ONE FC Signs Undefeated Indonesian Featherweight Fransino Tirta

ONE FC on Thursday announced the signing of the most sought after free agent in Asia. Undefeated Indonesian featherweight Fransino Tirta has put pen to paper on a long-term contract that will allow him to resurrect an MMA career that ground to a halt in 2011.

Tirta has an outstanding 14-0-1 record, marking him as one of the top 145-pound fighters in the world, but was forced to pull out of a Legend FC title fight in 2012 due to appendicitis and hasn’t been offered a fight by the now-defunct promotion since.

When Legend FC folded towards the end of last year, Tirta became a free agent and despite overtures from the UFC he elected to sign with ONE FC and will join a featherweight division that currently includes reigning champion Koji Oishi and top contenders Shinya Aoki, Honorio Banario, Eric Kelly and Rob Lisita.

Tirta’s exemplary record marks him as the best pound-for-pound mixed martial artist in Indonesia. He will be a major asset to ONE FC, which has put on two events in Jakarta to date relying mainly on a mix of less experienced local fighters.

Although he has not competed in MMA since beating Chengjie Wu in the semifinals of the Legend FC 145-pound tournament in 2011, Tirta has been active with coaching commitments and made his professional boxing debut last August, winning a four-round fight by unanimous decision.

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This guy was probably screwed the most in the whole Legend FC limbo. Glad ONE picked him up.

Glad someone finally picked him up after Legend went down.  Great signing for ONE FC.