ONE Championship 172: Best photos from Japan
Check out these photos from ONE 172, which took place at Saitama Super Arena in Japan, and featured several big MMA fights. (Photos courtesy of ONE Championship.)
Adrian Lee def. Takeharu Ogawa, ONE Championship 172 4752
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Adrian Lee def. Takeharu Ogawa, ONE Championship 172 4787
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Adrian Lee def. Takeharu Ogawa, ONE Championship 172 4794
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Adrian Lee def. Takeharu Ogawa, ONE Championship 172 4801
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Adrian Lee def. Takeharu Ogawa, ONE Championship 172 4803
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Adrian Lee def. Takeharu Ogawa, ONE Championship 172 4811
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Adrian Lee def. Takeharu Ogawa, ONE Championship 172 4821
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Adrian Lee def. Takeharu Ogawa, ONE Championship 172 4822
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Adrian Lee def. Takeharu Ogawa, ONE Championship 172 4832
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Adrian Lee def. Takeharu Ogawa, ONE Championship 172 4834
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Adrian Lee def. Takeharu Ogawa, ONE Championship 172 4837
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Adrian Lee def. Takeharu Ogawa, ONE Championship 172 4840
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Adrian Lee def. Takeharu Ogawa, ONE Championship 172 4841
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Adrian Lee def. Takeharu Ogawa, ONE Championship 172 4843
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Hiroki Akimoto def. John Lineker, ONE Championship 172 7556
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Hiroki Akimoto def. John Lineker, ONE Championship 172 7598
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Hiroki Akimoto def. John Lineker, ONE Championship 172 7606
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Hiroki Akimoto def. John Lineker, ONE Championship 172 7617
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Hiroki Akimoto def. John Lineker, ONE Championship 172 7619
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Hiroki Akimoto def. John Lineker, ONE Championship 172 7664
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Hiroki Akimoto def. John Lineker, ONE Championship 172 7680
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Hiroki Akimoto def. John Lineker, ONE Championship 172 7713
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Hiroki Akimoto def. John Lineker, ONE Championship 172 7743
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Hiroki Akimoto def. John Lineker, ONE Championship 172 7793
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Hiroki Akimoto def. John Lineker, ONE Championship 172 7809
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Hiroki Akimoto def. John Lineker, ONE Championship 172 82744
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Hiroki Akimoto def. John Lineker, ONE Championship 172 82754
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Hiroki Akimoto def. John Lineker, ONE Championship 172 82775
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Hiroki Akimoto def. John Lineker, ONE Championship 172 82795
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Shinya Aoki def. Eduard Folayang, ONE Championship 172 7814
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Shinya Aoki def. Eduard Folayang, ONE Championship 172 7848
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Shinya Aoki def. Eduard Folayang, ONE Championship 172 7877
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Shinya Aoki def. Eduard Folayang, ONE Championship 172 7884
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Shinya Aoki def. Eduard Folayang, ONE Championship 172 7888
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Shinya Aoki def. Eduard Folayang, ONE Championship 172 7906
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Shinya Aoki def. Eduard Folayang, ONE Championship 172 7926
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Shinya Aoki def. Eduard Folayang, ONE Championship 172 7927
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Shinya Aoki def. Eduard Folayang, ONE Championship 172 7933
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Shinya Aoki def. Eduard Folayang, ONE Championship 172 7939
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Shinya Aoki def. Eduard Folayang, ONE Championship 172 7954
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Shinya Aoki def. Eduard Folayang, ONE Championship 172 7958
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Shinya Aoki def. Eduard Folayang, ONE Championship 172 7971
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Shinya Aoki def. Eduard Folayang, ONE Championship 172 7984
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Shinya Aoki def. Eduard Folayang, ONE Championship 172 8001
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Shinya Aoki def. Eduard Folayang, ONE Championship 172 8031
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Shinya Aoki def. Eduard Folayang, ONE Championship 172 82874
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Shinya Aoki def. Eduard Folayang, ONE Championship 172 82885
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Shinya Aoki def. Eduard Folayang, ONE Championship 172 82903
