BAD MMA - The origins of combat™ » one fc 16 https://www.badmma.com The BADDEST Brand on the Planet™ Fri, 24 Jul 2026 06:38:48 +0000 en-US hourly 1 Fight Path: How ONE FC launched a career for Singapore’s Radeem Rahman https://www.badmma.com/fight-path-how-one-fc-launched-a-career-for-singapores-radeem-rahman.html https://www.badmma.com/fight-path-how-one-fc-launched-a-career-for-singapores-radeem-rahman.html#comments Thu, 29 May 2014 23:05:49 +0000 BAD MMA News http://www.badmma.com/fight-path-how-one-fc-launched-a-career-for-singapores-radeem-rahman.html At first, Radeem Rahman  loved soccer. He and his father would weekly either go to games or watch them on television, and there was a steady flow of them in Singapore. But later, his father also introduced him to the sport that would become his career. Soccer was replaced at times by videos of muay Thai.

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]]> https://www.badmma.com/fight-path-how-one-fc-launched-a-career-for-singapores-radeem-rahman.html/feed 0 ONE FC 16 weigh-in results: Ben Askren, Bakhtiyar Abbasov make weight https://www.badmma.com/one-fc-16-weigh-in-results-ben-askren-bakhtiyar-abbasov-make-weight.html https://www.badmma.com/one-fc-16-weigh-in-results-ben-askren-bakhtiyar-abbasov-make-weight.html#comments Thu, 29 May 2014 14:40:39 +0000 BAD MMA News http://www.badmma.com/one-fc-16-weigh-in-results-ben-askren-bakhtiyar-abbasov-make-weight.html Welterweight headliners Ben Askren (169.5 pounds) and Bakhtiyar Abbasov (170) officially made weight for their headliner at Saturday’s “ONE FC 16: Honor & Glory” event. Weigh-ins took place today, and just one fighter failed to make weight.

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]]> https://www.badmma.com/one-fc-16-weigh-in-results-ben-askren-bakhtiyar-abbasov-make-weight.html/feed 0 From 320 pounds to welterweight: The story of ONE FC 16′s Brad Robinson https://www.badmma.com/from-320-pounds-to-welterweight-the-story-of-one-fc-16s-brad-robinson.html https://www.badmma.com/from-320-pounds-to-welterweight-the-story-of-one-fc-16s-brad-robinson.html#comments Wed, 28 May 2014 20:51:09 +0000 BAD MMA News http://www.badmma.com/from-320-pounds-to-welterweight-the-story-of-one-fc-16s-brad-robinson.html Just a few years ago,  Brad Robinson was a young, well-paid executive of a corporate private security company in Asia. He had hundreds of employees working beneath him and all the pieces were in place for a financially sustainable future beyond what he could have ever imagined. Fast-forward to now, though, and Robinson is just days away from making his debut for Asia’s largest MMA organization, ONE FC. How can these two stories possibly bridge together? It’s been nothing short of wild ride, and according to Robinson, everything changed six years ago when he looked in the mirror and, at 320 pounds, realized his weight had spiraled out of control

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]]> https://www.badmma.com/from-320-pounds-to-welterweight-the-story-of-one-fc-16s-brad-robinson.html/feed 0 Former UFC champ Rich Franklin officially joins ONE FC as executive https://www.badmma.com/former-ufc-champ-rich-franklin-officially-joins-one-fc-as-executive.html https://www.badmma.com/former-ufc-champ-rich-franklin-officially-joins-one-fc-as-executive.html#comments Wed, 28 May 2014 18:28:34 +0000 BAD MMA News http://www.badmma.com/former-ufc-champ-rich-franklin-officially-joins-one-fc-as-executive.html Former UFC middleweight champion Rich Franklin has officially joined the ONE FC promotion as vice president. Franklin and ONE FC officials today confirmed the move with Yahoo! Sports . MMAjunkie previously reported that Franklin was in talks with the Singapore-based promotion about the executive role.

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]]> https://www.badmma.com/former-ufc-champ-rich-franklin-officially-joins-one-fc-as-executive.html/feed 0 Video: Ben Askren plans lengthy ONE FC title reign https://www.badmma.com/video-ben-askren-plans-lengthy-one-fc-title-reign.html https://www.badmma.com/video-ben-askren-plans-lengthy-one-fc-title-reign.html#comments Wed, 21 May 2014 19:29:06 +0000 BAD MMA News http://www.badmma.com/video-ben-askren-plans-lengthy-one-fc-title-reign.html Filed under: Featured Videos , News After the UFC passed on signing the ranked welterweight, Ben Askren said he now plans to have a long title reign in his new home, ONE FC. Askren (12-0) meets Bakhtiyar Abbasov (11-2) on May 30 in the headliner of “ONE FC 16: Honor & Glory” in Singapore. Ahead of the title fight, ONE FC officials go behind the scenes with Askren, an Olympian, fighter, trainer, wrestling enthusiast, father, husband and bold predictor. “I will be a ONE FC champion,” he said

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]]> https://www.badmma.com/video-ben-askren-plans-lengthy-one-fc-title-reign.html/feed 0 Lineup complete for ‘ONE FC 16: Honor & Glory’ with addition of three more fights https://www.badmma.com/lineup-complete-for-one-fc-16-honor-glory-with-addition-of-three-more-fights.html https://www.badmma.com/lineup-complete-for-one-fc-16-honor-glory-with-addition-of-three-more-fights.html#comments Tue, 29 Apr 2014 12:46:48 +0000 BAD MMA News http://www.badmma.com/lineup-complete-for-one-fc-16-honor-glory-with-addition-of-three-more-fights.html Three new bouts now are official for next month’s “ONE FC 16: Honor & Glory” event, including the co-main event. Vincent Latoel  (14-14-2) will meet  Eddie Ng (7-1) in the lightweight co-feature, former ONE FC featherweight champion  Honorio Banario (8-3) takes on  Jadamba Narantungalag (8-3), and featherweight prospects  Major Overall (4-1) and  Bruno Pucci (3-0) will meet. ONE FC officials announced the card’s final three bouts overnight

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]]> https://www.badmma.com/lineup-complete-for-one-fc-16-honor-glory-with-addition-of-three-more-fights.html/feed 0 With Askren-Abbasov in headliner, ‘ONE FC 16: Honor & Glory’ adds five more bouts https://www.badmma.com/with-askren-abbasov-in-headliner-one-fc-16-honor-glory-adds-five-more-bouts.html https://www.badmma.com/with-askren-abbasov-in-headliner-one-fc-16-honor-glory-adds-five-more-bouts.html#comments Wed, 23 Apr 2014 12:51:11 +0000 BAD MMA News http://www.badmma.com/with-askren-abbasov-in-headliner-one-fc-16-honor-glory-adds-five-more-bouts.html Five more bouts are now official for next month’s “ONE FC 16: Honor & Glory” event, which features a previously announced welterweight headliner between former Bellator MMA champion Ben Askren (12-0) and Bakhtiyar Abbasov (11-2). ONE FC 16 takes place May 30 at Singapore Indoor Stadium in Kallang, Singapore. The event streams as an online pay-per-view in North America. One of the key bouts includes bantamweight Xian Ji  (11-2), a Chinese prospect and former titleholder for the Legend FC promotion, vs. Thanh Vu  (3-3), a Vietnamese-Australian grappler who fights for the fourth time under the ONE FC banner.

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