ONE FC Update

ONE FC :  WARRIOR'S WAY

ONE Fighting Championship has added four exciting bouts to ONE FC: WARRIOR'S WAY, which is set on December 5 at the Mall of Asia arena [MOA] in Manila, Philippines.

Top bantamweights Koetsu Okazaki and Kevin Belingon will clash while former ONE FC Featherweight Champion, Honorio Banario returns to the ONE FC cage to face Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu specialist, Herbert Burns.  Light Heavyweight contenders, Roger Gracie and James Mc Sweeney will also battle it out in  Manila while light heavyweight standout Jake Butler seeks redemption against Sylvain Potard in a highly anticipated rematch.


Koetsu Okazaki   workd his way up theranks os Shootoby dominating all opposition and earned the Shooto World Championship Belt as a featherweight.  He has never been knocked out or stopped with strikes due to his excellent chin and ability to take a punch. Okazaki is loking to continue his winning streak by defeating Kevin Belingon to up the ranks and work his way to another shot at the Bantamweight title.

Kevin Belingon   is arguably one of the best bantamweights to hail from the Philippines, renowned for his striking ability while possessing incredible speed and power. He can get in and out of range without being taken down or countered and he can inflict serioud damage with just a single strike.  To top it off, Belingon has one of the most dangerous kicks in the entire division, rounding things out with explosive takedowns and devastating ground-trongertrongerand-pound

Belingon is set to come back stronger this time against Okazaki in front of his home [Manila] crowd.



Honorio Banrio   has a record of 8-4 and is hungry for a win, withy the ultimate goal of landing another shot at ONE FC gold, down the road.  Known for his aggressive yet calculated approach to striking, Banrio will need to overcome the toughest challenge of his career against Brazilian featherweight standout Herbert bursn before he can consider himself back in the running for the ONE FC Featherweight World Title.


Herbert Burns   is one of the top featherweigth prospects in ONE FC with a penchant for locking in fight-ending submissions.  With his strong background in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu,  Burns is widely considered the top contender in his dividion and is on the fast track to getting a shot at the ONE FC Featherweight Title.  He is extremely driven to win the belt to prove to fans all over the world that no one can get in his way.






Newly signed Roger Gracie  will make his debut at ONE FC: WARRIOR'S WAY against contender  James McSweeney.  Roger is one of the greatwest Jiu-Jitsu practicioners of all time and is part of the famous  Gracie fighting family, the originators of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu.  He is undeniably the most skilled grapplers to transition into mixed martial arts and is looking to showcase his world-class technical acumen when he competes in Asia, for the very first time.


Challenging Roger Gracie is this exciting light heavywright bout is British fighter James McSweeney,  who is coming of a series of wins since his debut in ONE FC.  Nicknamed "The hammer",  McSweeney is menacing in the cage and will lok to completely destroy his opponent to prove that he is the top fighter in the ONE FC light heavyweight division.


Since transitioning into mixed martial arts, the former collegiate wrestling standout  Jake Butler  has amassed four victories aginst only one defeat and has exhibited some of the finest wrestling skills seen in professional mixed martial arts.  Butler uses his elite wrestling pedigree to control opponents on the ground and in the clinch, where he does most of the damage by assuming a dominant position and unleashing powerful strikes.  Butler has been waiting for a rematch against Sylvain Potard to avenge his only loss on his otherwise unblemished record.  ONE FC: WARRIOR'S WAY gives aperfect opportunity for Butler to even the score.


french fighter  Sylvain Potard  has arecord of 7-4,  wuth one of those victories being a memorable  one-punch knockout of Jake Butler at ONE FC: TOTAL DOMINATION.  In a highly anticipated rematch,  Potard will enter the ONE FC cage with Butler, this time, to prove that his first victory was no fluke.  A victory here will reinstate that he is the better fighter of the two.  Both Potard and Butler have a lot riding on this match up and fans wil not want to miss the action.