Both undefeated, the former Bellator Ww and current ONE FC champion Ben Askren entered this fight with a perfect mma record of 15-0-0 (53% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.50 welterweight in the world while his opponent, Agilan Thangalapani, has an official record of 7-0-0 (100% finishing rate). Askren fought just once last year beating Nikolay Aleksakhin (=Askren vs Aleksakhin) while ‘Alligator’ Thani fought three times in 2016 and once in 2017 winning over Jeff Huang. Ben Askren vs Agilan Thani is valid for the ONE welterweight title (Askren’s second defense); undercard of Angela Lee vs Istela Nunes – ONE FC 55. Watch the video and rate this fight!
ONE FC fight videos
2016 MMA fight – Bibiano Fernandes vs Reece McLaren – full fight Video ONE FC 50
The black belt in Bjj, former Dream and current One Fc champion Bibiano Fernandes entered this fight with a mma record of 19-3-0 (47% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.6 bantamweight in the world (currently the #1 in this division is Dominick Cruz). He suffered his last loss when he faced Hiroyuki Takaya in 2010, since then he has collected 11 consecutive victories beating Kevin Belingon in 2016 (=Fernandes vs Belingon).
His opponent, Reece McLaren, has an official record of 9-3-0 (78% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.56 in the same weight class. He was defeated by Ben Nguyen in 2014 but then he has won four bouts winning over Muin Gafurov in his last one. Fernandes vs McLaren is valid for the ONE bantamweight title; undercard of Brandon Vera vs Hideki Sekine – ONE FC 50. Watch the video and rate this fight!
2016 MMA fight – Marat Gafurov vs Jadambaa Narantungalag 2 – full fight Video
The undefeated One Fc champion Marat Gafurov entered this fight with a perfect record of 14-0-0 (79% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.16 featherweight in the world while his opponent, Jadambaa Narantungalag, has a mma record of 12-4-0 (58% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.90 in the same weight class. In their first bout Gafurov defeated Jadambaa via submission last year (=Gafurov vs Jadambaa I), after this fight the Russian has beat Kazunori Yokota (=Gafurov vs Yokota) while Narantungalag has won over Kotetsu Boku and Eric Kelly. Gafurov vs Narantungalag 2 is valid for the ONE featherweight title; undercard of Shinya Aoki vs Eduard Folayang – ONE FC 49. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Shinya Aoki vs Eduard Folayang full fight Video ONE FC 49 – 2016
The black belt in Bjj, judo and current One Fc champion Shinya Aoki entered this fight with a mma record of 39-6-0 (69% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.28 lightweight in the world while his opponent, the black belt in wushu Eduard Folayang, has an official record of 16-5-0 (44% finishing rate). Aoki suffered his last loss when he faced Eddie Alvarez in 2012 (=Alvarez vs Aoki 2), since then he has collected nine consecutive victories beating Kazushi Sakuraba in his last one (=Sakuraba vs Aoki) while Folayang was defeated by Timofey Nastyukhin in 2014 (=Folayang vs Nastyukhin) but then he has won over Tetsuya Yamada and Adrian Pang. Aoki vs Folayang, main event of ONE FC 49, is valid for the ONE lightweight title (Aoki’s third defense); they also face each other a second time on March 31, 2019 (Eduard Folayang vs Shinya Aoki 2). Watch the video and rate this fight!
2016 MMA fight – Yoshitaka Naito vs Joshua Pacio – full fight Video ONE FC 48
Both undefeated, the ONE world champion Yoshitaka Naito entered this fight with a perfect mma record of 11-0-0 (55% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.3 strawweight in the world while his opponent, the 20-year-old Joshua Pacio (12 years younger than Naito), has an official record of 8-0-0 (100% finishing rate). ‘Nobita’ Naito has fought just once in 2016 beating Dejdamrong Sor Amnuaysirichoke (=Dejdamrong vs Naito) while Pacio has won four bouts. Naito vs Pacio, main event of ONE FC 48, is valid for the ONE strawweight title. Watch the video and rate this fight!
