One Championship live stream, results: Angela Lee fights Xiong Jingnan; Eddie Alvarez, Demetrious Johnson debut
- Angela Lee is back and faces her toughest challenge in ‘Panda’ Xiong Jingnan
- ‘A New Era’ show features four title fights on most stacked Asian mixed martial arts card in history
The biggest event in Asian martial arts history is under way at the Ryogoku Kokugikan, the home of sumo, as One Championship makes its debut in Tokyo with a stacked card.
Shinya Aoki challenges Eduard Folayang for the One lightweight title in the main event. But the real show stealer is Angela’s much-anticipated clash with Chinese strawweight champion Xiong Jingnan. The 22-year-old Lee is the queen of Asian MMA but faces the toughest test of her young career against “Panda”.
Former UFC champions Eddie Alvarez and Demetrious Johnson also make their One debuts after their high-profiles switches late last year. Bibiano Fernandes gets a rematch for the bantamweight title against Kevin Belingon of the Philippines, and Myanmar’s Aung La N Sang defends his middleweight title against Ken Hasegawa. You can catch all the action here, and also check out results from throughout the night, with the main card kicking off at 6.30pm local time in Japan.
Yodsanklai IWE Fairtex kicked off the main card with a bang by getting revenge over Andy Souwer, 11 years after their first bout.
In the final prelim of the night, Danny “The King” Kingad moved into the One flyweight world grand prix semi-finals with a unanimous decision win over Senzo Ikeda.
Earlier on Sunday, hometown hero Mei Yamaguchi submitted Kseniya Lachkova with an armbar at 3:18 of the third round.
Brazilian jiu-jitsu world champion Garry Tonon also dominated Anthony Engelen to secure a ground-and-pound TKO win at 4:12 of the first round.
Thailand’s Rodtang Jitmuangnon won a split decision against Hakim Hamech after Italian Joseph Lasiri edged Hiroki Akimoto in the One Super Series with a majority decision win.
Kairat Akhmetov kicked off the flyweight world grand prix with a unanimous decision win over Reece McLaren.
Panicos Yusuf also secured a unanimous decision win over Mohammed Bin Mahmoud in a One Super Series Muay Thai bout.
One newcomer Yoon Chang Min started the event by submitting Bala Shetty via rear-naked choke at 4:16 of the first round.
