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Hiroki Akimoto
is a Japanese martial artist and kickboxer. He competes in ONE Championship's bantamweight and flyweight division, where he is the former ONE Kickboxing Bantamweight World Champion. As of June 2022, he is ranked as the second-best featherweight kickboxer in the world by Combat Press. He's been ranked in the top ten since December 2021. As of November 24, 2022, he is ranked #1 in the ONE Bantamweight Kickboxing rankings. Background Japanese-born Akimoto began his martial arts journey at the age of eight. He took up full contact karate and became a top talent over his years of training. Both of his parents were instructors in the Shichishu-Kai, but he was never forced to participate. It was not until he was involved in a fight at school did he decide to take up martial arts. As his skills grew, he turned to competition. He did not stick with karate, and also competed in Muay Thai and kickboxing bouts. To get the most of his talents, Akimoto moved from Japan to Singapore ...
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Toyota, Aichi
, formerly known as Koromo, is a city in Aichi Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 426,162 and a population density of 464 people per km2. The total area was . It is located about 35 minutes from Nagoya by way of the Meitetsu Toyota Line. Several of Toyota Motor Corporation's manufacturing plants, including the Tsutsumi plant, are located here. The longstanding ties between the Toyota Motor Corporation and the town of Toyota-shi, formerly known as , gave the town its current name. The city's flag (and seal), is a unicursal hexagram. Geography Toyota is located in north-central Aichi Prefecture, and is the largest city in the prefecture in terms of area. The city area is mountainous to the north, with peaks averaging around 1000 feet (328 m) in height along its northern border with Nagano and Gifu Prefectures. Much of the mountainous northern portion of the city is within the Aichi Kōgen Quasi-National Park. Toyota is within a two-hour drive of Nagoya.Jac ...
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Singapore
Singapore (), officially the Republic of Singapore, is a sovereign island country and city-state in maritime Southeast Asia. It lies about one degree of latitude () north of the equator, off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, bordering the Strait of Malacca to the west, the Singapore Strait to the south, the South China Sea to the east, and the Straits of Johor to the north. The country's territory is composed of one main island, 63 satellite islands and islets, and one outlying islet; the combined area of these has increased by 25% since the country's independence as a result of extensive land reclamation projects. It has the third highest population density in the world. With a multicultural population and recognising the need to respect cultural identities of the major ethnic groups within the nation, Singapore has four official languages: English, Malay, Mandarin, and Tamil. English is the lingua franca and numerous public services are available only in Eng ...
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ONE 163
''ONE 163: Akimoto vs. Petchtanong'' was a Combat sport event produced by ONE Championship that took place on November 19, 2022, at the Singapore Indoor Stadium in Kallang, Singapore. Background A ONE Bantamweight Kickboxing World Championship bout between current champion Hiroki Akimoto and Petchtanong Petchfergus served as the event headliner. The ONE Heavyweight Kickboxing World Grand Prix Tournament Final bout between current ONE Light Heavyweight Kickboxing Champion Roman Kryklia and Iraj Azizpour served as the event's co-headliner. The pairing first met at Kunlun Fight 69 on February 4, 2018 for the 2018 Kunlun Fight +100kg Tournament, where Azizpour won by extra round majority decision. Their second meeting took place at Kunlun Fight 80 on February 24, 2019 for the 2019 Kunlun Fight +100kg Tournament, where Kryklia won by unanimous decision. The pairing was previously scheduled to headlined at ONE: NextGen for the inaugural ONE Heavyweight Kickboxing World Championsh ...
