ONE Championship: Japan A New Era - March 31 (Official Discussion)

ONE FC
March 31, 2019
Ryogoku Kokugikan
Tokyo, Japan

Main Card:
Eduard Folayang (21-6)      vs.             (42-8)  Shinya Aoki 
Main Event |  Title Fight | Lightweight | 170 lbs (77 kg)

Angela Lee (9-0)                vs.          (13-1)  Jingnan Xiong 
Main Card |  Title Fight | Strawweight | 125 lbs (57 kg)

Aung La Nsang (24-10)       vs.         (16-3)  Ken Hasegawa 
Main Card |  Title Fight | Middleweight | 205 lbs (93 kg)

Kevin Belingon (20-5)         vs.    (22-4)  Bibiano Fernandes 
Main Card |  Title Fight | Bantamweight | 135 lbs (66 kg)

Yodsanklai Fairtex (201-71) vs.        (160-21) Andy Souwer 
Main Card | Kickboxing | Featherweight | 155 lbs (70 kg)

Demetrious Johnson (27-3)  vs.     (10-3) Yuya Wakamatsu 
Main Card | GP Quarter-Finals | Flyweight | 135 lbs (61 kg)

Eddie Alvarez (29-6)            vs. (12-4) Timofey Nastyukhin 
Main Card | GP Quarter-Finals | Lightweight | 170 lbs (77 kg)

The event will take place at the world-famous Ryogoku Kokugikan on Sunday, 31 March.

Eduard “Landslide” Folayang will defend the ONE Lightweight World Title he reclaimed last month in a long-awaited rematch against Shinya “Tobikan Judan” Aoki.

The pair first met in November 2016 when Folayang defeated the Japanese icon via TKO to begin his first reign as World Champion.

Now, after three consecutive first-round stoppage wins, Aoki will get the chance to settle the score against the Filipino hero in his hometown in front of his compatriots.

Also on deck is the rescheduled women’s World Champion VS World Champion super-bout between “The Panda” Xiong Jing Nan and “Unstoppable” Angela Lee.

This match-up was originally scheduled for ONE: HEART OF THE LION in November, but Singapore’s Lee was forced to withdraw due to injury. Now, the atomweight queen is healthy, and she will move up in weight to challenge for her Chinese rival’s ONE Women’s Strawweight World Title.

A rematch of the greatest mixed martial arts bout in ONE history will also take place at the event.

Two-division ONE World Champion Aung La “The Burmese Python” N Sang defends his ONE Middleweight World Championship for the second time – and third time, overall – against Ken Hasegawa.

Their last contest was an epic battle in Myanmar in late June, which went all the way into the fifth round before Aung La N Sang knocked out his challenger. This time, he will travel to Hasegawa’s homeland to put his gold on the line.

In addition to this trio of World Title bouts, three more contests that could be headline attractions at any other event will capture the world’s attention at ONE: A NEW ERA.

A ONE Super Series kickboxing clash will see two legends of stand-up martial arts go head-to-head, as Yodsanklai IWE Fairtex meets Andy Souwer.

This will be a rematch of their previous meeting in 2008, when Souwer earned a victory via unanimous decision in his homeland of the Netherlands after an extension round.

Returning to mixed martial arts action on the main card, two of the promotion’s latest marquee signings from the United States Of America will make their bow on the global stage for martial arts.

As part of the first night of the ONE Flyweight World Grand Prix, Demetrious “Mighty Mouse” Johnson will be welcomed to The Home Of Martial Arts by Tokyo native Yuya “Little Piranha” Wakamatsu.

Johnson is known as the most dominant world champion in the history of mixed martial arts, but he will have his hands full with his opponent, who is well-versed in a grand prix format as a Pancrase Flyweight Tournament Champion.

The ONE Lightweight World Grand Prix will also continue after its debut on 22 February at ONE: CALL TO GREATNESS in Singapore with a quarterfinal match-up between Eddie “The Underground King” Alvarez and Timofey Nastyukhin.

The three-time mixed martial arts world champion will compete in Japan for the first time since 2009 against the Russian powerhouse, who boasts an 83 percent stoppage ratio.

Holly shit what a stacked card.

westcott123 wrote:Holly shit what a stacked card.

You took the words out of my mouth. The card is stacked as hell.

Very good card. I'll have to catch this one live.

My picks are 
Eduard foluang
Zingnan xiong
 Aung la nsang
Yodsanklai fairtex
Demtrious johnson 
Eddie Alvarez..

Wow, ONE isn't screwing around.

westcott123 wrote:My picks are 
Eduard foluang
Zingnan xiong
 Aung la nsang
Yodsanklai fairtex
Demtrious johnson 
Eddie Alvarez..

Good picks. So many good fights on this card.

I am going with
Folyang
Nsang
DJ
Eddie

....as well.

Rocksoldier84 wrote:Wow, ONE isn't screwing around.

Definitely not for this JMMA card they're not. I hope they bring their ring with them.

https://cagesidepress.com/2018/12/21/geje-eustaquio-vs-adriano-moraes-iii-announced-one-championship-heros-ascent-main-event

The winner of this fight obviously fights the winner of the fly weight GP .biased i want to see dj vs Adriano. Both are incredibly skilled neither have ever been finished

westcott123 wrote:https://cagesidepress.com/2018/12/21/geje-eustaquio-vs-adriano-moraes-iii-announced-one-championship-heros-ascent-main-event

The winner of this fight obviously fights the winner of the fly weight GP .biased i want to see dj vs Adriano. Both are incredibly skilled neither have ever been finished

That's cool they have it setup like that. Looking forward to ONE in 2019.

