Hao Jie Li vs. Jerome S. Paye 3R UD
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Andrew Leone vs. Koetsu Okazaki 3R UD
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April Osenio vs. Natalie Gonzalez Hills R1 3:23
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Martin Nguyen vs. Li Kai Wen R1 4:44. Good match
Honorio Banario vs. Vaughn Donayre 3R UD. Good match
Reece Mclaren vs. Muin Gafurov 3R UD
Lowen Tynanes vs. Koji Ando 3R UD
Geje Eustaquio vs. Gianni Subba 3R UD
Ben Askren vs. Nikolay Aleksakhin 5R UD
Agilan Thani vs. Brad Robinson R1 4:40
Saygid Guseyn Arslanaliev vs. Ma Jia Wen R1 1:57
Benedict Ang vs. Jimmy Yabo R3 3:11
Amir Khan vs. Chang Ching Hsiung R1 3:39
Tatsuya Mizuno vs. Mohamed Ali R2 3:52
Christian Lee vs. Cary Bullos R1 2:07
Jadamba Narantungalag vs. Kotetsu Boku R3 1:27
Inaugural ONE Cruiserweight Title: Roger Gracie vs. Michal Pasternak R1 2:13
Inaugural ONE Women's Atomweight Title: Angela Lee vs. Mei Yamaguchi 5R UD. Grappling oriented fights, as a whole, may not be as exciting as kickboxing oriented fights, but that's because it's much more common to find to fighters who will throw caution to the wind trying to get the KO than trying to get the submission. Each entry or exit is essentially a new fight on your feet, but all positions are not created equal on the ground. Lee vs. Yamaguchi was that rare fight where they didn't care if they were working from the top or the bottom, they both had an arsenal of submissions they were going to force from wherever they happened to be, seize the title or go home saying they at least gave it their all. If there was a semblance of sanity early in this perpetual scramble, it seemed to go out the window in the 3rd when Lee found herself behind for the 1st time and wasn't going to stand for that. You can argue the logic of some of what they tried, but there was no denying the urgency, and there's nothing better than two fighters who want to win so badly they are willing to lose. 19-year-old Lee had submitted her 5 previous opponents quickly, with Lena Tkhorevska being the only one who managed to last half the fight against the phenom, but now she was in a 5 round title match with a veteran who has never been finished despite facing a number of champions & has at least as many decision wins & losses as Lee has fights. Yamaguchi is probably stronger as a striker than a grappler, her first martial art was karate because she was a Jackie Chan fan & she's got 13 fights in Shootboxing, but she became good enough in BJJ to dabble in ADCC & most of her MMA finishes are by submission, nicknaming herself after the V1 armlock. What's great about the smaller fighters is even when they are out of their comfort zone, they rarely gas. These two didn't merely fight 5 hard rounds, what set this fight apart is they were increasingly more active gambling for submissions as they perhaps should have been content to control for 20 seconds just to stablize, clear their head & take a breathe. Granted, the superior fight as a whole scoring system One uses somewhat dictates that you're going to have to do more to win a fight like this where both fighters are going to have their runs on top, but these two went well above & beyond, taking countless chances you rarely see outside of grappling rules or hell, maybe even the old worked shoots. Heart & determination were certainly big factors here, and the fight was getting better & more urgent as it progressed because the big underdog Yamaguchi showed she was for real in the 2nd then took over in the 3rd & Lee had to do big things & take her game to a much higher level than she'd needed so far to take the title. Though Yamaguchi has demonstrated a lot more standup prowess in pro rings, she really had no interest in exchanging with Lee, probably because Lee had a huge reach advantage. Right from the outset, Yamaguchi looked to grab Lee whenever she could, but while she didn't have much luck following it up with a takedown in the 1st, the highlight of the round was definitely Lee jumping guard & immediately rolling through into mount. Lee didn't really secure the position because she was more interested in the opportunity to throw a flurry of punches, so Yamaguchi was able to turn to a knee & stand, looking for a single leg, but Lee locked her neck & eventually dropped into a guillotine. Lee held the submission far longer than was seemingly profitable, a tendency she displayed all fight, but wound up not taking any damage because of that, shifting into an armbar attempt almost as soon as Yamaguchi finally got free & tried to bring the leather. Lee was arguably too comfortable off her back for her own good, content to spend the second round threatening armbars from the bottom. Yamaguchi didn't do consistent damage by any means, but when you are on top long enough, you're going to get some in. Yamaguchi finally hurt Lee with a guard pass left hand after slipping out of an armbar late, then tried to finish with her own guillotine before the round ended but wasn't able to hook her legs when she was rolling Lee. Yamaguchi charged in with a left hook at the bell that missed but dropped Lee with the overhand right that followed & tried to finish on the ground. Lee was in surprisingly good shape given how hard she crumbled, and although she didn't get her leg up high enough for a triangle or mission control, she was at least able to hold Yamaguchi around the neck to stop the flurry. Lee sat up & tried for her own takedown, but Yamaguchi had the leverage, and got side mount. Yamaguchi was pounding from mount, but quickly gambled for the armbar & almost had it belly down but wasn't quite high enough on the arm by this point so Lee was able to punch her way out & take Yamaguchi's back. Just great stuff! Lee's instinct is offense first, so she went right to the elbows even though she wasn't recovered, and wound up in another armbar, though she turned her hand down before Yamaguchi could lock it under her armpit. The match was quickly veering into Volk Han exhibition territory as Yamaguchi dove for a kneebar, and they just kept rolling around going for finishes, control be damned. Lee also failed on the anaconda choke her brother Christian beat Cary Bullos with on the undercard. Definitely one of the best rounds of the year! Lee seemed to be testing some more patient ground & pound early in the 4th, but although Yamaguchi wasn't defending it well, she still dropped into the heel hook. Yamaguchi was ahead through 3, but round 4 was all Lee, as she followed a lengthy arm triangle with a triangle & a guillotine, wearing Yamaguchi down by depriving her of oxygen. Yamaguchi has a good technique to just keep enough space that she can breath in the arm traingle, but still just wasn't the same fighter after being deprived of air for that long, and even with the round to recover, she was noticably slower in the 5th, and the taller heavier Lee weighing on her in the clinch wasn't helping her any. Yamaguchi was just standing in front of Lee in the 5th, and though Lee was picking her apart, Yamaguchi was doing what she could, dropping her chin & coming forward, albeit too slowly. Lee probably did her a favor taking her down because Yamaguchi was more likely to come up with yet another scramble than to find the energy for the kind of footwork she needed on her feet. Lee was more patient here though, and Yamaguchi wasn't able to make another miracle happen. Lee eventually worked her way into another arm triangle that she held until the final bell. I don't know how Lee's arms hung in for minute after minute of squeezing on Yamaguchi, but all her submission attempts in the last two rounds clearly swung the fight in her favor & earned he the unanimous decision. Great match.
Phoe Thaw vs. Kat Pali 0:22 R1
Saw Yan Paing vs. Ye Yint Aung 3R UD
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Bashir Ahmad vs. Mahmoud Mohamed 1:23 R1
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Kevin Bellingon vs. Muin Gafurov 3R UD
Tournament Final: Phoe Thaw vs. Saw Yan Paing 3:23 R1
Aung La Nsang vs. Michal Pasternak 3R UD
ONE Strawweight Title: Yoshitaka Naito vs. Joshua Pacio 1:33 R3
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