| 2012 in ONE Championship | ||||
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| Information | ||||
| First date | February 11, 2012 | |||
| Events | ||||
| Total events | 5 | |||
| Fights | ||||
| Total fights | 50 | |||
| Title fights | 2 | |||
| Chronology | ||||
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The year 2012 was the 2nd year in the history of the ONE Championship, a mixed martial arts promotion based in Singapore.
| # | Event | Date | Venue | City | Country |
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| 5 | ONE FC: Rise of Kings | October 6, 2012 | Singapore Indoor Stadium | Kallang | Singapore |
| 4 | ONE FC: Pride of a Nation | August 31, 2012 | Smart Araneta Coliseum | Quezon City | Philippines |
| 4 | ONE FC: Destiny of Warriors | June 23, 2012 | Stadium Negara | Kuala Lumpur | Malaysia |
| 3 | ONE FC: War of the Lions | March 31, 2012 | Singapore Indoor Stadium | Kallang | Singapore |
| 2 | ONE FC: Battle of Heroes | February 11, 2012 | The BritAma Arena | North Jakarta | Indonesia |
| ONE Fighting Championship: Battle of Heroes | ||||
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| Information | ||||
| Promotion | ONE Fighting Championship | |||
| Date | February 11, 2012 | |||
| Venue | The BritAma Arena | |||
| City |  North Jakarta, Indonesia | |||
| Attendance | 4,371 | |||
| Event chronology | ||||
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ONE Fighting Championship: Battle of Heroes (also known as ONE FC 2) was a mixed martial arts event held by ONE Championship. The event took place on February 11, 2012 at The BritAma Arena in North Jakarta, Indonesia and was broadcast by MNC International. [1]
This was the first event ONE held outside of Singapore. [2]
| Main Card | |||||||
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| Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
| Lightweight | Felipe Enomoto | def. | Ole Laursen | Submission (rear-naked choke) | 2 | 3:49 | |
| Featherweight | Bae Young Kwon | def. | Honorio Banario | Submission (rear-naked choke) | 1 | 0:56 | |
| Welterweight | Rustam Khabilov | def. | Rodrigo Ribeiro | Decision (unanimous) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Bantamweight | Gustavo Falciroli | def. | Soo Chul Kim | Submission (rear-naked choke) | 1 | 1:12 | |
| Heavyweight | Rolles Gracie | def. | Bob Sapp | TKO (submission to punches) | 1 | 1:18 | |
| Preliminary Card | |||||||
| Featherweight | Victorio Senduk | def. | Raymond Tiew | TKO (knee injury) | 1 | 4:02 | |
| Flyweight | Geje Eustaquio | def. | Alex Silva | Decision (unanimous) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Bantamweight | Irshaad Sayed | def. | Jessie Rafols | KO (punch to the body) | 1 | 1:49 | |
| Lightweight | Peter Davis | def. | Ngabdi Mulyadi | Submission (triangle choke) | 3 | 3:54 | |
| Welterweight | Zuli Silawanto | def. | Agus Nanang | TKO (punches) | 1 | 0:47 | |
| ONE Fighting Championship: War of the Lions | ||||
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| Information | ||||
| Promotion | ONE Fighting Championship | |||
| Date | March 31, 2012 | |||
| Venue | Singapore Indoor Stadium | |||
| City |  Kallang, Singapore | |||
| Attendance | 7,714 | |||
| Event chronology | ||||
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ONE Fighting Championship: War of the Lions (also known as ONE FC 3) was a mixed martial arts event held by ONE Championship. The event took place on March 31, 2012 at the Singapore Indoor Stadium in Kallang, Singapore. [3]
The event marked the debut of Nicole Chua, believed to be Singapore's first ever professional female mixed martial artist. [4]
| Main card | |||||||
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| Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
| Lightweight |  Zorobabel Moreira | def. |  Felipe Enomoto | Submission (armbar) | 3 | 1:04 | |