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Yuya Wakamatsu def. Adriano Moraes, ONE Championship 172 0013
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Yuya Wakamatsu def. Adriano Moraes, ONE Championship 172 0022
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Yuya Wakamatsu def. Adriano Moraes, ONE Championship 172 0035
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Yuya Wakamatsu def. Adriano Moraes, ONE Championship 172 0076
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Yuya Wakamatsu def. Adriano Moraes, ONE Championship 172 0082
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Yuya Wakamatsu def. Adriano Moraes, ONE Championship 172 0090
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Yuya Wakamatsu def. Adriano Moraes, ONE Championship 172 0103
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Yuya Wakamatsu def. Adriano Moraes, ONE Championship 172 0107
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Yuya Wakamatsu def. Adriano Moraes, ONE Championship 172 0117
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Yuya Wakamatsu def. Adriano Moraes, ONE Championship 172 0120
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Yuya Wakamatsu def. Adriano Moraes, ONE Championship 172 0125
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Yuya Wakamatsu def. Adriano Moraes, ONE Championship 172 0132
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Yuya Wakamatsu def. Adriano Moraes, ONE Championship 172 0134
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Yuya Wakamatsu def. Adriano Moraes, ONE Championship 172 0163
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Yuya Wakamatsu def. Adriano Moraes, ONE Championship 172 0166
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Yuya Wakamatsu def. Adriano Moraes, ONE Championship 172 0179
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Yuya Wakamatsu def. Adriano Moraes, ONE Championship 172 9840
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Yuya Wakamatsu def. Adriano Moraes, ONE Championship 172 9857
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Yuya Wakamatsu def. Adriano Moraes, ONE Championship 172 9873
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Yuya Wakamatsu def. Adriano Moraes, ONE Championship 172 9882
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Yuya Wakamatsu def. Adriano Moraes, ONE Championship 172 9899
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Yuya Wakamatsu def. Adriano Moraes, ONE Championship 172 9919
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Yuya Wakamatsu def. Adriano Moraes, ONE Championship 172 9930
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Yuya Wakamatsu def. Adriano Moraes, ONE Championship 172 9958
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Yuya Wakamatsu def. Adriano Moraes, ONE Championship 172 9976
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Yuya Wakamatsu def. Adriano Moraes, ONE Championship 172 9979
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Yuya Wakamatsu def. Adriano Moraes, ONE Championship 172 9982
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Yuya Wakamatsu def. Adriano Moraes, ONE Championship 172 9986
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Yuya Wakamatsu def. Adriano Moraes, ONE Championship 172 9990
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Yuya Wakamatsu def. Adriano Moraes, ONE Championship 172 9997
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Yuya Wakamatsu def. Adriano Moraes, ONE Championship 172 83708
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Yuya Wakamatsu def. Adriano Moraes, ONE Championship 172 83718
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Yuya Wakamatsu def. Adriano Moraes, ONE Championship 172 83732
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Yuya Wakamatsu def. Adriano Moraes, ONE Championship 172 83789
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Rodtang Jitmuangnon def. Takeru Segawa, ONE Championship 172 227
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Rodtang Jitmuangnon def. Takeru Segawa, ONE Championship 172 233
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Rodtang Jitmuangnon def. Takeru Segawa, ONE Championship 172 298
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Rodtang Jitmuangnon def. Takeru Segawa, ONE Championship 172 312
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Rodtang Jitmuangnon def. Takeru Segawa, ONE Championship 172 322
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Rodtang Jitmuangnon def. Takeru Segawa, ONE Championship 172 324
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Rodtang Jitmuangnon def. Takeru Segawa, ONE Championship 172 329
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Rodtang Jitmuangnon def. Takeru Segawa, ONE Championship 172 341
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Rodtang Jitmuangnon def. Takeru Segawa, ONE Championship 172 351
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Rodtang Jitmuangnon def. Takeru Segawa, ONE Championship 172 383
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Rodtang Jitmuangnon def. Takeru Segawa, ONE Championship 172 3979
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Rodtang Jitmuangnon def. Takeru Segawa, ONE Championship 172 4013
