2013 in ONE Championship
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The year 2013 was the 3rd year in the history of the ONE Championship, a mixed martial arts promotion based in Singapore.
Tournament bracket
Bantamweight Grand Prix
ONE Bantamweight Grand Prix bracket
| Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
| Philippines Kevin Belingon | TKO | ||||||||
| Vietnam Thanh Vu | 2r. | ||||||||
| Philippines Kevin Belingon | 3r. | ||||||||
| Japan Masakatsu Ueda | UD | ||||||||
| Japan Masakatsu Ueda | SUB | ||||||||
| United States Jens Pulver | 2r. |
Malaysia Featherweight Tournament
ONE Malaysia Featherweight Tournament bracket
| Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
| Malaysia AJ Lias Mansor | 3r. | ||||||||
| Malaysia Jian Kai Chee | UD | ||||||||
| Malaysia AJ Lias Mansor1 | UD | ||||||||
| Malaysia Melvin Yeoh | 3r. | ||||||||
| Malaysia Melvin Yeoh | SUB | ||||||||
| Malaysia Raymond Tiew | 2r. |
1Jian Kai Chee was forced to pull out of his bout with Yeoh due to injury and could not participate in the finals of the Grand Prix. He was subsequently replaced by AJ Lias Mansor.
List of events
| ONE Championship | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Event | Date | Venue | Location |
| 1 | ONE Fighting Championship: Return of Warriors | February 2, 2013 | Putra Indoor Stadium | Malaysia Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia |
| 2 | ONE Fighting Championship: Kings and Champions | April 5, 2013 | Singapore Indoor Stadium | Singapore Kallang, Singapore |
| 3 | ONE Fighting Championship: Rise to Power | May 31, 2013 | SM Mall of Asia Arena | Philippines Pasay, Philippines |
| 4 | ONE Fighting Championship: Champions & Warriors | September 13, 2013 | Istora Senayan | Indonesia Jakarta, Indonesia |
| 5 | ONE Fighting Championship: Total Domination | October 18, 2013 | Singapore Indoor Stadium | Singapore Kallang, Singapore |
| 6 | ONE Fighting Championship: Warrior Spirit | November 15, 2013 | Putra Indoor Stadium | Malaysia Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia |
| 7 | ONE Fighting Championship: Moment of Truth | December 6, 2013 | SM Mall of Asia Arena | Philippines Pasay, Philippines |
ONE Fighting Championship: Return of Warriors
ONE Fighting Championship: Return of Warriors (also known as ONE FC 7) was a mixed martial arts event held by ONE Championship. The event took place on February 2, 2013 at the 16,000 capacity Putra Indoor Stadium in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Background
The event crowned the first ONE Featherweight Champion, in a matchup originally scheduled for ONE FC: Rise of Kings, between Philippine fighters Eric Kelly and Honorio Banario, which was scratched at that time due to PPV time constraints.
The event also held the first two bouts of the 4-man ONE Malaysian National Featherweight Championship Tournament and the final first-round bout of the ONE Bantamweight Grand Prix.
Results
| Main Card | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
| Featherweight | Honorio Banario | def. | Eric Kelly | TKO (eye injury) | 4 | 1:01 | |
| Flyweight | Shinichi Kojima | def. | Roy Docyogen | Submission (guillotine choke) | 2 | 4:47 | |
| Lightweight | Lowen Tynanes | def. | Vuyisile Colossa | Submission (rear-naked choke) | 1 | 4:37 | |
| Lightweight | Peter Davis | def. | Leo Krishna | TKO (doctor stoppage) | 1 | 2:01 | |
| Welterweight | Adam Shahir Kayoom | def. | Zuli Silawanto | Submission (rear-naked choke) | 1 | 3:41 | |
| Bantamweight | Thanh Vu | def. | Mohd Fouzein Fozi | TKO (knees and punches) | 1 | 1:03 | |
| Featherweight | Melvin Yeoh | def. | Raymond Tiew | Submission (triangle choke) | 2 | 3:29 | |
| Featherweight | Jian Kai Chee | def. | A.J. Lias Mansor | Decision (unanimous) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Preliminary Card | |||||||
| Catchweight (130 lb) | Gianni Subba | def. | Saiful Merican | Submission (armbar) | 2 | 4:08 | |
| Cruiserweight | Jake Butler | def. | Antoni Romulo | TKO (punches) | 1 | 2:46 |
ONE Fighting Championship: Kings and Champions
ONE Fighting Championship: Kings and Champions (also known as ONE FC 8) was a mixed martial arts event held by ONE Championship. The event took place on April 5, 2013 at the 12,000 capacity Singapore Indoor Stadium in Kallang, Singapore.
