ONE Championship’s “Dawn of Heroes” saw both Demetrious Johnson and Eddie Alvarez earn spots in the flyweight and lightweight grand prix finals, respectively. But, both of the former UFC champs had some rough spots in their bouts.
Johnson took on Tatsumitsu Wada in his semifinal bout, and the latter’s size advantage was clear right out of the gate. Early on, Wada was able to take Johnson’s back, and he had the dynamic fighter on the defensive for much of the opening round.
Johnson, however, battled back in rounds two and three and grappled his way to a decision win.
Alvarez, meanwhile, took on former ONE lightweight champ Eduard Folayang. Not long into the fight, the latter dropped Alvarez with a thumping leg kick and then poured on shots from above. Alvarez was able to weather the storm, and after scoring a nice sweep, he sunk in a fight ending, rear-naked-choke.
Here are the complete results for ONE’s “Dawn of Heroes”, which saw featherweight champ Martin Nguyen stop Koyomi Matsushima in the main event.
ONE Featherweight World Championship bout: Martin Nguyen defeats Koyomi Matsushima by TKO (Strikes) at 4:40 minutes of round 2
ONE Super Series Flyweight Muay Thai World Championship bout: Rodtang Jitmuangnon defeats Jonathan Haggerty by Unanimous Decision (UD) after 5 rounds
ONE Lightweight World Grand Prix Semi-final bout: Eddie Alvarez defeats Eduard Folayang by Submission (Rear Naked Choke) at 2:16 minutes of round 1
ONE Flyweight World Grand Prix Semi-final bout: Demetrious Johnson defeats Tatsumitsu Wada by Unanimous Decision (UD) after 3 rounds
ONE Flyweight World Grand Prix Semi-final bout: Danny Kingad defeats Reece McLaren by Split Decision (SD) after 3 rounds
ONE Super Series Muay Thai Bantamweight bout: Rodlek PK.Saenchaimuaythaigym defeats Andrew Miller by Knockout (KO) at 0:49 minutes of round 3
Mixed Martial Arts Flyweight bout: Yuya Wakamatsu defeats Geje Eustaquio by Knockout (KO) at 1:59 minutes of round 1
Mixed Martial Arts Lightweight bout: Dae Sung Park defeats Honorio Banario by Unanimous Decision (UD) after 3 rounds
Mixed Martial Arts Bantamweight bout: Daichi Takenaka defeats Leandro Issa by TKO (Strikes) at 1:39 minutes of round 3
Mixed Martial Arts Welterweight bout: James Nakashima defeats Yushin Okami by Unanimous Decision (UD) after 3 rounds
Mixed Martial Arts Featherweight bout: Xie Bin defeats Edward Kelly by Technical Decision (TD)
Mixed Martial Arts Catchweight bout (57.0kg): Miao Li Tao defeats Pongsiri Mitsatit by Unanimous Decision (UD) after 3 rounds
Mixed Martial Arts Women’s Strawweight bout: Ayaka Miura defeats Samara Santos by Submission (Americana) at 0:39 minutes of round 2
Mixed Martial Arts Bantamweight bout: Muhammad Aiman defeats Sunoto by Unanimous Decision at after 3 rounds
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