The Manila Open 2024, the inaugural Asian MMA Championships held at Mariott Manila, Pasay City, concluded with great success. AMMA President Gordon Tang and POC President Bambol Tolentino expressed their gratitude and excitement for the future of amateur MMA in Asia
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Demetrious “Mighty Mouse” Johnson, the legendary ONE Flyweight MMA World Champion, retires after an illustrious 18-year career, becoming the first inductee into the ONE Championship Hall of Fame.
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MAPAMASA, a conglomeration of Philippine Taekwondo Association (PTA) instructors from Marikina-Pasig-Mandaluyong-San Juan, is set to hold the 2024 MAPAMASA Taekwondo Championships on Sunday, May 19, starting at 7:00 a.m.
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Filipino boxing icon Manny Pacquiao won’t be showcasing his legendary ring savvy to the Paris Olympics primarily because the former eight-division world professional champion is overaged.
On February 15, 1978, a 24-year-old heavyweight boxer named Leon Spinks shocked the world when he pulled off an upset over Muhammad Ali in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Pedro “Kid Pedro Heneral” Taduran is now closer to becoming world champion once again after dominating Jake “El Bambino” Amparo in their International Boxing Federation (IBF) minimumweight title eliminator last December 28.
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The Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games (AIMAG) reset for February next year were again postponed a second time due to its proximity to the Paris 2024 Olympics.
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The Philippine Army boxers continued to dominate the 2023 ROTC Games National Championships on Tuesday, Oct. 24, after seven fighters advanced to the semifinals of their respective weight classes at the Rizal Memorial Sports Complex in Manila.
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Filipino boxer Eumir Marcial fell short of handing the Philippines its third gold medal, losing to Tanglatihan Tuohetaerbieke of China, 5-0 in the men’s 80 kilograms division finals on Thursday, October 5, at the Hangzhou gymnasium in the 2023 Asian Games in Hangzhou, China.
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The Filipino southpaw made it to the gold medal round of the men’s 80kg class after demolishing Ahmad Ghousoon of Syria and earned an outright berth in the 2024 Paris Olympics.