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DES MOINES, Iowa -- Bantamweight Cory Sandhagen defeated Deiveson Figueiredo in unexpected fashion on Saturday night, forcing the former two-time flyweight champion to submit due to injury to his left knee after a leg lock gone wrong in Round 2. Round 1 of the top-five main event at UFC Fight Night was all Sandhagen. He took Figueiredo to the ground and overwhelmed him with strikes while not allowing Figueiredo to get comfortable. The fight was over at 4:08 of Round 2. Sandhagen (18-5 MMA) called for a title shot later this year, noting beating someone of Figueiredo's caliber greatly increases his credibility. Meanwhile, Figueiredo (24-5-1) goes back to the drawing board. "I want the winner," Sandhagen said, as he plans to keep tabs on the UFC 316 main event between bantamweights Merab Dvalishvilli and Sean O'Malley on June 7 in Newark, N.J. The co-main event saw former ONE Championship star Reinier de Ridder hand former Penn State wrestling standout Bo Nickal his first loss in MMA, earning a second-round TKO. Middleweight de Ridder (20-2) used a wide-ranging combination and a plethora of knees to finish Nickal (7-1) at 1:53. Welterweight Daniel Rodriguez got the last laugh over Santiago Ponzinibbio, earning a third-round KO in a back-and-forth affair that had spectators on their feet. Rodriguez (19-5) gave respect to Ponzinibbio (31-9) and is seeking to remain active for the rest of the year. Bantamweight Montel Jackson had little issue defeating Daniel Marcos, securing a unanimous decision by 30-27 on all three judges' scorecards. Jackson (15-2) handed Marcos his first loss in 18 fights, while Jackson has won six in a row and showcased a well-rounded skillset with constant pressure in Rounds 2 and 3. Bantamweight Serhiy Sidey won an underwhelming unanimous decision against Cameron Smotherman 30-27, 29-28, 29-28 in a wrestle-based bout. Sidey (12-2) has won his last two, while Smotherman (12-5) fell to 1-1 in the promotion. Lightweight Mason Jones opened the UFC Des Moines main card by spoiling the homecoming of Jeremy Stephens with a unanimous decision win, 30-27, 30-27, 30-27, to showers of boos from the Wells Fargo Arena crowd. Jones (16-2) controlled the center of the Octagon with effortless boxing and several submission attempts. Stephens (29-22) returned to the UFC for the first time since 2021 after bouncing around across different disciplines, including bare-knuckle boxing. It was the UFC's first trip back to Iowa since June 2000 when UFC 26 took center stage. The promotion will transition out of the Midwest for UFC 315 on May 10 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. --Zain Bando, Field Level Media Field Level Media 2025 - All Rights Reserved
Yahoo
14-05-2025
- Yahoo
Valentina Shevchenko, Darren Till, Benoit Saint Denis, Tim Simpson and Arjan Bhullar in studio, On The Nose and more
Catch today's edition of "The Ariel Helwani Show" live on Uncrowned and YouTube at 1 p.m. ET/10 a.m. PT/6 p.m. UK time as Ariel Helwani and the Boys In The Back set the table for the combat sports weekend with a jam-packed lineup of guests. Wednesday's rundown can be seen below. 1 p.m. ET: Ariel and the gang kick off the show. Advertisement 1:05 p.m. ET: Darren Till previews his Misfits Boxing return against Darren Stewart on Friday. 1:25 p.m. ET: Ariel answers all your questions on the latest edition of On The Nose. 2:20 p.m. ET: Benoit Saint Denis stops by following his stoppage of Kyle Prepolec at UFC 315. 2:40 p.m. ET: Valentina Shevchenko checks in after her successful UFC flyweight title defense over Manon Fiorot. 3 p.m. ET: Manager to the stars, Chosen Advisory Group's Tim Simpson, joins us in-studio following a big weekend of wins for Paul Hughes and Jack Della Maddalena. 4 p.m. ET: Former ONE Championship heavyweight king Arjan Bhullar joins us in-studio. Advertisement Catch all new episodes of "The Ariel Helwani Show" live every Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday at 1 p.m. ET on Uncrowned and The Ariel Helwani Show's YouTube page. To listen to every episode, subscribe on Spotify or iTunes.
Yahoo
13-05-2025
- Yahoo
Former champ Robert Whittaker returns for UFC Abu Dhabi headliner vs. Reinier de Ridder
Former UFC champion Robert Whittaker is back for a key middleweight main event. On July 26, Whittaker (26-8 MMA, 17-6 UFC) will face Reinier de Ridder to headline the UFC's return to Abu Dhabi. The promotion officially announced the matchup Saturday, prior to UFC 315. Advertisement Whittaker gets his first assignment of 2025 and will look to bounce back from a first-round submission loss to Khamzat Chimaev in October at UFC 308. "The Reaper" underwent dental surgery for the damage caused during the fight, which has kept him on the sidelines. The result ended a two-fight run of victories: a unanimous decision over Paulo Costa and a Performance of the Night stoppage of Ikram Aliskerov. Recently, Whittaker said he wanted to return in June against Sean Strickland, but de Ridder (20-2 MMA, 3-0 UFC) earned himself a big fight after an impressive outing against Bo Nickal at UFC on ESPN 67. The former ONE Championship titleholder finished the national champion wrestler in the second round to extend his winning streak to four. De Ridder is unbeaten in the UFC and has stopped every opponent he's faced thus far. Gerald Meerschaert, Kevin Holland, and Nickal were stopped before the final horn. The stoppage over Nickal earned de Ridder his first $50,000 bonus. This article originally appeared on MMA Junkie: Robert Whittaker vs. Reinier de Ridder headlines UFC Abu Dhabi event