| Featherweight |  Tatsuya Kawajiri | def. |  Donald Sanchez | Submission (triangle choke) | 1 | 3:27 | |
| Lightweight |  Ole Laursen | def. | Eduard Folayang | Decision (split) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Welterweight | Fabricio Monteiro | def. | Yuya Shirai | Decision (unanimous) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Catchweight (195lb) |  Melvin Manhoef | vs. | Yoshiyuki Nakanishi | No contest | 1 | 2:08 | [lower-alpha 1] |
| Lightweight |  Eddie Ng | def. |  Jian Kai Chee | TKO (punches) | 1 | 0:43 | |
| Preliminary Card | |||||||
| Bantamweight | Masakazu Imanari | def. | Kevin Belingon | Submission (reverse heel hook) | 1 | 1:18 | |
| Women's Flyweight | Nicole Chua | def. |  Jeet Toshi | Submission (rear naked choke) | 1 | 2:07 | |
| Lightweight | Quek Kim Hock | def. | Major Overall | Technical submission (rear naked choke) | 1 | 3:18 | |
| Bantamweight |  Jiang Long Yun | def. |  Yodsanan Sityodtong | Technical submission (rear naked choke) | 1 | 3:28 | |
| Lightweight | Danny van Bergen | def. | Richie Whitson | Submission (armbar) | 1 | 1:19 | |
| ONE Fighting Championship: Destiny of Warriors | ||||
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| Information | ||||
| Promotion | ONE Fighting Championship | |||
| Date | June 23, 2012 | |||
| Venue | Stadium Negara | |||
| City | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia | |||
| Attendance | 8,153 | |||
| Event chronology | ||||
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ONE Fighting Championship: Destiny of Warriors (also known as ONE FC 4) is a mixed martial arts event held by ONE Championship. The event took place on June 23, 2012 at the 10,200 capacity Stadium Negara in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. [5] [6] [7]
Renato 'Babalu' Sobral made his debut for ONE at this event. Last time Sobral fought was against Dan Henderson at Strikeforce: Henderson vs. Babalu II in late 2010. [8] [9] [10]
Phil Baroni was expected to face Roger Huerta at this event, but due to losing a fight just three weeks before the event via TKO, ONE opted to remove him from the fight card rather than await on the Colorado Office of Boxing to confirm Baroni is on a medical suspension. [11]
| Main card | |||||||
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| Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
| Cruiserweight | Renato Sobral | def. | Tatsuya Mizuno | Submission (armbar) | 1 | 0:31 | |
| Welterweight | Zorobabel Moreira | def. | Roger Huerta | KO (soccer kick) | 2 | 3:53 | |
| Bantamweight | Leandro Issa | def. | Masakazu Imanari | Decision (unanimous) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Welterweight | Adam Kayoom | def. | Gregor Gracie | Decision (unanimous) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Featherweight | Eric Kelly | def. |  Bae Young Kwon | Decision (unanimous) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Preliminary card | |||||||
| Lightweight |  Arnaud Lepont | def. | Brian Choi | Submission (rear naked choke) | 3 | 1:38 | |
| Featherweight | Mitch Chilson | def. | AJ Lias Mansor | Submission (rear naked choke) | 1 | 1:39 | |
| Welterweight | Marcos Escobar | def. | Rodrigo Praxedes | Submission (D'arce choke) | 3 | 1:05 | |
| Lightweight | Peter Davis | def. | Kim Hock Quek | TKO (knees and punches) | 1 | 0:55 | |
| ONE Fighting Championship: Pride of a Nation | ||||
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| Information | ||||
| Promotion | ONE Fighting Championship | |||
| Date | August 31, 2012 | |||
| Venue | Smart Araneta Coliseum | |||
| City | Quezon City, Philippines | |||
| Attendance | 12,523 | |||
| Event chronology | ||||
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ONE Fighting Championship: Pride of a Nation (also known as ONE FC 5) took place on August 31, 2012 at the Smart Araneta Coliseum in Quezon City, Philippines. It was ONE's first event in the Philippines.
