Johnson-Aoki Win At ONE: A New Era
ONE Championship took to Tokyo for the first time on March 31st, from Sumo Hall in their Japan debut.
Two of ONE’s big signings, Eddie Alvarez and Demetrious Johnson made their debut for the Singapore promotion.
We’re LIVE from Tokyo with 10 bouts of ONE: A NEW ERA! #WeAreONE #ANewEra #Tokyo #MartialArts https://t.co/G3utS3Mhm5
— ONE Championship (@ONEChampionship) March 31, 2019
Johnson’s night would be a quick one as he would submit Yuya Wakamatsu in the second round of his ONE Championship debut.
Demetrious Johnson makes a STATEMENT in his ONE debut, submitting Yuya Wakamatsu with a tight guillotine choke at 2:40 of Round 2! @MightyMouse #WeAreONE #ANewEra #Tokyo #MartialArts pic.twitter.com/K4yOpTfmQJ
— ONE Championship (@ONEChampionship) March 31, 2019
While Alvarez would see a different ending as Timofey Nastyukhin dropped the former UFC and Bellator champion in the beginning of the Lightweight Grand Prix tournament.
Timofey Nastyukhin SHOCKS THE 🌏! The Russian warrior knocks out Eddie Alvarez at 4:05 of Round 1 to advance in the ONE Lightweight World Grand Prix! #WeAreONE #ANewEra #Tokyo #MartialArts pic.twitter.com/YxUV0TSnFR
— ONE Championship (@ONEChampionship) March 31, 2019
In the main event, former UFC competitor Shinya Aoki became ONE lightweight champion with a first-round arm triangle of Eduard Folyang.
WHAT. A. FINALE! Japanese legend Shinya Aoki submits Eduard Folayang with a slick arm-triangle choke at 2:34 of Round 1 to reclaim the ONE Lightweight World Title! @a_ok_i #WeAreONE #ANewEra #Tokyo #MartialArts pic.twitter.com/TnF59STQUH
— ONE Championship (@ONEChampionship) March 31, 2019
Get One Championship: A New Era results below.
Main card
Shinya Aoki def. Eduard Folayang via submission (arm triangle choke) at 2:37 of R1
Xiong Jing Nan def. Angela Lee via TKO (strikes) at 1:37 of R5
Aung La Nsang def. Ken Hasegawa via TKO (strikes) at 4:41 of R2
Bibiano Fernandes def. Kevin Belingon via disqualification (illegal elbows) in R3
Demetrious Johnson def. Yuya Wakamatsu via submission (guillotine choke) at 2:40 of R2
Timofey Nastyukhin def. Eddie Alvarez via TKO (punches) at 4:05 of R1
Yodsanklai Iwe Fairtex def. Andy Souwer via TKO (punches) at :51 of R2
Undercard
Danny Kingad def. Senzo Ikeda via unanimous decision
Kairat Akhmetov def. Reece McLaren via unanimous decision
Rodtang Jitmuangnon def. Hakim Hamech via split decision (muay thai)
Joseph Lasiri def. Hiroki Akimoto via majority decision
Mei Yamaguchi def. Kseniya Lachkova via submission (armbar) at 3:18 of R3
Garry Tonon def. Anthony Engelen via TKO (strikes) at 4:12 of R1
Panicos Yusuf def. Mohammed Bin Mahmoud via unanimous decision (muay Thai)
Yoon Chang Min def. Bala Shetty via submission (rear-naked choke) at 4:16 of R1