The year 2012 is the 2nd year in the history of the

ONE Championship ONE Championship (formerly ONE Fighting Championship) is a Singaporean combat sports promotion. Founded on 14 July 2011 by entrepreneur Chatri Sityodtong and former ESPN Star Sports senior executive Victor Cui, its events have featured mixed ...

, a

mixed martial arts Mixed martial arts (MMA), sometimes referred to as cage fighting, no holds barred (NHB), and ultimate fighting, and originally referred to as Vale Tudo is a full-contact combat sport based on striking, grappling and ground fighting, inc ...

promotion based in

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, borde ...

List of events

ONE Fighting Championship: Battle of Heroes

''ONE Fighting Championship: Battle of Heroes'' (also known as ''ONE FC 2'') was a

event held by

. The event took place on February 11, 2012 at

The BritAma Arena The BritAma Arena ( Indonesian: ''Arena BritAma''), also known as Kelapa Gading Sports Mall or Mahaka Square, is an indoor sporting arena located in the affluent Kelapa Gading subdistrict in North Jakarta, Indonesia. The arena plays host to ...

in North Jakarta,

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and was broadcast by

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. ;Background This was the first event ONE held outside of

. ;Results

ONE Fighting Championship: War of the Lions

''ONE Fighting Championship: War of the Lions'' (also known as ''ONE FC 3'') was a

event held by

. The event took place on March 31, 2012 at the

Singapore Indoor Stadium The Singapore Indoor Stadium, known exonymously as the Indoor Stadium, is an indoor arena located in Kallang, Singapore. It is within walking distance of the Singapore National Stadium, and collectively form a part of the wider Singapore Spor ...

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. ;Background The event marked the debut of Nicole Chua, believed to be Singapore's first ever professional female mixed martial artist. ;Results

ONE Fighting Championship: Destiny of Warriors

''ONE Fighting Championship: Destiny of Warriors'' (also known as ''ONE FC 4'') is a

event held by

. The event took place on June 23, 2012 at the 10,200 capacity

Stadium Negara Stadium Negara is an indoor arena located in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Background Stadium Negara is located about 2 kilometers from Kuala Lumpur City Centre, next to the Stadium Merdeka and Merdeka 118, Merdeka 118 building. The stadium, which ...

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. ;Background Renato 'Babalu' Sobral made his debut for ONE at this event. Last time Sobral fought was against

Dan Henderson Daniel Jeffery Henderson (born August 24, 1970) is an American retired mixed martial artist and Olympic wrestler, who last competed as a middleweight in the Ultimate Fighting Championship. He was the last Strikeforce Light Heavyweight Champi ...

at Strikeforce: Henderson vs. Babalu II in late 2010.

Phil Baroni Philip George Baroni (April 16, 1976) is a retired American mixed martial artist, professional wrestler and former kickboxer. A professional MMA competitor since 2000, Baroni has competed for the UFC, PRIDE, Strikeforce, Cage Rage, DREAM, Elit ...

was expected to face

Roger Huerta Roger Huerta (born May 20, 1983) is an American mixed martial artist currently fighting in the lightweight division. He initially gained exposure by competing in the lightweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship, Bellator Fighting Ch ...

at this event, but due to losing a fight just three weeks before the event via TKO, ONE opted to remove him from the fight card rather than await on the Colorado Office of Boxing to confirm Baroni is on a medical suspension. ;Results

ONE Fighting Championship: Pride of a Nation

''ONE Fighting Championship: Pride of a Nation'' (also known as ''ONE FC 5'') took place on August 31, 2012 at the

Smart Araneta Coliseum The Araneta Coliseum, also currently known by naming rights sponsorship as Smart Araneta Coliseum, is an indoor multi-purpose arena, sports arena that is part of the Araneta City in the Cubao area of Quezon City, Philippines. Nicknamed as "the ...

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. It was ONE's first event in the Philippines. ;Background Held in conjunction with the URCC, ''Pride of the Nation'' has been described as the biggest event in the history of Filipino MMA as 12,523 fans attended. The event featured three former UFC champions:

Tim Sylvia Timothy Deane Sylvia (born March 5, 1976) is an American retired mixed martial arts (MMA) fighter, professional wrestler, and a former two-time UFC Heavyweight Champion. He has competed as a Super Heavyweight and Heavyweight. While he is best kno ...

Andrei Arlovski Andrei Arlovski (born 4 February 1979) is a Belarusian-American professional mixed martial artist, actor and former UFC Heavyweight Champion. He currently competes in the Heavyweight division for the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) and ho ...

and

Jens Pulver Jens Johnnie Pulver (born December 6, 1974) is an American retired professional mixed martial artist and undefeated boxer and kickboxer. Pulver was the inaugural UFC Lightweight Champion in addition to serving as the head coach on ''The Ultimate ...

. There were two controversial incidents at this event which involved the use of

soccer kick A soccer kick, also known as a soccer ball kick or PK (penalty kick) in puroresu and shoot fighting, and as tiro de meta in vale tudo, is a reference to a kick that is similar to kicks used in association football. It is the colloquial term f ...

s. Because of this, ONE will now allow their fighters to use them at any point in a fight from ONE FC: Rise of Kings. One incident was during the bout between

and

. Arlovski knocked Sylvia down and then threw soccer kicks at his head. Everyone thought the referee had stopped the fight; he actually called time because he didn't call "open attack". When it was decided after a five-minute rest period for Sylvia that he could not continue, the fight resulted in a

No Contest ' is a legal term that comes from the Latin phrase for "I do not wish to contend". It is also referred to as a plea of no contest or no defense. In criminal trials in certain United States jurisdictions, it is a plea where the defendant neith ...

. The other incident occurred during the fight between Shannon Wiratchai and Mitch Chilson, in which Wiratchai won. However, after a thorough review of the match days after the event, ONE officials decided that Wiratchai landed an illegal leg kick to a grounded Chilson in the second round and referee Moritaka Oshiro incorrectly called an end to the fight as he determined at that point that Chilson could not properly defend himself. The win for Wiratchai was reversed and the fight officially ruled as a No Contest. ;Results

ONE Fighting Championship: Rise of Kings

''ONE Fighting Championship: Rise of Kings'' (also known as ''ONE FC 6'') was a mixed martial arts event held by

. The event took place on October 6, 2012 at the 12,000 capacity

. ;Background The event was supposed to crown three ONE champions in the Lightweight, Featherweight and Bantamweight divisions, But due to Pay-Per-View time constraints, ONE has opted to move the Featherweight title fight later in the year. This event also held the first bouts for the ONE Bantamweight Grand Prix. ONE made its PPV debut via iN DEMAND, Avail-TVN, DirecTV and Dish. Following two controversial decisions at ONE FC: Pride of a Nation, ONE will now fully adopted the use of soccer kicks at any point in a fight from this event onwards. ;Results

References

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