2016 MMA fight – Adriano Moraes vs Tilek Batyrov – full fight Video ONE FC 45
Adriano Moraes entered this fight with a professional mma record of 14-2-0 (71% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.25 flyweight in the world while his opponent, Tilek Batyrov, has an official record of 10-1-0 (90% finishing rate). Both fighters lost once in 2015: Moraes was defeated by Kairat Akhmetov (=Moraes vs Akhmetov) but then he has beat Eugene Toquero while Batyrov lost to Deivi Daniel Oliveira de Almeida and then he has won over Bagaudin Zarmanbetov and Giovanni Moljo. Moraes vs Batyrov, main event of the One Fc 45, is valid for the interim ONE flyweight title. Watch the video and rate this fight!
2016 MMA fight – Marat Gafurov vs Kazunori Yokota – full fight Video ONE FC 43
The undefeated Marat Gafurov entered this fight with a pro mma record of 13-0-0 (77% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.19 featherweight in the world. He fought three times in 2015 winning over Ev Ting, Martin Nguyen (=Gafurov vs Nguyen) and Jadambaa Narantungalag (=Gafurov vs Narantungalag).
His opponent, Kazunori Yokota, has a record of 25-5-3 (36% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.46 in the same weight class. He suffered his last loss when he faced Jadambaa Narantungalag in 2010, since then he has collected 13 consecutive victories beating Masakazu Imanari in his last one. Gafurov vs Yokota is valid for the One featherweight title (held by Gafurov); undercard of Dejdamrong Sor Amnuaysirichoke vs Yoshitaka Naito – ONE FC 43. Watch the video and rate this fight!
2016 MMA fight – Dejdamrong vs Yoshitaka Naito – full fight Video ONE FC 43
Both undefeated, the former two division Lumpinee muay thai champion Dejdamrong Sor Amnuaysirichoke entered this fight with a perfect mma record of 6-0-0 (67% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.8 strawweight in the world while his opponent, the Shooto champion Yoshitaka ‘Nobita’ Naito, has an official record of 10-0-0 (50% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.2 in the same weight class. Both fighters fought twice last year: Dejdamrong won the One Fc belt against Roy Doliguez (=Doliguez vs Dejdamrong) and then he beat Yago Bryan Farias de Morais (=Dejdamrong vs Yago Bryan) while Naito defeated Ryuto Sawada and Junji Ito. Amnuaysirichoke vs Naito, main event of One Fc 43, is valid for the One strawweight title (Dejdamrong’s first defense). Watch the video and rate this fight!
2016 MMA fight – Ben Askren vs Nikolay Aleksakhin – full fight Video ONE FC 40
The undefeated former Bellator Ww champion Ben Askren entered this fight with a perfect mma record of 14-0-0 (57% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.20 welterweight in the world while his opponent, Nikolay Aleksakhin, has an official record of 17-3-0 (47% finishing rate). Askren won the One Fc Ww title in 2014, against Nobutatsu Suzuki (=Askren vs Suzuki), and he defended his belt once in 2015, against Luis Santos (bout ended in a no-contest Askren vs Santos) while Aleksakhin fought twice last year beating Jose de Ribamar Machado Gomes and Burenzorig Batmunkh. Askren vs Aleksakhin, main event of One Fc 40, is valid for the One Fc welterweight championship title (Askren’s seond defense). Watch the video and rate this fight!
2016 MMA fight – Bibiano Fernandes vs Kevin Belingon – full fight Video ONE FC 37
The black belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu Bibiano Fernandes entered this fight with a professional mma record of 18-3-0 (44% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.5 bantamweight in the world (currently the #1 in this division is Dominick Cruz). He suffered his last defeat in 2010 when he faced Hiroyuki Takaya losing the Dream Fw title, after this bout he moved down in weight class to the bantamweight division winning ten consecutive fights, the last one against Toni Tauru.
His opponent, Kevin Belingon, has an official record of 13-4-0 (62% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.52 in the same weight class. He lost to Dae Hwan Kim in 2014 but then he came back to win against Koetsu Okazaki. Fernandes vs Belingon, main event of One FC 37, is valid for the One bantamweight title (held by Fernandes). Watch the video and rate this fight!