Background
This event held the first title defense for ONE Lightweight Champion Kotetsu Boku against Japanese top contender Shinya Aoki. The event also marked the return of fighters like Melvin Manhoef, Leandro Issa and Jake Butler to the ONE cage, and the two semifinals of the ONE Bantamweight Grand Prix.
Results
| Main card | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
| Lightweight | Shinya Aoki | def. | Kotetsu Boku (c) | Submission (rear-naked choke) | 2 | 2:01 | |
| Middleweight | Brock Larson | def. | Melvin Manhoef | Decision (unanimous) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Bantamweight | Masakatsu Ueda | def. | Jens Pulver | Submission (brabo choke) | 2 | 3:52 | |
| Bantamweight | Kevin Belingon | def. | Thanh Vu | TKO (punches) | 2 | 1:00 | |
| Lightweight | Eddie Ng | def. | Arnaud Lepont | Submission (armbar) | 2 | 4:45 | |
| Bantamweight | Leandro Issa | def. | Yusup Saadulaev | Decision (unanimous) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Flyweight | Alex Silva | def. | Rene Catalan | Submission (armbar) | 1 | 4:54 | |
| Featherweight | Bashir Ahmad | def. | Shannon Wiratchai | Decision (unanimous) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Preliminary Card | |||||||
| Cruiserweight | Jake Butler | def. | Swain Cangco | TKO (punches) | 1 | 2:52 | |
| Flyweight | Chen Yun Ting | def. | Ronald Low | TKO (punches) | 1 | 3:58 |
ONE Fighting Championship: Rise to Power
ONE Fighting Championship: Rise to Power (also known as ONE FC 9) was a mixed martial arts event held by ONE Championship. The event took place on May 31, 2013 at the 20,000 capacity SM Mall of Asia Arena in Pasay, Philippines.
Background
This was the second visit of ONE to the Philippines, after the successful August 2012 event held at the Araneta Coliseum.
The event held the first title defense for ONE Featherweight Champion Honorio Banario against Japanese contender Koji Oishi. The original matchup for the title was against Korean top contender Bae Young Kwon, but was scrapped due to the Kwon commitment with the local military service.
Results
| Main Card | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
| Featherweight | Koji Oishi | def. | Honorio Banario (c) | KO (punches) | 2 | 1:45 | |
| Bantamweight | Bibiano Fernandes | def. | Koetsu Okazaki | Decision (unanimous) | 5 | 5:00 | |
| Bantamweight | Masakatsu Ueda | def. | Kevin Belingon | Decision (unanimous) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Flyweight | Yasuhiro Urushitani | def. | Roy Docyogen | Decision (split) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Welterweight | Nobutatsu Suzuki | def. | Phil Baroni | TKO (punches) | 1 | 4:17 | |
| Lightweight | Kamal Shalorus | def. | Eduard Folayang | Decision (unanimous) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Catchweight (127 lb) | Andrew Leone | def. | Geje Eustaquio | Decision (unanimous) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Preliminary Card | |||||||
| Catchweight (144 lb) | Yusup Saadulaev | def. | Ryan Diaz | Submission (brabo choke) | 2 | 2:57 | |
| Lightweight | Lowen Tynanes | def. | Felipe Enomoto | TKO (elbows) | 1 | 2:41 | |
| Catchweight (271 lb) | Tony Johnson Jr. | def. | Tim Sylvia | TKO (doctor stoppage) | 3 | 3:25 |
ONE Fighting Championship: Champions & Warriors
ONE Fighting Championship: Champions & Warriors (also known as ONE FC 10) was a mixed martial arts event held by ONE Championship. The event took place on September 13, 2013 at the 10,000 capacity Istora Senayan in Jakarta, Indonesia.
