The epic ONE Championship returns today, July 2, with an action packed event in Hefei, China!
Unfortunately this event is exclusive to China only & won't be internationally broadcast, so this will be a short & sweet preview/results fanpost.
After ONE (hopefully) posts the vids of the event to YouTube, I'll post them ALL here in the comments for your enjoyment.
Look at this underrated card...
Jadambaa/Kelly, Huerta/Tarzan, Butorin/Sang, Wu Ze, Li Kai Wen, Ann Osman, & a 1Night Tournament!
That's a darn good card not to air internationally, especially on a weekend with no ufc! Chinese fans are in for a treat!
Jadamba Narantungalag is former ONE Champion & an ultra-exciting fighter.
The greatest Mongolian MMA warrior of all time. @Jadambaa145 pic.twitter.com/FIPTLl65L0
— ONE Championship (@ONEFCMMA) June 9, 2016
Even though it was a loss, check out his legit Fight of the Year Candidate against current ONE Champion Gafurov:
Jadambaa's taking on another tough fighter today in Eric Kelly, an exciting Filipino fighter.
Check out Kelly's war with Lisita. It was one of Kelly's gutsiest performances:
The next fight is my personal favorite on the card.
Roger Huerta vs. Ariel "Tarzan" Sexton
This is a battle between 2 ultra-exciting fighters & is the sleeper FOTN & "people's main event."
From what I've gathered it seems like ONE wants Tarzan to win & gain notoriety from Huerta's name, but here's hoping Roger spoils them plans!
"I'm a 100% ready, all the time." – Ariel "Tarzan" Sexton @Tarzancrhttps://t.co/pNvesJh6LM
— ONE Championship (@ONEFCMMA) June 21, 2016
Both fighters are really good, I'm just a bigtime Huerta fan since back in the day! ;-)
Huerta has adapted well to ONE FC's superior ruleset & scored one of THE best GnP-knee TKOs in MMA history:
& even though his most recent ONE appearance was a loss to the ultra-tough Koji Ando, it was an underrated FOTY Candidate in my book & super gutsy performance:
Also on the card is the undefeated & exciting rising Russian fighter Aleksei Butorin taking on tough veteran Aung La N Sang.
Check out @alekseibutorin 's head kick KO! He fights again for @ONEFCMMA on July 2nd in Hefei, China.pic.twitter.com/jF50Jd6OY7
— Rich Franklin (@RichFranklin) June 27, 2016
Then we get two of my favorite Chinese prospects. Wu Ze & Li Kai Wen. They are both extremely exciting all action young fighters & 1Night Tournament veterans (my favorite!)
"I want to try moves that NO ONE has tried before." - Wu Ze pic.twitter.com/ogWVs9wl62
— ONE Championship (@ONEFCMMA) June 16, 2016
Speaking of awesome 1Night Tournaments, you seen there's one on this card! Them lucky fans in Hefei China!
& finally, also on the card is Ann Osman, one of the rising WMMA stars for ONE FC. She suffered a brutal KO setback in her previous outing (to rising ONE WMMA Russian star Mazepa), & it will be interesting to see how she bounces back.
Ok that's my quick little preview, hope you enjoyed it & here's hoping ONE posts the vids to YouTube for us! (I'll post them in comments for you if they do!)
Thanks for reading!