Held in conjunction with the URCC, Pride of the Nation has been described as the biggest event in the history of Filipino MMA as 12,523 fans attended. The event featured three former UFC champions: Tim Sylvia, Andrei Arlovski and Jens Pulver. [12] [13] [14]
There were two controversial incidents at this event which involved the use of soccer kicks. Because of this, ONE will now allow their fighters to use them at any point in a fight from ONE FC: Rise of Kings. One incident was during the bout between Andrei Arlovski and Tim Sylvia. Arlovski knocked Sylvia down and then threw soccer kicks at his head. Everyone thought the referee had stopped the fight; he actually called time because he didn't call "open attack". When it was decided after a five-minute rest period for Sylvia that he could not continue, the fight resulted in a No Contest. [15] The other incident occurred during the fight between Shannon Wiratchai and Mitch Chilson, in which Wiratchai won. However, after a thorough review of the match days after the event, ONE officials decided that Wiratchai landed an illegal leg kick to a grounded Chilson in the second round and referee Moritaka Oshiro incorrectly called an end to the fight as he determined at that point that Chilson could not properly defend himself. The win for Wiratchai was reversed and the fight officially ruled as a No Contest. [16]
| Main card | |||||||
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| Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
| Bantamweight | Bibiano Fernandes | def. | Gustavo Falciroli | Decision (unanimous) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Lightweight | Eduard Folayang | def. | Felipe Enomoto | Decision (unanimous) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Heavyweight | Andrei Arlovski | vs. | Tim Sylvia | No Contest (illegal soccer kick) | 2 | 4:46 | |
| Featherweight | Eric Kelly | def. | Jens Pulver | TKO (body kick and punches) | 2 | 1:46 | |
| Preliminary Card | |||||||
| Heavyweight | Rolles Gracie | def. | Tony Bonello | Submission (rear naked choke) | 3 | 1:33 | |
| Welterweight | Jung Hwan Cha | def. | Igor Gracie | TKO (punches and elbows) | 3 | 1:03 | |
| Bantamweight | Soo Chul Kim | def. | Kevin Belingon | Decision (unanimous) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Catchweight | Gregor Gracie | def. | Nicholas Mann | Submission (armbar) | 1 | 3:28 | |
| Welterweight | Phil Baroni | def. | Rodrigo Ribeiro | TKO (soccer kicks and punches) | 1 | 1:00 | |
| Featherweight | Mitch Chilson | vs. | Shannon Wiratchai | No Contest (illegal punch and kick) | 2 | 2:03 | |
| Featherweight | Honorio Banario | def. | Andrew Benibe | TKO (body kicks and punches) | 3 | 3:47 | |
| ONE Fighting Championship: Rise of Kings | ||||
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| Information | ||||
| Promotion | ONE Fighting Championship | |||
| Date | October 6, 2012 | |||
| Venue | Singapore Indoor Stadium | |||
| City | Kallang, Singapore | |||
| Attendance | 9,232 | |||
| Event chronology | ||||
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ONE Fighting Championship: Rise of Kings (also known as ONE FC 6) was a mixed martial arts event held by ONE Championship. The event took place on October 6, 2012 at the 12,000 capacity Singapore Indoor Stadium in Kallang, Singapore.
The event was supposed to crown three ONE champions in the Lightweight, Featherweight and Bantamweight divisions, [17] But due to Pay-Per-View time constraints, ONE has opted to move the Featherweight title fight later in the year. [18]
This event also held the first bouts for the ONE Bantamweight Grand Prix. [19]
ONE made its PPV debut via iN DEMAND, Avail-TVN, DirecTV and Dish. [20]
Following two controversial decisions at ONE FC: Pride of a Nation, ONE will now fully adopted the use of soccer kicks at any point in a fight from this event onwards. [21]
| Main card | |||||||
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| Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
| Lightweight | Shinya Aoki | def. | Arnaud Lepont | Technical submission (triangle choke) | 1 | 1:25 | [lower-alpha 1] |
| Lightweight | Kotetsu Boku | def. | Zorobabel Moreira | TKO (punches) | 3 | 1:02 | [lower-alpha 2] |
| Bantamweight | Soo Chul Kim | def. | Leandro Issa | TKO (strikes) | 2 | 0:15 | [lower-alpha 3] |
| Middleweight | Melvin Manhoef | def. | Ryo Kawamura | KO (punch) | 1 | 4:40 | |
| Bantamweight Grand Prix Quarterfinals | |||||||
| Bantamweight | Jens Pulver | def. | Zhao Ya Fei | Technical decision (unanimous) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Bantamweight | Masakatsu Ueda | def. | Min Jung Song | Decision (unanimous) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Bantamweight | Kevin Belingon | def. |  Yusup Saadulaev | TKO (strikes) | 1 | 3:18 | |
| Preliminary Card | |||||||
| Flyweight | Gianni Subba | def. | Bruce Loh | KO (soccer kick) | 1 | 0:33 | |
| Featherweight | Mitch Chilson | def. | Ngabdi Mulyadi | TKO (strikes) | 2 | 1:05 | |
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