2011 in ONE Championship

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2011 in ONE Championship
A poster or logo for 2011 in ONE Championship.
Information
First dateSeptember 3, 2011
Last dateSeptember 3, 2011
Events
Total events1
Fights
Total fights10
Chronology
2011 in ONE Championship 2012 in ONE Championship

The year 2011 is the 1st year in the history of ONE Championship, a mixed martial arts promotion based in Singapore. In 2011 ONE Championship held 1 event, ONE Fighting Championship 1: Champion vs. Champion.

Events list[]

Main article: List of ONE Championship events
# Event Date Venue Location Attendance Broadcast
1 ONE Fighting Championship 1: Champion vs. Champion September 3, 2011 Singapore Indoor Stadium Singapore 6,789 Sherdog, ESPN STAR Sports, MediaCorp

ONE Fighting Championship: Champion vs. Champion[]

ONE Fighting Championship: Champion vs. Champion
Information
PromotionONE Fighting Championship
DateSeptember 3, 2011
VenueSingapore Indoor Stadium
CitySingapore Singapore
Attendance6,789
Event chronology
First ONE Fighting Championship: Champion vs. Champion ONE Fighting Championship: Battle of Heroes

ONE Fighting Championship: Champion vs. Champion (also known as ONE FC 1) was the inaugural mixed martial arts event held by ONE Championship. The event took place on September 3, 2011 at the 12,000 capacity Singapore Indoor Stadium in Kallang, Singapore.[1]

Background

ONE Championship instituted Pride Fighting Championships rules combined with Nevada's unified rules; this allowed for soccer kicks, head stomps, knees on the ground, and permitting the use of elbows.[2]

The event was broadcast on domestic TV in Singapore by MediaCorp Channel 5.[3] The event also streamed live on Sherdog to all countries except Singapore.[4]

This led multiple media sources to describe ONE Fighting Championship: Champion vs. Champion as "the biggest event in Asian mixed martial arts history" and to speculate that the TV audience might be the biggest ever for a mixed martial arts event.[5]

On 17 August 2011 it was announced that A Sol Kwon, a Korean fighter on a six fight win streak, would be replacing the injured Ole Laursen in the main event against Eduard Folayang.[6]

Results
Main card
Weight class Method Round Time Notes
Lightweight Philippines Eduard Folayang def. South Korea A Sol Kwon Decision (unanimous) 3 5:00
Welterweight Japan Yoshiyuki Yoshida def. United States Phil Baroni Decision (unanimous) 3 5:00
Featherweight Philippines Eric Kelly def. United States Mitch Chilson Submission (rear-naked choke) 1 3:10
Welterweight Brazil Gregor Gracie def. South Korea Seok Mo Kim Decision (unanimous) 3 5:00
Lightweight Brazil Zorobabel Moreira def. United States Andy Wang TKO (punches) 2 1:59
Preliminary card
Catchweight (160 lb) Hong Kong Eddie Ng def. China Yuan Chun Bo TKO (punches) 1 0:45
Flyweight Singapore Radeem Rahman def. India Susovan Ghosh TKO (punches) 1 3:18
Lightweight South Africa Vuyisile Colossa def. China Ma Xing Yu TKO (strikes) 1 0:49
Bantamweight Thailand Yodsanan Sityodtong def. South Africa Daniel Mashamaite TKO (flying knee) 2 0:14
Bantamweight Brazil Leandro Issa def. South Korea Soo Chul Kim Decision (unanimous) 3 5:00

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "One FC Announces Inaugural Card; Baroni vs. Yoshida to Co-Main Event". mmafighting.com. Retrieved 2011-07-19.
  2. ^ "OneFC Institutes PrideFC/Unified Rules". mma-japan.com. Archived from the original on 2013-11-12. Retrieved 2011-07-18.
  3. ^ "ONE Fighting Championship™ unveils CHAMPION versus CHAMPION". sherdog.com. Retrieved 2011-08-18.
  4. ^ "OneFC to be streamed on Sherdog". thailandmma.com. Archived from the original on 2011-08-29. Retrieved 2011-08-13.
  5. ^ Goyder, James. "Eddie Ng: The Chester Le St lad who is set to become an MMA superstar in Asia". London: independent.co.uk. Archived from the original on 2011-11-21. Retrieved 2011-08-18.
  6. ^ "Injury Modifies Main Event of Inaugural One FC Card". sherdog.com. Retrieved 2011-08-18.
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