Last year's Metamoris event was a huge success. ProMMAnow.com (www.prommanow.com) was on the scene and brought back interviews with all the stars. As promised, the pro Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu invitational is returning with another stacked card. Read More »
Tag Archives: Shinya Aoki
Feed SubscriptionShinya Aoki becomes new lightweight champion at ONE FC: Kings & Champions
One FC has a new lightweight champion. Koketsu Boku lost his 155 pound title as submission specialist Shinya Aoki tapped him out in the second round via rear naked choke in the "ONE FC: Kings & Champions" main event held Friday, April 5, in Singapore. Read More »
‘ONE FC: Kings & Champions’ to stream live April 5 from Singapore via online pay-per-view
"ONE FC: Kings & Champions" (ONE FC 8) takes place this Friday, April 5, from the Singapore Indoor Stadium in Kallang and will feature a lightweight title bout between Kotetsu Boku (20-7-2) and Shinya Aoki (32-6) in the main event. Read More »
ONE FC: Kings & Champions card finalized for April 5
ONE Fighting Championship (ONE FC) announced the five remaining bouts for its return to Singapore on April 5. Singaporean fighter Ronald Low makes his ONE FC debut against Malaysia’s Chen Yun Ting on the undercard while NCAA Division I wrestler and Princeton graduate Jake Butler faces Nuur Muhammad of India. Read More »
Bantamweight Grand Prix Semifinals to take place at ONE FC: Kings & Champions on April 5
ONE Fighting Championship™ (ONE FC) announced today that the ONE FC Bantamweight Grand Prix semi-final fights will be featured at ONE FC: KINGS & CHAMPIONS. The event will take place live from the Singapore Indoor Stadium on 5 April 2013. Former Lightweight World Champion from the United States, Jens Pulver, will take on Japan’s Masakatsu Ueda and Kevin Belingon of the Philippines will face Vietnamese-Australian Thanh Vu. Read More »
Kotetsu Boku vs. Shinya Aoki to headline ‘ONE FC: Kings & Champions’ in April
ONE FC lightweight champion Kotetsu "No Face" Boku (20-7-2) will put his title on the line for the first time when he faces submission ace and No. 1 contender Shinya Aoki (32-6, 1 NC) at "ONE FC: Kings & Champions" on Friday, April 5 in Singapore. Read More »
DREAM 18 fight videos
From Shinya Aoki's stoppage of Antonio McKee, Marloes Coenen's armbar of Fiona Muxlow, Tatsuya Kawajiri's decision over Michihiro Omigawa and all the rest, we've got the DREAM 18 fight videos. Read More »
New Year’s Eve special: DREAM 18 and GLORY 4 results
GLORY Sports International put together a DREAM 18 and GLORY 4 special 2012 New Year's Eve MMA/kickboxing event Monday at Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan. Read More »
DREAM 18 weigh-in results
The DREAM 18 weigh-in's took place today at the Sunroute Plaza Hotel in Tokyo, Japan for the DREAM 18 portion of the New Year’s Eve historic double-header mega-fight card at Saitama Super Arena, live on GloryWorldSeries.com (tape delayed broadcast on CBS Sports Network in The U.S.). Read More »
DREAM 18: Aoki vs. McKee, Fernandes vs. Maeda and Manhoef vs. Kang added to NYE special
Three new bouts have been confirmed for the DREAM 18 New Year's Eve fight card. The event will take place at the Saitama Super Arena in Japan. Read More »
ONE FC and GLORY join forces ahead of New Year’s Eve event
GLORY joins ONE FC promotional network, roster sharing expected to begin as early as New Year's Eve DREAM/GLORY event in Japan. Read More »
Independent MMA Link Club: ONE FC 6, UFC fighters turning down fights, T.J. Grant interview
This week's link club features stories on the upcoming ONE FC 6 card, Jimi Manuwa's win at UFC on Fuel TV 5, an interview with T.J. Grant after his UFC 152 win and much more. Read More »
Leandro Issa vs. Soo Chul Kim added to ONE FC 6 in October
A new bout has been added to the ONE FC 6 card as Leandro Issa (10-2) faces Soo Chul Kim (6-4) for the promotions first-ever bantamweight championship. The event is set to take place at the Singapore Indoor Stadium in Singapore on Oct. 6. Read More »
Upcoming Asian MMA events you should look out for
Are you a fan of Asian MMA? Do you harken the days of PRIDE? We at ProMMAnow (www.prommanow.com) provide a solid list of Asian MMA events to choose from in the next few weeks. Read More »
‘ONE FC: Rise of Kings’ heads back to Singapore in October
We're approximately six weeks away from ONE FC's biggest event, Pride of a Nation, which will be making history in the Philippines. While you get psyched up for that event which will feature some of the best mixed martial artists in Asia and the world, including Shinya Aoki, Bibiano Fernandes, Eric "The Natural" Kelly, Gustavo Falciroli, and five URCC Champions. Read More »
The weekly best of Pro MMA Now
Kelvin Hunt highlights some of the best posts and top articles from the Pro MMA Now (www.prommanow.com) staff this week. We know people are busy, so here are a few things you may have overlooked. Read More »
It’s official, the best lightweight in Asia, Shinya Aoki, has signed with ONE FC
Asia's largest mixed martial arts promotion, ONE Fighting Championship has confirmed they have officially signed the best lightweight in Asia, Shinya Aoki (30-6-1), to a multi-fight deal. Aoki is scheduled to make his debut with the promotion in the main event at "ONE FC: Pride of a Nation" in Manila on August 31. Read More »
Video: Eddie Alvarez talks win over Aoki and being married in the fight game
ProMMAnow.com reporter Dr. Rhadi Ferguson caught up with Eddie Alvarez following his win over Shinya Aoki at Bellator 66. Alvarez discussed his game plan for Aoki and being a family man. Read More »
Video: Exclusive in-depth interview with Bjorn Rebney post-Bellator 66
Bellator CEO Bjorn Rebney recaps Bellator 66, talks about the future of Eddie Alvarez, a new women's 125 pound division and Hector Lombard's contract offer from the UFC in this in-depth three-part interview. Read More »
Bellator 66 LIVE results and play-by-play
Bellator 66 takes place this evening at Cleveland's I-X Center and features a highly anticipated lightweight rematch between Japanese submission god Shinya Aoki and former Bellator 155 pound champion Eddie Alvarez. Read More »
Video: Dr. Rhadi talks with Bellator CEO Bjorn Rebney
ProMMAnow.com reporter Dr. Rhadi Ferguson caught up with Bellator CEO Bjorn Rebney this week to discuss Friday's Bellator 66 card in Cleveland and the promotion's future on Spike TV. Read More »
Bellator 66 weigh in results
Fighter weigh-ins for Bellator 66 took place this evening in preparation for Friday night’s fight card from Cleveland, Ohio, in preparation for Bellator’s Friday night event at the I-X Center. All fighters made weight without issue. Read More »