ONE Fighting Championship (ONE FC) made its Middle Eastern foray with ONE FC: REIGN OF CHAMPIONS on 29 August at the Dubai World Trade Centre. It was truly an explosive night headlined by three World Championship bouts and I was really excited to shoot the event! Here’s a look at some of my favourite photos from the night:
FIGHT 1: Ann Osman defeats Ana Julaton by Split Decision at 5:00 min of Round 3 (FLYWEIGHT)
FIGHT 2: Dejdamrong sor Amnuaysirichoke defeats Ali Yaakub by Submission (Rear Naked Choke) at 2:34 min of Round 1 (FLYWEIGHT)
FIGHT 3: Mohamad Walid defeats Vaughn Donayre by Submission (Armbar) at 1:05 min of Round 1 (CATCHWEIGHT 76.5kg)
FIGHT 4: Herbert Burns defeats Hiroshige Tanaka by Unanimous Decision at 5:00 min of Round 3 (FEATHERWEIGHT)
FIGHT 5: James McSweeney defeats Cristiano Kaminishi by Knockout at 1:17 min of Round 1 (LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT)
FIGHT 6: Roger Huerta defeats by Christian Holley TKO (Strikes) at 3:13 min of Round 1 (LIGHTWEIGHT)
FIGHT 7: ONE FC Featherweight World Championship: Narantungalag Jadambaa defeats Koji Oishi by Unanimous Decision at 5:00 min of Round 5
FIGHT 8: ONE FC Welterweight World Championship: Ben Askren defeats Nobutatsu Suzuki by TKO (Strikes) at 1:24 min of Round 1
FIGHT 9: ONE FC Lightweight World Championship: Shinya Aoki defeats Kamal Shalorus by Submission (Rear Naked Choke) at 2:15 min of Round 1
View the rest of my ONE FC: REIGN OF CHAMPIONS photos here.