How does Mei Yamaguchi feel about competing in Tokyo?

 

"I am so happy to perform in my hometown. I had a lot of friends and family [members] cheer for me. They watch it on the ONE Super App, but they got to see it live."

 

Who does she want next?

 

"I won this fight, that's four wins in a row. I really want to challenge for the atomweight title against Angela Lee."

Chatri Sityodtong said he would support that fight, he wants to see it again, and he will talk to Angela after her vacation.

What will Giorgio Petrosyan do with the $US1 million?

"Honestly speaking, I don't know what I'll do with all this money. But for the moment, I want to relax, party with my friends and family and all the Italians who came to be next to me, so I think I have to do this for them, of course."

ONE Championship Chairman and CEO Chatri Sityodtong is at the mic.

Sityodtong thanks everyone for spending the past 13 hours watching ONE: CENTURY and hopes everyone enjoyed the show. He also expresses his respect for Shooto and Pancrase, and believes, together, they will elevate the Japanese martial arts scene to new heights.

 

Brandon Vera continued to switch things up and attacked his rival, even causing him to slip a few times. However, the heavyweight seemed to tire and moved slowed, especially when more leg kicks came his way.

 

Soon, Aung La N Sang rocked the Filipino-American with punches and smashed him with a spinning back elbow. Vera copied and went for one of his own, but he missed and the Myanmar hero quickly pounced. He unloaded strikes, gave him no room to operate, and dropped him to the ground. Aung La N Sang rained down punches, and all Vera could do was cover until the referee stopped the contest.

 

 

The energy in the arena was electric for the opening round. Aung La N Sang fearlessly stalked Brandon Vera with hard one-off strikes in the early going, but once the heavyweight king got into his rhythm, he got stronger. He switched stances, connected with punches, and short elbows. He even went for the Thai clinch and launched knees. At one point, the Myanmar hero tumbled to the floor, but quickly bounced back up.

Now, it is time for the main event!

 

Two-division ONE World Champion Aung La "The Burmese Python" N Sang defends the light heavyweight belt against ONE Heavyweight World Champion Brandon "The Truth" Vera.

 

Will the Myanmar hero leave with his gold, or will the Filipino-American realize his dream of becoming a two-division ONE World Champion?

 

Shinya Aoki shoots for the takedown immediately. Banario stuffs it, but the Japanese grappler holds onto a body lock against the fence, drops him to the ground, locks in the D'Arce choke, and forces the tap.

Of course, Aoki runs up to the stage out of excitement. That is his fourth first-round victory in the past two years.

The final co-main event of the evening will start shortly.

 

In a battle of ONE World Champions, former ONE Featherweight World Champion Honorio "The Rock" Banario goes toe-to-toe with former ONE Lightweight World Champion Shinya Aoki.

 

Belingon nearly tripped his Brazilian opponent with a monstrous leg kick, but Fernandes caught his second kick, drove him to the Circle's fence, and - despite the Filipino's best efforts -- spun him around for a takedown.

 

This time, Fernandes entered side control and he was determined to do something extraordinary. When Belingon tried to escape, the Brazilian jumped at his opportunity - literally. He hopped on the Filipino's back, locked in the body figure-four, and cinched his arm under the neck. Once the squeeze was applied, "The Silencer" had to tap.

 

The two went straight into a clinch position, striking with their knees at the start of the round. Rodtang increased the pace, but Goncalves threw a high front kick to his face. The Brazilian seemed to be exhausted, as he carefully placed his strikes – unlike the previous rounds. Meanwhile, Rodtang still furiously stuck with his strong punches and managed to steal a punch to the face with hooks until the end of the stanza.

 

The third stanza started with strong punches and kicks from the two, but Rodtang managed to get into the edges with his sweeps. The Thai native almost scored a knockdown, but not quite. Nearing the end of the round, Rodtang came forth with a blistering series of punches, using a combination of left and right hooks, which scored against Goncalves. Once again, this round ended with no conclusion.

ROUND ONE

The bout started strong with Rodtang pushing his opponent to the side of the Circle. It went with striking exchanges, as Goncalves was pushing hard with his fast and heavy strikes. Rodtang managed to pin his opponent on the fence, all while capturing his kicks and replying with hard punches before slamming his opponent to the canvas. However, the round ended without any concluding results.

 

Sana faked his knee to get inside with punches, and when he was within reach, he threw his knee for real. Petrosyan remained strong, frequently entering the pocket with his punches and countering whenever the Frenchman moved forward. "The Doctor" kept throwing the teep and roundhouse, but Sana typically caught them and looked to counter.

With three rounds in the books, it's time for the judges to decide the victor - something that will be difficult to do.

ROUND ONE

Sana maintained the distance, landed some kicks, and held a high guard. When he threw some knees, Petrosyan came back over the top, and even kicked out his leg from under him. Brilliantly, the Frenchman connected with a body kick that dropped his Italian rival (it wasn't ruled an official knockdown). When "The Doctor" returned to his feet, he tried letting go of some combos, but Sana had scouted them out and defended well.

Who wants a million bucks?
 

If your name is Giorgio Petrosyan or Samy Sana, then you're minutes away from potentially getting it.