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Kemal
10-04-2013, 18:01
The Asia-based ONE FC organization has unveiled a championship doubleheader for its next event, "ONE FC 9: Rise to Power."

The event takes place May 31 at Mall of Asia Arena in Pasay City, Philippines. It streams via online pay-per-view.

Two title fights headline the card. ONE FC featherweight champion Honorio Banario (8-1) meets Koji Oishi (23-9-10) in the main event, and in the co-headliner, Bibiano Fernandes (13-3) and Koetsu Okazaki (8-2-1) fight for an interim bantamweight title while current champ Soo Chul Kim recovers from shoulder surgery.

"ONE FC will be back in the fight capital of Asia on 31 May with a stacked fight card that is sure to get the adrenaline pumping for the passionate Filipino fight fans," ONE FC CEO Victor Cui stated. "This event could possibly be the largest in ONE FC's history and features the top names in MMA, headlined by ONE FC featherweight world champion Honorio Banario."

Banario, who's also URCC's reigning lightweight champion, makes his fourth ONE FC appearance. The Filipino made his promotional debut with a submission loss to Bae Young Kwon, but he rebounded with TKO wins over Andrew Benibe and Eric Kelly. The latter earned him ONE FC's inaugural featherweight title.

Banario now meets Oishi, a longtime Pancrase fighter who previously held the organization's lightweight belt. The Japanese fighter has lost just one bout since 2009 while posting a 6-1-5 record. Recently, he scored wins over Rob Hill and Jon Shores, and in his latest bout, he fought Takumi Nakayama to a majority draw at Pancrase 246. He also owns past wins over Satoru Kitaoka, Chris Lytle and Nate Diaz

Fernandes, meanwhile, is a former DREAM featherweight champion and current bantamweight titleholder who looks for his sixth consecutive victory. The Brazilian most recently submitted Yoshiro Maeda in a DREAM non-title fight back in December.

He takes on Okazaki, a Japanese veteran of the Shooto organization who was on a three-fight win streak before a May 2012 loss to Hiromasa Ogikubo. The ONE FC title fight will mark his first bout in a year.

Kemal
08-05-2013, 22:18
ONE FC 9 card complete with addition of three prelims, including Tim Sylvia

The card is complete for "ONE FC 9: Rise to Power" with the addition of three preliminary card fights.

Felipe Enomoto (6-5) meets Lowen Tynanes (4-0) in a lightweight bout; former UFC heavyweight champ Tim Sylvia (31-8) takes on Tony Johnson (6-1); and Ryan Diaz (13-13) fights Yusup Saadulaev (9-3) in a bantamweight contest. ONE FC officials announced the addition of the fights late Tuesday.

ONE FC 9 takes place May 31 at Mall of Asia Arena in Pasay City, Philippines. It main card streams via online pay-per-view, with the three prelim fights being offered for free via stream beforehand.

Enomoto has lost two straight and four of five. His lone win in that stretch was a second-round submission win over Ole Laursen at ONE FC 2. But since then, he has dropped back-to-back fights to Zorobabel Moreira at ONE FC 3 and Eduard Folayang at ONE FC 5. Tynanes, a native of Hawaii, will try to stay unbeaten. He won his ONE FC debut in February with submission of Vuyisile Colossa at ONE FC 7, and his resume also includes a win over Folayang.

Sylvia returns to the ONE FC banner after a controversial no contest against Andrei Arlovski in August at ONE FC 5 when Arlovski kicked him in the face. Though soccer kicks were allowed, Arlovski hadn't been given the OK from the referee that he could engage his downed opponent with a kick. In December, Sylvia lost to Satoshi Ishii in Japan. Johnson, whose only loss came to Daniel Cormier, has won two straight. But his most recent fight, a Bellator win over Derrick Lewis, came nearly two years ago.

Diaz most recently fought nearly three years ago when he suffered a loss to Chris Gruetzemacher on a Strikeforce Challengers show. With just four fights in the past five years, the 34-year-old Diaz is 1-3 in that stretch. Saadulaev, a DREAM veteran, has dropped two straight, both under the ONE FC banner. In April, he lost a decision to Leandro Issa at ONE FC 8. That came after a TKO loss to Kevin Belingon at ONE FC 6 in October.

The latest ONE FC 9 card now includes:

MAIN CARD (Online PPV, 8 a.m. ET)

Honorio Banario vs. Koji Oishi - for featherweight title
Bibiano Fernandes vs. Koetsu Okazaki - for interim bantamweight title
Kevin Belingon vs. Masakatsu Ueda - bantamweight grand-prix final
Rey Docyogen vs. Yasuhiro Urushitani
Phil Baroni vs. Nobutatsu Suzuki
Eduard Folayang vs. Kamal Shalorus
Geje Eustaquio vs. Andrew Leone

PRELIMINARY CARD (Free online PPV, 6:30 a.m. ET)

Felipe Enomoto vs. Lowen Tynanes
Tony Johnson vs. Tim Sylvia
Ryan Diaz vs. Yusup Saadulaev

Harrie Nak
31-05-2013, 16:20
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Harrie Nak
31-05-2013, 16:48
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