ONE Championship ‘Fists of Fury 2’ results and highlights: Five knockouts in six fights

On Friday, ONE Championship returned to our screens with the compelling ONE: Fists of Fury 2 card out of the Singapore Indoor Arena.

The card was headlined by the ONE Championship debut of former RIZIN and ACB star Amir Aliakbari, who took on undefeated South Korean heavyweight Ji Won Kang. The co-headliner also occurred in the heavyweight debut, where Brazil’s Alexandre Machado took on Russia’s Anatoly Malykhin.

The expectation heading into these heavyweight matchups is that the winners would be well positioned in ONE’s rapidly improving heavyweight division, which is now home to stars like champ Brandon Vera, and contenders Arjan Bhullar, Mauro Cerilli, Marcus “Buchecha” Almeida, Oumar “Reug Reug” Kane and Dustin Joynson.

Other highlights of the card included a featherweight fight between Ryogo Takahashi and Tang Kai, and a bantamweight fight between fan favorites Mark Fairtex Abelardo and Emilio Urrutia. That latter fight ended with a 2021 Knockout of the Year contender.

See the full results and highlights of this exciting ONE Championship card below:

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Heavyweight MMA
Kang Ji Won defeats Amir Aliakbari via KO at 1:54 of round one

Kang Ji Won 🇰🇷 springs a MASSIVE upset, stopping Amir Aliakbari in Round 1! #ONEFistsOfFury2 #WeAreONE #ONEChampionship pic.twitter.com/zje6KvjwkA

— ONE Championship (@ONEChampionship) March 5, 2021

Heavyweight MMA 
Anatoly Malykhin defeats Alexandre Machado via TKO at 3:28 of round one

Anatoly Malykhin 🇷🇺 takes out Alexandre Machado with a first-round TKO! #ONEFistsOfFury2 #WeAreONE #ONEChampionship pic.twitter.com/xefDDEK9Cs

— ONE Championship (@ONEChampionship) March 5, 2021

Featherweight MMA 
Tang Kai defeats Ryogo Takahashi via knockout at 1:59 of round one

Tang Kai 🇨🇳 moves to 4-0 in ONE with a first-round KO of Ryogo Takahashi! #ONEFistsOfFury2 #WeAreONE #ONEChampionship pic.twitter.com/UsxpDtdxFH

— ONE Championship (@ONEChampionship) March 5, 2021

Featherweight MMA 
Yoshiki Nakahara defeats Ruslan Emilbek Uulu via TKO at 1:30 of round one

Yoshiki Nakahara 🇯🇵 NAILS Ruslan Emilbek Uulu in Round 1! @yoshikinakahara #ONEFistsOfFury2 #WeAreONE #ONEChampionship pic.twitter.com/ASb4XfrzKM

— ONE Championship (@ONEChampionship) March 5, 2021

Bantamweight Muay Thai
Han Zi Hao defeats Adam Noi via unanimous decision

Bantamweight MMA 
Mark Fairtex Abelardo defeats Emilio Urrutia via knockout at 3:20 of round two

Mark Fairtex Abelardo 🇳🇿🇵🇭 elbows Emilio Urrutia OUT! @MarkAbelardoMMA #ONEFistsOfFury2 #WeAreONE #ONEChampionship pic.twitter.com/QEklU1D2lj

— ONE Championship (@ONEChampionship) March 5, 2021

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