Tag: ONE on TNT 1

Sage Northcutt Out of Aoki Fight From Lingering Covid-19 Effects

Scheduled to fight the legend Shinya Aoki at ONE Championship on April 28, Sage Northcutt will be unable to compete because he is still suffering from lasting COVID-19 effects. The news is unfortunate because ONE just started its journey with North Ame…

Scheduled to fight the legend Shinya Aoki at ONE Championship on April 28, Sage Northcutt will be unable to compete because he is still suffering from lasting COVID-19 effects. The news is unfortunate because ONE just started its journey with North American broadcasting after the promotion televised its first show on TNT last week. While […]

Eddie Alvarez Seeks To Overturn DQ Loss, ONE CEO Responds

Lightweight legend and the former UFC and Bellator champion Eddie Alvarez intended to get his disqualification loss reversed, but the outlook is looking bleak. In a chaotic striking sequence, it seemed like Eddie Alvarez was in a good position to finis…

Lightweight legend and the former UFC and Bellator champion Eddie Alvarez intended to get his disqualification loss reversed, but the outlook is looking bleak. In a chaotic striking sequence, it seemed like Eddie Alvarez was in a good position to finish the fight against Iuri Lapicus at ONE on TNT 1. However, amidst the flurry […]

Rodtang Jitmuangnon Dominates Danial Williams – ONE On TNT 1 Highlights

RodtangRodtang Jitmuangnon continued his winning streak in style. The 23-year-old took on Danial Williams in a Muay Thai clash in the ONE On TNT 1 headliner on Wednesday night and dominated as expected. After a somewhat slow start in the first, Rodtang managed to drop Williams and bloody him up. However, Williams showed great heart […]

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Rodtang Jitmuangnon continued his winning streak in style.

The 23-year-old took on Danial Williams in a Muay Thai clash in the ONE On TNT 1 headliner on Wednesday night and dominated as expected.

After a somewhat slow start in the first, Rodtang managed to drop Williams and bloody him up. However, Williams showed great heart to last the full three rounds as he ultimately lost a unanimous decision.

You can watch the highlights below:

Adriano Moraes Knocks Out Demetrious Johnson – ONE On TNT 1 Highlights

Johnson MoraesAdriano Moraes shocked the world by not only defeating Demetrious Johnson, but knocking him out as well. After what was a relatively even contest for most of their flyweight title fight at ONE On TNT 1 Wednesday night, Moraes caught and dropped Johnson in the second round and followed it up with a knee that […]

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Adriano Moraes shocked the world by not only defeating Demetrious Johnson, but knocking him out as well.

After what was a relatively even contest for most of their flyweight title fight at ONE On TNT 1 Wednesday night, Moraes caught and dropped Johnson in the second round and followed it up with a knee that led to Johnson going out cold.

As a result, Moraes defended his flyweight crown and also inflicted Johnson’s first defeat by finish.

You can watch the knockout below:

Eddie Alvarez Disqualified For Illegal Strikes On Iuri Lapicus – ONE On TNT 1 Highlights

AlvarezThe ONE On TNT 1 main card got off to the worst possibel start. Kicking off the main card was an intriguing lightweight bout between Eddie Alvarez and Iuri Lapicus. However, the action ended early in the first round as Alvarez took Lapicus down but allegedly landed illegal strikes to the back of his opponent’s […]

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The ONE On TNT 1 main card got off to the worst possibel start.

Kicking off the main card was an intriguing lightweight bout between Eddie Alvarez and Iuri Lapicus. However, the action ended early in the first round as Alvarez took Lapicus down but allegedly landed illegal strikes to the back of his opponent’s head soon after.

Lapicus was writhing in pain as the referee eventually showed Alvarez the red card and disqualified him.

You can watch the controversial moment below:

Demetrious Johnson Rates Petr Yan As Potential Toughest Test At 135 Pounds

JohnsonDemetrious Johnson views Petr Yan as his toughest test at 135 pounds. Although Johnson is competing as a flyweight at ONE Championship, he is actually competing at 135 pounds as opposed to 125 pounds due to the promotion moving up the weight classes. That means Johnson hasn’t had to deal with a major weight cut […]

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Demetrious Johnson views Petr Yan as his toughest test at 135 pounds.

Although Johnson is competing as a flyweight at ONE Championship, he is actually competing at 135 pounds as opposed to 125 pounds due to the promotion moving up the weight classes.

That means Johnson hasn’t had to deal with a major weight cut throughout his time at ONE. On the flipside, it means the combat sports world is missing out on witnessing him compete against the very best bantamweights in the world.

A move up to bantamweight was talked about a couple of years ago when TJ Dillashaw was the 135-pound champion. However, it never ended up coming to fruition.

But as far as his toughest test goes if he were to include everyone competing at 135 pounds? Johnson goes with former UFC bantamweight champion Yan.

“Probably Petr Yan.” Johnson told MMA Island (via Middle Easy). “His hands are f*cking good.”

“He’s very –- not taking anything away from Adriano Moraes, he’s still dangerous — but Petr Yan has a very unique style of fighting. He comes forward, he throws great combinations very fast. He seems like he has a good takedown defense and he has power. So that’s always dangerous.”

That’s certainly not a bad shout at all given that most would agree that Yan is still the best 135-pounder in the world despite the nature of his title defeat to Aljamain Sterling last month.

A Johnson vs. Yan would have also been a great fight to witness. For now, Johnson needs to focus on Moraes who he challenges for the ONE flyweight title on Wednesday at ONE on TNT 1.