The opening round of ONE Championship’s lightweight tournament is nearing completion, and one half of the brackets’ semifinals are set.
This past Friday, Ariel Sexton submitted Amir Khan to advance out of the tournament’s first round at ONE Championship 90, which took place at Singapore Indoor Stadium in Singapore. The event streamed on ONE’s Twitter and Facebook pages.
In the other opening-round tournament bout, Saygid Guseyn Arslanaliev, stopped Ev Ting in just 25 seconds just before Sexton’s win. Later this year, Arslanaliev and Sexton will meet in the semifinals.
And on the other side of the bracket, there’s potential for former UFC and Bellator champion Eddie Alvarez to advance to the final to meet one of them. Alvarez fights March 31 in his promotional debut in the tournament’s opening round.
Check out all the highlights from ONE Championship 90 in the video above.
Full ONE Championship 90 results included:
MAIN CARD (Twitter, 7:30 a.m. ET)
- Ariel Sexton def. Amir Khan via submission (rear-naked choke) – Round 3, 1:13 – lightweight tournament opening round
- Saygid Guseyn Arslanaliev def. Ev Ting via knockout (punches) – Round 1, 0:25 – lightweight tournament opening round
- Dejdamrong Sor Amnuaysirichoke def. Jeremy Miado via TKO (strikes) – Round 2, 2:38
PRELIMINARY CARD (Facebook, Twitter, 5:45 a.m. ET)
- Ayaka Miura def. Laura Balin via submission (Americana) – Round 1, 1:13
- Masakazu Imanari def. Won Il Kwon via submission (heel hook) – Round 1, 0:53
- Rudy Agustian def. Khon Sichan via submission (rear-naked choke) – Round 1, 3:14
For more on ONE Championship 90, check out the MMA Rumors section of the site.