Background
This event marked the second visit of ONE to Indonesia, after the February 2012 event held at the BritAma Arena.
Yasuhiro Urushitani was scheduled to face Shinichi Kojima in the main event for the inaugural ONE Flyweight Championship but had to pull out due to an injury and was replaced by Andrew Leone. Although on September 10, 2013 Leone also pulled out of the title bout and the fight was scrapped all together.
Results
| Main Card | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
| Lightweight | South Africa Vuyisile Colossa | def. | South Korea Kotetsu Boku | Decision (unanimous) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Welterweight | Netherlands Vincent Latoel | def. | Netherlands Willy Ni | Submission (guillotine choke) | 1 | 1:25 | |
| Catchweight (198 lb) | United States Jake Butler | def. | Canada James Kouame | Submission (arm-triangle choke) | 1 | 2:11 | |
| Featherweight | Brazil Bruno Pucci | def. | Pakistan Bashir Ahmad | Submission (rear-naked choke) | 1 | 3:13 | |
| Cruiserweight | Indonesia Vincent Majid | def. | Malaysia Eugenio Tan | Submission (kimura) | 1 | 1:30 | |
| Flyweight | Brazil Almiro Barros | def. | Australia Kian Phan | Decision (unanimous) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Heavyweight | Hong Kong Alain Ngalani | def. | Egypt Mahmoud Hassan | TKO (strikes) | 1 | 0:31 | |
| Preliminary Card | |||||||
| Lightweight | United States Caros Fodor | def. | South Korea Yang Seung Ho | Decision (unanimous) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Featherweight | Indonesia Max Metino | def. | Cambodia Long Sophy | Submission (kimura) | 2 | 3:24 | |
| Flyweight | Malaysia Raymond Tan | def. | Indonesia Brianata Rosadhi | Submission (guillotine choke) | 1 | 0:21 |
ONE Fighting Championship: Total Domination
ONE Fighting Championship: Total Domination (also known as ONE FC 11) was a mixed martial arts event held by ONE Championship. The event took place on October 18, 2013 at the Singapore Indoor Stadium in Kallang, Singapore.
Background
The main event was a unification bout for the ONE bantamweight world title between champion Soo Chul Kim and interim champion Bibiano Fernandes.
The Co-Main event featured ONE's Lightweight Champion Shinya Aoki dropping a division to compete in a non-title fight against Cody Stevens.
On October 19, 2013, ONE officials deemed the Flyweight bout between Rene Catalan and Khim Dima a No Contest due to several illegal strikes perceived during a review of the fight.
Results
| Main Card | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
| Bantamweight | Brazil Bibiano Fernandes (ic) | def. | South Korea Soo Chul Kim (c) | Decision (unanimous) | 5 | 5:00 | |
| Featherweight | Japan Shinya Aoki | def. | United States Cody Stevens | Decision (unanimous) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Lightweight | Hong Kong Eddie Ng | def. | Malaysia Peter Davis | Submission (armbar) | 1 | 1:46 | |
| Middleweight | Japan Tatsuya Mizuno | def. | Portugal Rafael Silva | Decision (unanimous) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Cruiserweight | France Sylvain Potard | def. | United States Jake Butler | TKO (punches) | 2 | 0:42 | |
| Featherweight | Thailand Shannon Wiratchai | def. | United States Mitch Chilson | TKO (soccer kicks and punches) | 1 | 1:52 | |
| Flyweight | Cambodia Khim Dima | vs. | Philippines Rene Catalan | No contest | 2 | 3:40 | |
| Preliminary Card | |||||||
| Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
| Women's Strawweight | Singapore Sherilyn Lim | def. | Malaysia Ann Osman | Decision (split) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Lightweight | Singapore Juan Wen Jie | def. | Malaysia Alex Lim | TKO (punch) | 2 | 0:18 | |
| Bantamweight | Singapore Stephen Langdown | def. | Malaysia Marc Marcellinus | TKO (strikes) | 1 | 1:49 |
ONE Fighting Championship: Warrior Spirit
ONE Fighting Championship: Warrior Spirit (also known as ONE FC 12) was a mixed martial arts event held by ONE Championship. The event took place on November 15, 2013 at the Putra Indoor Stadium in Bukit Jalil, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Background
The main event was going to be a contest for the inaugural ONE Welterweight Championship between Adam Kayoom and Nobutatsu Suzuki. On November 11, 2013, ONE officials announced that Adam Kayoom was injured, and was going to be replaced by Vitor Pinto. However, Pinto was not medically cleared and the bout was cancelled.
