ONE Championship dual titleholder Aung La N Sang retained his middleweight title with a second-round TKO of challenger Ken Hasegawa.
Then La N Sang quickly was met in the cage by ONE heavyweight champ Brandon Vera, who challenged La N Sang for his light heavyweight title in October in Tokyo. La N Sang humbly accepted, and with the blessing of ONE CEO Chatri Sityodtong, the promotion’s next champion-vs.-champion fight was booked.
In his fight at “ONE Championship 92: A New Era,” La N Sang (25-10) stopped Hasegawa (16-5-1) with a brutal TKO. The end came at the 4:41 mark of the second round in a rematch from this past June. In their first meeting, La N Sang won with a fifth-round knockout.
“ONE Championship 92: A New Era” took place at Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo. The main card streamed on the B/R Live app following prelims on the ONE Championship app.
La N Sang landed a big punch toward the final minute of the first round and put Hasegawa on the canvas. He popped up and it didn’t take long for Hasegawa to look for a takedown. He clinched La N Sang up till 30 seconds were left, and both fighters swung hard late.
Late in the second, Hasegawa finally went after a takedown to try to keep La N Sang’s striking at bay. But with 30 seconds left, La N Sang unloaded a massive right hand. Hasegawa immediately fell to the canvas. La N Sang moved in and it took just a few punches to get the finish.
ONE Championship 92 results include:
MAIN CARD (B/R Live, 5:30 a.m. ET)
- Champ Eduard Folayang vs. Shinya Aoki – for lightweight title
- Champ Jing Nan Xiong vs. Angela Lee – for strawweight title
- Aung La N Sang def. Ken Hasegawa via TKO (punches) – Round 2, 4:41 – to retain middleweight title
- Bibiano Fernandes def. Kevin Belingon via disqualification (illegal elbows) – Round 2 – to win bantamweight title
- Demetrious Johnson def. Yuya Wakamatsu via submission (guillotine choke) – Round 2, 2:40 – flyweight world grand prix quarterfinal
- Timofey Nastyukhin def. Eddie Alvarez via TKO (punches) – Round 1, 4:05 – lightweight world grand prix quarterfinal
PRELIMINARY CARD (Facebook, Twitter, 2:30 a.m. ET)
- Danny Kingad def. Senzo Ikeda via unanimous decision – flyweight world grand prix quarterfinal
- Kairat Akhmetov def. Reece McLaren via unanimous decision – flyweight world grand prix quarterfinal
- Mei Yamaguchi def. Kseniya Lachkova via submission (armbar) – Round 3, 3:14
- Garry Tonon def. Anthony Engelen via TKO (punches) – Round 1, 4:12
- Chang Min Yoon def. Bala Shetty via submission (rear-naked choke) – Round 1, 4:16
For additional coverage of ONE Championship 92, check out the MMA Events section of the site.
