ONE: DAWN OF HEROES

[Allidoiswin]

Aug 2nd. Folayang vs Alvarez. Haggerty vs Jitmuangnon. Johnson vs Wada. Best event ONE has had in a while imo. What are your thoughts on this event?

Update: nguyen vs matsushima for fw title to headline
https://thebodylockmma.com/one-cham...mi-matsushima-to-headline-one-dawn-of-heroes/

Update: Akhmetov out with injury. Replacement is Reece McLaren.
https://conandaily.com/2019/07/08/t...-at-one-dawn-of-heroes-in-manila-philippines/

Update: Eustaquio steps in as Mclarens replacement against Wakamatsu
https://tiebreakertimes.com.ph/tbt/geje-eustaquio-banking-experience-preps-wakamatsu/154296

 

[GoldenAzazel]

 

[lukeuidswords]

Rodtang/Haggerty is one of the best matchups this year in any combat sport

 

[Konstantin Koltsov]

Hey, it's Yushin Okami.

 

[rudel]

Banario shoudn't be fighting nastyukhin, it should be sexton if tynanes is unavailable, the biggest mismatch in this card

 

[Allidoiswin]

Updated. Nguyen vs Matsushima headlining

 

[lukeuidswords]

Updated. Nguyen vs Matsushima headlining

weak

 

[Kanka]

Rodtang/Haggerty is one of the best matchups this year in any combat sport

No it's not.

 

[lukeuidswords]

No it's not.

Its no Dubois/Gorman, tbf

 

[Kanka]

Its no Dubois/Gorman, tbf

Even within muay thai it's not the most remarkable fight. Sure it's marketable and exciting but Haggerty hasn't proven himself yet. It's not a very meaningful fight in muay. Probably most main events at bigger stadium cards are more important than this matchup.

 

[EndlessCritic]

weak

edit: I thought this was the japan card. This fight makes way more sense there.

 

[lukeuidswords]

Even within muay thai it's not the most remarkable fight. Sure it's marketable and exciting but Haggerty hasn't proven himself yet. It's not a very meaningful fight in muay. Probably most main events at bigger stadium cards are more important than this matchup.

I dont regard ONE as actual muay thai personally, the gloves cage and scoring change it too much. It just has a lot of great ingredients.

 

[GSP_37]

Why does James Nakashima look white?

 

[Katsumi Yamada]

Why does James Nakashima look white?

I thought he looked half Japanese....but he is in fact fully white, he was adopted by a Japanese American family

 

[Katsumi Yamada]

Even within muay thai it's not the most remarkable fight. Sure it's marketable and exciting but Haggerty hasn't proven himself yet. It's not a very meaningful fight in muay. Probably most main events at bigger stadium cards are more important than this matchup.

He proved himself in his last fight, where he beat Sam-A and won the belt.

 

[Kanka]

He proved himself in his last fight, where he beat Sam-A and won the belt.

Beating a semi-retired, smaller Sam-A is proving oneself?

 

[Katsumi Yamada]

Beating a semi-retired, smaller Sam-A is proving oneself?

Yes , although admittedly his length played a big factor in the fight.

 

[Kanka]

Yes , although admittedly his length played a big factor in the fight.

Only thing he proved is he can beat an out of prime, smaller Sam-A. To be considered to be participating in the best matchup, shouldn't you be a top fighter?He is certainly not a bad fighter, but not even close to being a top fighter in his division at the moment. If he can beat beat evenly sized top fighters then we can talk.

 

[HUGHPHUG]

This is going to be a lot of fun, I rarely get to catch One these days, but I will make sure I see this somewhere.

Might need help finding where though, last card I watched I had to watch at work while no one was looking

 

[EndlessCritic]

I thought he looked half Japanese....but he is in fact fully white, he was adopted by a Japanese American family

https://www.pantagraph.com/sports/d...cle_19b29bb4-430f-561e-94ae-e141938bd48f.html

This source says his father was adopted and raised by Japanese parents.