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Petchtanong Petchfergus
Petchtanong Petchfergus ( th, เพชรทนง เพชรเฟอร์กัส; born November 6, 1985) is a Thai Muay Thai kickboxer fighting out of Bangkok. He is currently signed to ONE Championship, where he is the reigning ONE Bantamweight Kickboxing World Champion. As of February 2021, he is the #7 ranked super featherweight according to Combat Press. He was ranked a top ten featherweight in the world by Combat Press between February 2019 and September 2020. He was dropped from the rankings in October 2020. Biography Petchtanong started training in Muay Thai at 7 years old in a small camp close to his home. He quickly went to the live at the camp full time to escape an abusive familial situation. At 12, he moved to Bangkok following his mom. There he joined the Sit.Or gym through his uncle which took him to a level high enough to headline shows at Rajadamnern and Lumpinee stadiums at the age of 14. After changing gyms multiple times, Petchtanong was later spo ...
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List Of ONE Bonus Award Recipients
ONE Bonus Awards :A cash bonus known as the "ONE Warrior bonus" was introduced on 9 July 2014 and implemented for the first time at ONE Fighting Championship: War of Dragons on 11 July 2014. An award of US$50,000 is given out at the end of certain events to the fighter who impresses the most in terms of: * thrilling the fans with exciting action; * demonstrating an incredible warrior spirit; * exhibiting amazing skill, and; * delivering a phenomenal finish. Victor Cui stated that bonuses would be handed out on a discretionary basis: "For every event, the bar will be very, very high. If a few fighters impress me, then I will hand out the bonus to a few fighters. If no one impresses me, then no one will get it. Extraordinary performance deserves extraordinary rewards. Ordinary performances deserve ordinary rewards." The "ONE Warrior bonus" of $50,000 was re-introduced in January 2022, with a minimum of one bonus and a maximum of five bonuses awarded at each event. Award recipie ...
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Capitan Petchyindee Academy
Capitan Petchyindee Academy ( th, กัปปิตัน เพชรยินดีอะคาเดมี; born March 24, 1993) is a Thai Muay Thai fighter. He is the former ONE Bantamweight Kickboxing World Champion and Lumpinee Stadium Super Welterweight champion. As of December 2020 he is the number 7 pound-for-pound Muay Thai fighter in the world according to The Nation. As of February 2021, he is the #5 ranked featherweight kickboxer in the world, according to Combat Press. Fighting career He was scheduled to defend his Lumpinee Stadium Super Welterweight title in January 2020 against Yodkhunpon Sitmonchai. Capitan won the fight by unanimous decision, and was also awarded 300,000 baht as a bonus. The two of them fought a rematch a month later, with Capitan once again winning a decision. He signed a contract with ONE Championship in January 2020. Capitan was scheduled to fight the former Enfusion and Wu Lin Feng champion Petchtanong Banchamek at ONE Championship: ...
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Winter Warriors
''Winter Warriors'', published in 1997, is a novel by British fantasy writer David Gemmell. It is the eighth entry in the Drenai series. It is also the second of three stories that feature in the anthology ''Drenai Tales Volume Three''. The story is set several decades after Gemmell's earlier title, Quest for Lost Heroes ''Quest for Lost Heroes'', published in 1990, is a novel by British fantasy writer David Gemmell David Andrew Gemmell (; 1 August 1948 – 28 July 2006) was a British author of heroic fantasy, best known for his debut novel, ''Legend''. ... and introduces an entirely new set of characters. Plot summary The Drenai army, led by Emperor Skanda, has conquered the hostile Ventrian empire. A man of great charm and even greater ambition, Skanda has unified the two historically hostile people by marrying the Ventrian emperor's daughter, Axiana, who is now pregnant. He has allied with his former enemies, including prince Malikada and his bodyguard and right- ...
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Qiu Jianliang
Qiu Jianliang () is a Chinese kickboxer. He joined the Chinese National Muay Thai Team in September 2012. In October 2013 he joined the Da Dong Xiang fight club to compete in professional kickboxing. As of December 2021, he is ranked as the fifth best super featherweight in the world by Combat Press, and was ranked as high as #1 in February 2021. Career Early career Jianliang made his professional debut against Wisrichai at the 2013 China vs Thailand Muay Thai tournament. He beat Wisrichai by a second-round knockout. Twelve months later, he beat Songchai by knockout as well. He suffered his first professional loss against Phosa Nopphorn on January 18, 2014. On May 24, 2014 in Xinyang Stadium at Yokkao 9 Qiu Jianliang beat Imwiset Pornnarai. On November 1, 2014, Jianliang fought Melsik Baghdasaryan at Wu Lin Feng & WCK Muaythai: China vs USA for the Wu Lin Feng International 67 kg title. Baghdasaryan won the fight by majority decision. Jianliang came in overweight for ...
