ONE: Heroes of Honor

Kevin Belingon and Andrew Leone, the two of the top fighters in the bantamweight division headlines the second event of ONE Championship in Manila called ONE: Heroes Of Honor as they battle for the number contender spot.

The co-main event is a kickboxing showdown between two world champions Giorgio Petrosyan and Jo Nattawut. The event was held at the Mall of Asia Arena on April 20.

This is also the first time ONE used a ring instead of a cage for the event, unfortunately we were only allowed to shoot from our seats and cannot stand and go near the ring which is really not understandable as local and foreign medias cannot capture good photos from our spot. Eventually most of the photographers boycotted the event anf only three of us were left. I shoot for ABS-CBN Sports which is the official media partner and channel of ONE which is why I cannot join the other photographers. 

Eventually I did try my luck and went under the ring and took photos and no one escorted me out but I did miss the first few matches. Below are the results and photos that I took. 

MAIN CARD

Bantamweight: Kevin Belingon def. Andrew Leone via TKO in Round 2

Kickboxing: Giorgio Petrosyan def. Jo Nattawut via Unanimous Decision

Lightweight: Honorio Banario def. Adrian Pang via Split Decision

Muay Thai: Nong-o Gaiyanghadao def. Fabio Pinca via Unanimous Decision 

Featherweight: Marat Gafurov def. Emilio Urrutia via Submission in Round 1 

Bantamweight: Dae Hwan Kim def. Masakazu Imanari via Unanimous Decision 

Muay Thai: Cosmo Alexandre def. Elliot Compton via KO in Round 2

Catchweight: Akihiro Fujisawa def. Kaji Ebin via Submission in Round 1 

PRELIMINARY 

Kickboxing: Regian Eersel def. Brad Riddell via Unanimous Decision 

Atomweight: Gina Iniong def. Jenny Huang via Unanimous Decision 

Strawweight: Adrian Mattheis def. Lan Ming Qiang via Unanimous Decision 

RING GIRLS

It was also nice bumping with ONE Ring Girl and DJ Lee Jina after the event.

Nice win from the Filipino fighters though photographers were not happy with the rules with the coverage and hoping ONE will be able to fix it in the next events here in the Philippines.

Photos taken using Nikon D750 for ABS-CBN Sports