CDF47 wrote:

Rocksoldier84 wrote:Wow, ONE isn't screwing around.

Definitely not for this JMMA card they're not.  I hope they bring their ring with them.

Have they used it other than that one event?

InfinityLens wrote:

CDF47 wrote:

Rocksoldier84 wrote:Wow, ONE isn't screwing around.

Definitely not for this JMMA card they're not.  I hope they bring their ring with them.

Have they used it other than that one event?

Yes, they use it whenever they have kickboxing fights on.

CDF47 wrote:

InfinityLens wrote:

CDF47 wrote:

Rocksoldier84 wrote:Wow, ONE isn't screwing around.

Definitely not for this JMMA card they're not.  I hope they bring their ring with them.

Have they used it other than that one event?

Yes, they use it whenever they have kickboxing fights on.

Oh how I wish they would go ring full time...

InfinityLens wrote:

CDF47 wrote:

InfinityLens wrote:

CDF47 wrote:

Rocksoldier84 wrote:Wow, ONE isn't screwing around.

Definitely not for this JMMA card they're not.  I hope they bring their ring with them.

Have they used it other than that one event?

Yes, they use it whenever they have kickboxing fights on.

Oh how I wish they would go ring full time...

Same here.

https://www.mmafighting.com/2019/1/27/18199322/one-japan-kevin-belingon-bibiano-fernandes-trilogy

Bibiano vs Kevin will also be on the card talk about a stacked card.

westcott123 wrote:https://www.mmafighting.com/2019/1/27/18199322/one-japan-kevin-belingon-bibiano-fernandes-trilogy

Bibiano vs Kevin will also be on the card talk about a stacked card.

They are going all out for this one.

https://www.mmafighting.com/2019/3/28/18285603/one-ceo-chatri-sityodtong-believes-term-mixed-martial-arts-has-been-tainted-severely-by-the-west

What are peoples opinions on this?

westcott123 wrote:https://www.mmafighting.com/2019/3/28/18285603/one-ceo-chatri-sityodtong-believes-term-mixed-martial-arts-has-been-tainted-severely-by-the-west

What are peoples opinions on this?

I agree MMA is tainted and has become stale in the west. But, we have Rizin and Bellator and ONE,..... I am not as into UFC as I once was but I still watch the main events at least of all the events.

[quote="CDF47"]

westcott123 wrote:https://www.mmafighting.com/2019/3/28/18285603/one-ceo-chatri-sityodtong-believes-term-mixed-martial-arts-has-been-tainted-severely-by-the-west

What are peoples opinions on this?

I agree MMA is tainted and has become stale in the west.  But, we have Rizin and Bellator and ONE,.....  I am not as into UFC as I once was but I still watch the main events at least of all the events.[/quote

]https://www.facebook.com/6176684478/posts/10157307781234479/

One thing I Also want to add is the fact that the audience in Asia are certainly better then the ones in The West I mean Just read the comments on About Aldo having a bacterial infection in his knee or possible infection all they can say is oh he is a bitch. I'm starting to think that if a fighter was on their death bed I mean literally death warmed up these people would still be trashing that fighter. Oh it's only death don't be a bitch .

westcott123 wrote:

CDF47 wrote:

westcott123 wrote:https://www.mmafighting.com/2019/3/28/18285603/one-ceo-chatri-sityodtong-believes-term-mixed-martial-arts-has-been-tainted-severely-by-the-west

What are peoples opinions on this?

I agree MMA is tainted and has become stale in the west.  But, we have Rizin and Bellator and ONE,.....  I am not as into UFC as I once was but I still watch the main events at least of all the events.[/quote

]https://www.facebook.com/6176684478/posts/10157307781234479/

One thing I Also want to add is the fact that the audience in Asia are certainly better then the ones in The West I mean Just read the comments on About Aldo having a bacterial infection in his knee or possible infection all they can say is oh he is a bitch.  I'm starting to think that if a fighter was on their death bed I mean literally death warmed up these people would still be trashing that fighter. Oh it's only death don't be a bitch .

That's pretty ridiculous they are being hard on a legend like Aldo.

westcott123 wrote:My picks are 
Eduard foluang
Zingnan xiong
 Aung la nsang
Yodsanklai fairtex
Demtrious johnson 
Eddie Alvarez..

I got 4 out of 6 not too bad for the main event .

westcott123 wrote:

westcott123 wrote:My picks are 
Eduard foluang
Zingnan xiong
 Aung la nsang
Yodsanklai fairtex
Demtrious johnson 
Eddie Alvarez..

I got 4 out of 6 not too bad for the main event .

Great picks.

westcott123 wrote:

CDF47 wrote:

westcott123 wrote:https://www.mmafighting.com/2019/3/28/18285603/one-ceo-chatri-sityodtong-believes-term-mixed-martial-arts-has-been-tainted-severely-by-the-west

What are peoples opinions on this?

I agree MMA is tainted and has become stale in the west.  But, we have Rizin and Bellator and ONE,.....  I am not as into UFC as I once was but I still watch the main events at least of all the events.[/quote

]https://www.facebook.com/6176684478/posts/10157307781234479/

One thing I Also want to add is the fact that the audience in Asia are certainly better then the ones in The West I mean Just read the comments on About Aldo having a bacterial infection in his knee or possible infection all they can say is oh he is a bitch.  I'm starting to think that if a fighter was on their death bed I mean literally death warmed up these people would still be trashing that fighter. Oh it's only death don't be a bitch .

Sadly, do you expect anything less from them?

By the way, am I the only one shocked that Alvarez lost to Natsuykin? Alvarez is a former UFC champion so how could that be? Sure, Natsuykin is talented but he never fought in the UFC.