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MMA: ONE Championship signs former UFC champ Eddie Alvarez

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 16 12:37 PM

ONE Championship on Tuesday announced that it has signed former UFC lightweight champion Eddie Alvarez to a multiple bout contract.  Read more »

MMA: Why an annoyed Khabib Nurmagomedov threatens to leave UFC

Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Oct 12 06:10 PM

Nurmagomedov told the UFC in no uncertain terms that any move to cut ties with Zubaira Tukhugov would see him follow his teammate away from the UFC. Read more »

Putin says Nurmagomedov doesn't deserve harsh punishment

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Oct 11 10:32 AM

Russian President Vladimir Putin met mixed martial arts champion Khabib Nurmagomedov on Wednesday, saying that he did not deserve harsh punishment for a recent post-fight brawl. Read more »

MMA: Nurmagomedov returns to hero's welcome, blasts 'dimwit' McGregor

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Oct 09 09:01 PM

Nurmagomedov defended his UFC title after putting McGregor in a chokehold and forcing the Irish superstar to tap out during a fourth round submission. Read more »

Brawls overshadow Khabib's UFC title win over McGregor

Philip O'Connor, Reuters
Posted at Oct 08 09:46 AM

For once the violence in the octagon looked secondary as a mass brawl ensued after Russian Khabib Nurmagomedov retained his UFC lightweight title with a submission win over Conor McGregor on Saturday.  Read more »

Nurmagomedov beats McGregor before brawl erupts

Philip O'Connor, Reuters
Updated as of Oct 07 02:24 PM

LAS VEGAS - Champion Khabib Nurmagomedov ended Irish fighter Conor McGregor's attempt to win back the UFC lightweight title when he sealed a brutal submission victory with a rear naked choke hold in the fourth round on Saturday. Read more »

MMA: Conor McGregor faces tough test on octagon return

Philip O'Connor, Reuters
Posted at Oct 07 12:00 AM

McGregor will come up against a toughest opponent when he returns to the octagon on Saturday in a bid to win back the lightweight title after an absence of almost two years. Read more »

MMA: Team Lakay’s Folayang trains at famed Jackson-Wink MMA gym

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 03 03:55 PM

The Baguio City native flew out to the United States in August for a month-long training program at the famed Jackson-Wink MMA training facility. Read more »

Boxing: Ancajas set to watch Rungvisai-Diaz clash in Thailand

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 01 05:19 PM

Filipino champion boxer Jerwin "Pretty Boy" Ancajas will make a special appearance at ONE: Kingdom of Heroes, set for this weekend in Bangkok, Thailand. Read more »

MMA: Folayang set to face Khan for vacant ONE lightweight belt

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 01 04:50 PM

Just days after Martin Nguyen relinquished the ONE Lightweight Championship due to injury, ONE Championship chairman and chief executive Chatri Sityodtong has put together a blockbuster showdown for the vacant title. Read more »

MMA: ONE lightweight throne declared vacant as Nguyen relinquishes title

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 29 02:14 PM

The ONE lightweight crown has officially been declared vacant as Vietnamese-Australian Martin Nguyen decided to relinquish the title. Read more »

MMA: Injury forces Martin Nguyen to give up ONE lightweight title

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 28 07:27 PM

Nguyen captured the title with a dramatic knockout win over Edward Folayang in November 2017, but Nguyen was never scheduled to defend his belt afterward. Read more »

MMA: Back to the drawing board for Honorio Banario after painful defeat

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 27 09:46 PM

The Filipino former featherweight champion was forced to re-examine himself following his defeat to Singapore's Amir Khan earlier this month. Read more »

MMA: Joshua Pacio banks on toughness, technique in ONE title win

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 25 09:17 PM

The Team Lakay stalwart used his superior striking and much-improved grappling defense to dethrone Yoshitaka Naito of Japan on Saturday. Read more »

MMA: Joshua Pacio crowned new ONE strawweight champion

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 23 10:19 AM

Pacio crowned himself the new ONE strawweight champion by decisioning Japan's Yoshitaka Naito in the main event of in ONE: Conquest of Heroes on Saturday. Read more »

MMA: Kingad sees Wakamatsu as dangerous foe

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 22 12:52 AM

Danny Kingad is not intimidated by the impressive record of Yuya Wakamatsu, but this doesn’t mean he is underestimating his Japanese foe. Read more »

MMA: McGregor promotes fight, whiskey at raucous press conference

Reuters
Updated as of Sep 21 10:01 AM

Conor McGregor sipped whiskey and boasted he would need just one round to defeat Khabib Nurmagomedov and reclaim the UFC lightweight title during a typically wild news conference to promote his return to the octagon on Thursday. Read more »

MMA: Pacio confident of an upset vs Naito in their second meeting

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 20 05:09 PM

Now more experienced, Joshua Pacio is confident ahead of his title rematch against Japan's Yoshitaka "Nobita" Naito this weekend.  Read more »

MMA: Belingon gets another shot at Fernandes in November

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 20 05:01 PM

Filipino warrior Kevin Belingon will get his long awaited rematch against ONE bantamweight champion Bibiano Fernandes on November 9 at the Singapore Indoor Stadium. Read more »

Japanese MMA star Norifumi 'Kid' Yamamoto dies at 41

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Sep 19 05:16 PM

Tributes flowed Wednesday for charismatic Japanese mixed martial artist Norifumi "Kid" Yamamoto, who died at age 41, three weeks after announcing a battle with cancer.   Read more »