @ 0:45
Flyweight bout: Radeem Rahman def. Susovan Ghosh via TKO (Punches) – R1 @ 3:18
Lightweight bout: Vuyisile Colossa def. Ma Xing Yu via KO (Punch) – R1 @ 0:49
Bantamweight bout: Yodsanan Sor Nanthachai def. Daniel Mashamaite via TKO (Knee) – R2 @ 0:14
Bantamweight bout: Leandro Issa def. Soo Chul Kim via Unanimous Decision*

* Scores not given

One FC: Champion vs. Champion Weigh-in Results

Tweet Competitors for the ONE Fighting Championship: Champion vs. Champion event hit the scales on Friday The Cathay Mall in Singapore. A total of twenty fighters stepped onto the scales with only one of the main card fighters not making weight for the One FC inaugural event. Headliners, South Korean fighter A Sol Kwon and […]

Photo by Shafudin Jaya via BloodyElbow.com

Competitors for the ONE Fighting Championship: Champion vs. Champion event hit the scales on Friday The Cathay Mall in Singapore.

A total of twenty fighters stepped onto the scales with only one of the main card fighters not making weight for the One FC inaugural event.

Headliners, South Korean fighter A Sol Kwon and Filipino Wushu stylist Eduard Folayang both made weight for their lightweight bout.

While co-main event fighters, former UFC veterans, Phil ‘The New York Bad Ass’ Barnoi and Yoshiyuki Yoshida bot made weight for their 175 lb catchweight match.

Be sure to check out more photo’s from Friday’s weigh-ins at BloodyElbow.com, who also provided converted the weights from kilo’s to pounds so I didn’t have to.

Main Card:
A Sol Kwon (155 lbs) vs. Eduard Folayang (155.9 lbs)
Phil Baroni (176 lbs) vs. Yoshiyuki Yoshida (174.8 lbs)
Mitch Chilson (145.5 lbs) vs. Eric Kelly (142.4 lbs)
Gregor Gracie (170.9 lbs) vs. Seok Mo Kim (169.7 lbs)
Andy Wang (163.1 lbs) vs. Zorobabel Moreira (158.9 lbs)**

Preliminary Card:
Radeem Rahman (125.2) vs. Susovan Ghosh (125.2 lbs)
Soo Chul Kim (135.5) vs. Leandro Issa (136.5)
Vuyisile Colossa (160.7 lbs) vs. Ma Xing Yu (155.2 lbs)
Daniel Mashamaite (136 lbs) vs. Yodsanan Sityodtong (135.1 lbs)
Soo Chul Kim (135.5) vs. Leandro Issa (136.5)

*Weights were announced in Kilos and was converted to lbs.

** Andy Wang had the fight moved to a 159 lb. catchweight, and still missed weight. He will be surrendering 15% of his purse.

OneFC Boss Victor Cui Is Ready To Bring Mixed Martial Arts Into Homes Across Asia

Tweet Some are already calling the One Fighting Championship promotion the “UFC of Asia” and that is even before they’ve held their first event. For the promotions boss, Victor Cui, that’s something that sits well with him. The OneFC boss has run events before, under the Martial Combat banner in conjunction with ESPN StarSports. Now […]

Some are already calling the One Fighting Championship promotion the “UFC of Asia” and that is even before they’ve held their first event. For the promotions boss, Victor Cui, that’s something that sits well with him.

The OneFC boss has run events before, under the Martial Combat banner in conjunction with ESPN StarSports. Now Cui is set to move into a bigger market with his new promotions inaugural event, OneFC: Champion vs. Champion, which is scheduled to take place next month on September 3 at the Singapore Indoor Stadium in Kallang, Singapore.

In a recent interview with MMA-Japan.com, Cui provided some background as to his involvement in the sport as well as his hopes for just how big he hopes OneFC might become.

What was the reason to start the OneFC banner when the Martial Combat banner was already going?
… The media has rightly called ONE Fighting Championship the UFC of Asia. The major difference in the approach is the capital (investment) and network. Again, throughout my 15 years in the sports media industry, I’ve been fortunate to have made a lot of friends around the world. For ONE Fighting Championship, I have invested my personal capital and also raised a significant pool of capital from a group of foreign investors with deep pockets. If everything goes according to plan, ONE Fighting Championship will be in 1 billion homes in Asia by the end of this year.

What made you decide to bring on PrideFC rules as well as Unified Rules?
It’s simple. I want to put on exciting fights that the fans want to see. Who doesn’t want to see the best of Pride FC and the Unified Rules of Martial Arts? Honestly, the best of the best MMA organizations in the history of the sport are the UFC and Pride FC. You cannot argue with that. So for ONE FC, I thought combining the best of both worlds; the best of the East and the best of the West. I recruited almost every top Asian fighter and world champion and because of such, you are going to see some of the most incredible and exciting fights ever!