Results
| Main Card | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
| Catchweight | Russia Yusup Saadulaev | def. | Brazil Adriano Moraes | Decision (split) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Middleweight | Brazil Leandro Ataides | def. | France Brayan Rafiq | KO (punches) | 1 | 4:19 | |
| Heavyweight | Australia Chris Lokteff | def. | United States Tony Johnson | Decision (split) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Lightweight | Malaysia Peter Davis | def. | Egypt Alaa Mazloum | Submission (rear naked choke) | 2 | 1:23 | |
| Flyweight | Malaysia Gianni Subba | def. | Malaysia Chen Yun Ting | TKO (elbows) | 1 | 3:03 | |
| Featherweight | Malaysia AJ Lias Mansor | def. | Malaysia Melvin Yeoh | Decision (unanimous) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Flyweight | Malaysia Saiful Merican | def. | Cambodia Tok Sophon | Decision (unanimous) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Preliminary Card | |||||||
| Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
| Welterweight | Belgium Samir Mrabet | def. | United States Steven Durr | Decision (unanimous) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Welterweight | Malaysia Nik Harris | def. | Indonesia Zuli Silawanto | TKO (retirement) | 2 | 5:00 | |
| Bantamweight | United States Casey Suire | def. | Malaysia Raymond Tan | Submission (Guillotine choke) | 1 | 3:28 |
ONE Fighting Championship: Moment of Truth
ONE Fighting Championship: Moment of Truth (also known as ONE FC 13) was a mixed martial arts event held by ONE Championship. The event took place on December 6, 2013 at the SM Mall of Asia Arena in Pasay, Philippines
Background
The main event was a rematch for the ONE Featherweight world title between champion Koji Oishi and former champion Honorio Banario.
The event also featured the return of local favorites Eduard Folayang and Geje Eustaquio.
Results
| Main Card | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
| Featherweight | Japan Koji Oishi (c) | def. | Philippines Honorio Banario | KO (punch) | 3 | 1:42 | |
| Bantamweight | Philippines Kevin Belingon | def. | Spain David Aranda Santacana | KO (punches) | 1 | 2:53 | |
| Lightweight | Philippines Eduard Folayang | def. | Netherlands Vincent Latoel | Decision (unanimoua) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Lightweight | South Africa Vuyisile Colossa | def. | United States Caros Fodor | Decision (unanimous) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Flyweight | Philippines Geje Eustaquio | def. | Philippines Eugene Toquero | Decision (unanimous) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Bantamweight | South Korea Dae Hwan Kim | def. | Vietnam Thanh Vu | Submission (rear-naked choke) | 2 | 4:10 | |
| Heavyweight | Canada Paul Cheng | def. | Hong Kong Alain Ngalani | Submission (verbal tapout) | 1 | 4:54 | |
| Preliminary Card | |||||||
| Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
| Bantamweight | Japan Koetsu Okazaki | def. | Guam Joshua Alvarez | Submission (rear-naked choke) | 2 | 3:13 | |
| Flyweight | Philippines Ruel Catalan | def. | Cambodia Khim Dima | TKO (referee stoppage) | 1 | 3:35 | |
| Featherweight | Brazil Herbert Burns | def. | Philippines Edward Kelly | Submission (rear-naked choke) | 1 | 0:44 |