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Xiong Retains World Title, Musumeci Claims Inaugural Gold at ONE Fight Night 2
By the end of ONE Fight Night 2: Xiong vs. Lee III on Saturday morning, not one fan was sitting in their seat inside the Singapore Indoor Stadium.
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ONE Women’s Strawweight World Champion, Xiong Jing Nan defends her title at ONE Fight Night 2 on Oct. 1 in Singapore. (ONE Championship)
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y the end of ONE Fight Night 2: Xiong vs. Lee III on Saturday morning, not one fan was sitting in their seat inside the Singapore Indoor Stadium, especially not after the main event trilogy thriller between two of ONE Championship’s most dominant female titleholders.
The headliner of the Oct. 1 event saw Chinese superstar Xiong Jing Nan successfully defending her ONE Women’s Strawweight World Title against rival and atomweight queen Angela Lee for the second time – and the bout was well worth the wait.
Xiong scored with her boxing early into the proceedings, forcing Lee to scramble for composure. She found it quickly, however, and then went on the attack for the next four rounds.
“The Panda” kept up a similarly aggressive pace, leading to a fiery back-and-forth battle. In the end, it was the defending World Champion who got the nod from the judges via unanimous decision. Xiong now has a jaw-dropping seven World Title defenses to her name.
The trilogy fight between Xiong and Lee lived up to its billing. #ONEonPrimeVideo2 pic.twitter.com/iSBsiWw1Ki
— Prime Video (@PrimeVideo) October 1, 2022
In a prelude to that showdown, Mikey Musumeci became the inaugural ONE Flyweight Submission Grappling World Champion by defeating old foe Cleber Sousa in their own trilogy battle.
The Italian-American phenom consistently attacked Sousa’s legs and heels, sniffing and hunting for submissions and registering two catches with the referee. At the end of the 10-minute grappling bout, the judges awarded “Darth Rigatoni” a unanimous decision, crowning him ONE’s first-ever submission grappling World Champion in the process.
In total, two US$50,000 bonuses were awarded at the event, both to promotional debutants. Halil Amir earned one for his second-round finish of Timofey Nastyukhin, and Ilya Freymanov scored some extra cash for his first-round TKO of former two-division ONE World Champion Martin Nguyen.
Full Results for ONE Fight Night 2: Xiong Vs. Lee III
- Xiong Jing Nan defeats Angela Lee via unanimous decision to retain the ONE Women’s Strawweight World Title
- Mikey Musumeci defeats Cleber Sousa via unanimous decision to claim the ONE Flyweight Submission Grappling World Title
- Stamp Fairtex defeats Jihin Radzuan via unanimous decision (MMA – catchweight of 120.75 pounds)
- Ilya Freymanov defeats Martin Nguyen via TKO at 3:33 of round one (MMA – featherweight)
- Halil Amir defeats Timofey Nastyukhin via knockout at 0:58 of round two (MMA – lightweight)
- Marat Grigorian defeats Tayfun Ozcan via unanimous decision (kickboxing – featherweight)
- Oh Ho Taek defeats Ryogo Takahashi via split decision (MMA – featherweight)
- Anissa Meksen defeats Dangkongfah Banchamek via unanimous decision (Muay Thai – catchweight of 115.25 pounds)
Rade Opacic defeats Giannis Stoforidis via knockout at 1:52 of round two (ONE Heavyweight Kickboxing World Grand Prix alternate bout)
This article was published in collaboration with ONE Championship.