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Wu Lin Feng
Wu Lin Feng (), also known as WLF, is a martial arts competition televised by Henan Television. It is the longest running martial arts program in China. Since 2007 the competition has become more international in nature, bringing in more challengers from other countries and filming bouts abroad, including in Germany, New Zealand and in the United States. Participants have included K-1 fighters, mixed martial arts professionals, Muay Thai fighters and Chinese martial arts, wushu and Sanda (Sport), sanda practitioners. In 2013, it was ranked among the top 100 most viewed satellite and cable television programs in China. It has a partnership with Golden Fighter Championship (GFC) of Romania since 2017. History 2017 In 2017 held the first “2017 WLF China-Canada Kickboxing Championship” on May 16, 2017. 2016 2016 Wu Lin Feng launched MMA events under the name E.P.I.C. () which stood for Elimination Power In Cage. E.P.I.C was broadcast on Fridays at 21:20 on Henan Television ...
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Fists Of Fury
A fist is the shape of a hand when the fingers are bent inward against the palm and held there tightly. To make or clench a fist is to fold the fingers tightly into the center of the palm and then to clamp the thumb over the middle phalanges; in contrast to this "closed" fist, one keeps the fist "open" by holding the thumb against the side of the index finger. One uses the closed fist to punch the lower phalanges against a surface, or to pound with the little-finger side of the hand's heel; one uses the open fist to knock with the middle knuckle of the middle finger. Physiology and neurology Making a fist is virtually unknown among other primates. This is because while "most primate hands are long of palm and finger ndshort of thumb", the proportions are the opposite for humans. At least one study has claimed that the clenching of one's fist can be used to recall information. Some studies have shown that making fists can help humans to cope with stress or anxiety because the ...
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Reign Of Dynasties 2
A reign is the period of a person's or dynasty's occupation of the office of monarch of a nation (e.g., Saudi Arabia, Belgium, Andorra), of a people (e.g., the Franks, the Zulus) or of a spiritual community (e.g., Catholicism, Tibetan Buddhism, Nizari Ismailism). In most hereditary monarchies and some elective monarchies (e.g., Holy Roman Empire) there have been no limits on the duration of a sovereign's reign or incumbency, nor is there a term of office. Thus, a reign usually lasts until the monarch dies, unless the monarchy itself is abolished or the monarch abdicates or is deposed. In elective monarchies, there may be a fixed period of time for the duration of the monarch's tenure in office (e.g., Malaysia). The term of a reign can be indicated with the abbreviation "r." (for Latin ') after a sovereign's name, such as the following: : George VI, King of Great Britain, Ireland and the British Dominions, Emperor of India (r. 1936–1952) Regnal periods Notable reigns have in ...
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Masters Of Destiny
Master or masters may refer to: Ranks or titles * Ascended master, a term used in the Theosophical religious tradition to refer to spiritually enlightened beings who in past incarnations were ordinary humans *Grandmaster (chess), National Master, International Master, FIDE Master, Candidate Master, all ranks of chess player *Grandmaster (martial arts) or Master, an honorary title * Grand master (order), a title denoting the head of an order or knighthood *Grand Master (Freemasonry), the head of a Grand Lodge and the highest rank of a Masonic organization *Maestro, an orchestral conductor, or the master within some other musical discipline *Master, a title of Jesus in the New Testament *Master or shipmaster, the sea captain of a merchant vessel *Master (college), head of a college *Master (form of address), an English honorific for boys and young men *Master (judiciary), a judicial official in the courts of common law jurisdictions *Master mariner, a licensed mariner who is qualif ...
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