Jadamba Narantungalag (born December 16, 1975) is a

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n professional

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and

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who has fought for

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, K-1 MAX, Legend FC,

Art of War Fighting Championship The Art of War Fighting Championship (英雄榜/Art of War/AOW) was a Chinese professional mixed martial arts Promoter (entertainment), promotion based in Beijing, Beijing, China. The Chinese title "英雄榜" literally translated means "Gatheri ...

, and

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 ...

. Narantungalag has fought the likes of

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Buakaw Banchamek Sombat Banchamek ( th, สมบัติ บัญชาเมฆ, born May 8, 1982) a.k.a. Buakaw Banchamek ( th, บัวขาว บัญชาเมฆ, links=no, Buakaw meaning "white lotus") is a martial artist from Thailand of ethnic ...

, and

Albert Kraus Albert “The Hurricane” Kraus (born August 3, 1980) is a Dutch welterweight kickboxer. He was the first K-1 World MAX Tournament Champion in 2002 and also the first SUPERKOMBAT Middleweight Champion. Kraus has also held four separate world ti ...

in K-1 kickboxing.

Background

He first began

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as a child, before moving to

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as a teenager. He began training

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 ...

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, and

Brazilian jiujitsu Brazilian jiu-jitsu (BJJ; pt, jiu-jitsu brasileiro ) is a self-defence martial art and combat sport based on grappling, ground fighting (ne-waza) and submission holds. BJJ focuses on the skill of taking an opponent to the ground, control ...

when he moved to

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Mixed martial arts career

Narantungalag had a slow start to his mixed martial arts career, losing his first two professional bouts to

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veteran

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in 2004, and Toshikazu Iseno in 2006, via KO and unanimous decision respectively. Following this though, he would go on a four fight winning streak, and also won the Mongolian MMA Championship Tournament in 2010, defeating both Burenzorig Batmunkh and Otgonbaatar Nergui via submission. After the impressive victories, Narantungalag signed with upstart promotion Sengoku Raiden Championship.

World Victory Road

After signing with the promotion, Narantungalag faced

Pride FC PRIDE Fighting Championships (Pride or Pride FC, founded as KRS-Pride) was a Japanese mixed martial arts promotion company. Its inaugural event was held at the Tokyo Dome on October 11, 1997. Pride held more than sixty mixed martial arts even ...

and

veteran

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at WVR: Sengoku Raiden Championships 14 on August 22, 2010. He won the fight by unanimous decision. In his second fight with the promotion, Narantungalag faced

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at WVR: Soul of Fight in the promotion's final event on December 30, 2010. He won the fight via first-round knockout, bringing his winning streak to six in a row.

Legend Fighting Championship

Narantungalag faced Adrian Pang at Legend FC 6 on October 30, 2011, for the LFC Lightweight Championship. He won the fight via split decision. In his first title defense within the promotion, Narantungalag faced Korean prospect Yui Chul Nam at Legend FC 8 on March 30, 2012. He successfully retained the championship, winning the fight via second round guillotine choke. For his next fight in the promotion, Narantungalag faced Koji Ando at Legend FC 11 on April 27, 2013. He would lose the championship bout in the third round, after suffering a broken ankle.

ONE Championship

In April 2014, Narantungalag signed with

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based promotion

. He made his debut against the former ONE Featherweight Champion, Honorio Banario at ONE FC: Honor and Glory on May 30, 2014. After three rounds, Narantungalag would win the fight via unanimous decision, handing Banario his third straight loss. Narantungalag faced Koji Oishi for the ONE Featherweight Championship at ONE FC 19: Reign of Champions on August 29, 2014. He won the fight by unanimous decision to become the new ONE Featherweight champion. Narantungalag was set to defend his title for the first time against Eric Kelly at ONE FC 23. ONE FC & Kelly's management team could not see eye-to-eye and the negotiations fell through. Narantungalag was then set to defend his title against the undefeated Russian Marat Gafurov at ONE FC 31 but visa trouble but a halt to that and Gafurov then fought Martin Nguyen for the interim ONE Featherweight Championship . Narantungalag and Gafurov finally met at ONE FC 34 to unify the ONE Featherweight Championship. He lost via rear-naked choke in the fourth round. In his first fight of 2016, Narantungalag was set to face former ONE Lightweight Champion

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at ONE 42. He won via

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in the third round. He returned in July of the same year to KO Eric Kelly, before losing to Gafurov in their rematch in November. Following a forced hiatus due to injury, Jadambaa returned in 2018 and picked up back-to-back victories over Edward Kelly and

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. These victories earned him another shot at the ONE Featherweight Championship against

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at ONE: Roots of Honor. Jadambaa lost by first-round knockout via flying knee.

Championships and Accomplishments

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**Legend FC Lightweight Championship (One time) **One successful title defense *Mongolian MMA Championship **2010 MGL Mongolian MMA Championship Tournament Winner *

**ONE Featherweight Championship (One time)

Kickboxing record

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References

External links

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Background

Mixed martial arts career

World Victory Road

Legend Fighting Championship

ONE Championship

Championships and Accomplishments

Kickboxing record

Mixed martial arts record

See also

References

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