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Ben Askren reminds us what MMA is and isn’t, even in retirement

BAD MMA News — Mon, 27 Nov 2017 21:30:47 +0000

Filed under: Featured , News , UFC As retirement fights go, Ben Askren ’s couldn’t have been much more fitting. On the other side of the world, against an opponent who had no business being in there with him, he worked a can opener to a suffocating ground-and-pound attack, earning the quickest stoppage of his nearly nine-year career . And now it’s over

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ONE Championship 65 highlights: Ben Askren bids farewell, ‘undefeated forever’

BAD MMA News — Sun, 26 Nov 2017 16:45:56 +0000

Filed under: News , Videos Ben Askren went out with a bang. Askren (18-0), ONE Championship’s unbeaten welterweight titleholder, needed just 57 seconds to score a TKO win over Japanese notable Shinya Aoki (39-8) in the main event of Friday’s “ONE Championship 65: Immortal Pursuit.” The victory was Askren’s retirement fight – or so he announced back in September, though he left the door cracked open for a return. Related Did Ben Askren challenge Georges St-Pierre right after his retirement fight, and what does that mean? ONE Championship 65, which took place at Singapore Indoor Stadium, streamed as an online pay-per-view in North America. You can check out the main-card highlights in the video above. For more on ONE Championship 65 , visit the MMA Events section of the site.

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Did Ben Askren challenge Georges St-Pierre right after his retirement fight, and what does that mean?

BAD MMA News — Sat, 25 Nov 2017 19:14:27 +0000

Filed under: Blue Corner , Featured Videos , News , UFC Did Ben Askren really fight for the last time on Friday at “ONE Championship 65: Immortal Pursuit?” For the time being, at least, the answer is yes. Askren, ONE’s undefeated welterweight champion, made quick work of Japanese notable Shinya Aoki with a 57-second TKO finish in the pay-per-view headliner at Singapore Indoor Stadium. It was dubbed Askren’s retirement fight following an announcement in September . In the moments after his win, though, Askren didn’t completely shut the door on fighting again. What could bring him back to the cage

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Relive ONE Championship titleholder Ben Askren’s retirement fight in photos

BAD MMA News — Sat, 25 Nov 2017 00:19:50 +0000

Filed under: Featured , News ONE Championship welterweight titleholder Ben Askren put an exclamation point on his MMA career with one final dominant performance in his retirement fight. Askren (18-0) needed just 57 seconds to score a TKO win over Japanese notable Shinya Aoki (39-8) in the main event of today’s “ONE Championship 65: Immortal Pursuit.” The event, which took place at Singapore Indoor Stadium, streamed as an online pay-per-view in North America. Askren, 33, leaves behind a decorated MMA career that includes an undefeated record with long title reigns in both ONE and Bellator before that. Take a look at photo highlights of his final fight in the video above and gallery below. For more on ONE Championship 65 , visit the MMA Events section of the site. Filed under: Featured , News

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ONE Championship 64 highlights: Martin Nguyen is a 2-division champ due to this crazy KO

BAD MMA News — Tue, 14 Nov 2017 02:06:33 +0000

Filed under: Blue Corner , Featured Videos , News ONE Championship now has a two-division titleholder of its own. This past Friday in ONE Championship 64’s headliner, Martin Nguyen (9-2) scored a stunning knockout of Eduard Folayang (18-6). With the victory, which streamed online from Mall of Asia Arena in Manila, Philippines, featherweight champ Nguyen added the lightweight title to his collection. Check out the dazzling knockout, which came during a counter to a spinning attack, above.

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ONE Championship titleholder Angela Lee says she fell asleep prior to horrific car accident

BAD MMA News — Fri, 10 Nov 2017 15:35:04 +0000

Angela Lee has apologized for a horrific car accident that forced her out of a scheduled ONE Championship title defense. Her update should also serve as a warning about driving while tired. Lee (8-0), a 21-year-old Hawaiian-based Canadian who’s held ONE Championship’s atomweight belt since May 2016, was forced to pull out of an upcoming fight with challenger Mei Yamaguchi (16-10-1), which was slated for “ONE Championship 65: Immortal Pursuit” on Nov. 24 in Singapore

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Before their rematch, watch the thrilling 1st fight between Angela Lee and Mei Yamaguchi

BAD MMA News — Wed, 20 Sep 2017 20:05:04 +0000

Filed under: News , Videos Before their highly anticipated rematch, watch the thrilling first fight between ONE Championship women’s atomweight titleholder Angela Lee and Mei Yamaguchi. In 2016 at ONE Championship 42, Lee and Yamaguchi fought for the organization’s inaugural belt.

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Chairman takes umbrage with UFC’s ‘patently false’ remarks about ONE Championship fighters

BAD MMA News — Sat, 16 Sep 2017 01:29:09 +0000

On Nov. 24, ONE Championship returns to Singapore with two belts on the line and a major retirement fight. And then, on Nov. 25, the UFC lands in Shanghai with one of its all-time greats as a headliner

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ONE Championship’s Angela Lee shrugs off Michelle Waterson, aims to beat Mei Yamaguchi again

BAD MMA News — Sat, 16 Sep 2017 00:20:35 +0000

ONE Championship women’s atomweight titleholder Angela Lee doesn’t care what UFC fighters think of her. She shrugs at a recent interview given by UFC strawweight standout Michelle Waterson, who downplayed Lee’s skills relative to octagon combatants. “It doesn’t bother me too much, because I have supreme confidence in myself and knowing what I’m capable of as a fighter,” said Lee (8-0), who next rematches Mei Yamaguchi (16-10-1) at ONE Championship 65 on Nov. 24 at Singapore Indoor Stadium.

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ONE Championship’s Ben Askren eyes matchmaking job – but first, a successful finale

BAD MMA News — Fri, 15 Sep 2017 15:40:30 +0000

When longtime ONE Championship welterweight champion Ben Askren signed a contract extension with the Asia-based promotion at the end of 2015, he told his friends and family it would be his last. By the end of 2017, his fighting days will be over. Now just two months away from his final trip to the cage, Askren is trying to write the perfect ending – a professional MMA career of 18-0 – and set up his future. “You have to be accepting of everything you’ve accomplished up to that point and accept that there’s a time to retire and move on to other pursuits in my life,” Askren (18-0) told MMAjunkie during a conference call in support of his career-ending fight against Shinya Aoki (39-7) at “ONE: Immortal Pursuit,” which takes place Nov.

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