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Video: ONE Championship’s Top 10 Knockouts of the Year: Part 2 – Cosmo Alexandre demolishes debuting Sage Northcutt

BAD MMA News — Wed, 25 Dec 2019 22:29:34 +0000

It’s been a spectacular year for Singapore-based promotion ONE Championship. With big-name signings and a packed schedule of events encompassing MMA, kickboxing and Muay Thai, 2019 has been the biggest year in ONE Championship history. The promotion has served up more than its fair share of spectacular finishes over the course of the year, as the stars of Asian MMA have delivered a plethora of eye-catching knockouts to wow the fans across the region. **** In Part 2 of ONE’s official countdown of their Top 10 knockouts of the year, we recap the finishes that occupy spots 6 to 4 on their list, with three more ONE Championship stars joining the list with spectacular KOs. The latest batch of entrants features two Filipino strawweights, with Robin Catalan ’s stunning head-kick KO of Gustavo Balart slotting in at No. 4 and Jeremy Miado ’s finish of China’s Miao Li Tao listed at No.

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Video: ONE Championship’s Top 10 Knockouts of the Year: Part 2 – Cosmo Alexandre demolishes debuting Sage Northcutt – MMA Junkie

Watch Robin Catalan faceplant Gustavo Balart with brutal head kick at ONE Championship 102

BAD MMA News — Fri, 08 Nov 2019 16:02:33 +0000

Gustavo Balart is known for his incredible chin, but he couldn’t take this head kick from Robin Catalan . At “ONE Championship: Masters of Fate” on Friday in Manila, Philippines, Catalan (9-6 MMA) blasted Balart (8-4 MMA) with a massive head kick in the second round, instantly knocking out his opponent cold and sending him face first to the canvas, in front of his hometown crowd. Take a look ( via Twitter ): WHAT. A. KO Hometown hero Robin Catalan sends the crowd into a frenzy with a HUGE knockout of Gustavo Balart! #WeAreONE #ONEChampionship #MastersOfFate pic.twitter.com/OiNnVIkr1a — ONE Championship (@ONEChampionship) November 8, 2019 Catalan was able to get back to the win column, rebounding from his first round knockout loss to Pongsiri Mitsatit in May, whereas the 4-foot-11 Balart suffered his third straight defeat

ONE Championship 95 video highlights: Kickboxing reigns supreme in Thailand

BAD MMA News — Tue, 14 May 2019 13:50:32 +0000

ONE Championship 95 took place Friday in Bangkok, Thailand, and you can check out highlights of the night’s featured action courtesy of the promotion. The night’s main event saw reigning ONE bantamweight muay Thai champion Nong-O Gaiyanghadao earn a unanimous decision over challenger Hiroaki Suzuki. In the co-feature, Petchdam Petchyindee Academy defeated Elias Mahmoudi to capture the inaugural ONE flyweight kickboxing title. In a featured MMA contest, Pongsiri Mitsatit (9-2) uses a brutal barrage of knees to earn a first-round stoppage of Robin Catalan (8-5). Check out highlights of all the action in the video above. For more on ONE Championship 95 , check out the MMA Events section of the site.

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Kritsada Kongsrichai’s ONE Championship 70 win overturned due to this illegal suplex

BAD MMA News — Mon, 26 Mar 2018 14:42:09 +0000

Kritsada Kongsrichai went from a winning fighter to a defeated one just a day later. At Saturday’s “ONE Championship 70: Iron Will” event (watch the full highlights above), Kongsrichai (6-4) defeated fellow strawweight Robin Catalan (6-3) via first-round TKO . In a Twitter-streamed preliminary-card bout at Impact Arena in Bangkok, Thailand, Kongsrichai lifted and suplexed Catalan to force a stoppage at the 1:40 mark of the opening round. Here’s the slam, which forced an injured Catalan to tap out as the ref halted the action (via Twitter ): What a slam TKO by Kritsada Kongsrichai ! pic.twitter.com/lArCekYA1K — Jolassanda (@Jolassanda) March 24, 2018 Following the bout, ONE Championship CEO Chatri Sityodtong issued a statement to clarify that the suplex was illegal – even within the Asian promotion’s liberal rules set – and therefore the victory was overturned and now results in a disqualification loss

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ONE Championship 40′s Alex Silva ready to fight third Catalan brother in a row

BAD MMA News — Thu, 17 Mar 2016 12:52:36 +0000

Alex Silva Heading into the fifth fight of his professional career, Alex Silva is in a strange position. The Brazilian will face a Catalan brother for the third straight fight when he steps into the cage at ONE Championship 40.

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