Friday, December 28, 2012

Eric Kelly vs. Honorio Banario title fight slated for ONE FC: Return of Warriors

one fc rise of warriors 215x300 Eric Kelly vs. Honorio Banario title fight slated for ONE FC: Return of Warriors Eric “The Natural” Kelly and Honorio “The Rock” Banario will collide for the ONE FC featherweight championship on February 2nd. ONE FC officials announced the match-up on Wednesday.

ONE FC: Return of Warriors will take place from the Stadium Putra in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

ONE FC CEO Victor Cui stated on the official release, “I’m beyond excited to kick off a packed out schedule of events in 2013 at the state-of-the-art Stadium Putra in Malaysia! Eric Kelly vs Honorio Banario for the ONE FC Featherweight World Championship Title could possibly be the most demanded fight in Asian MMA history and I know the fans cannot wait to watch these two champions clash in the ONE FC cage.”

The undefeated Kelly (9-0) has finished eight of his opponents with seven wins coming by submission. He holds a second round technical knockout of former UFC champion Jens Pulver at ONCE FC 5 in August. Banario (7-1) also finishes fights as he has yet to go the distance. He last competed at ONE FC 5 where he scored a third round technical knockout of Andrew Benibe.

ONE FC: Return of Warriors – Fight Card

Eric Kelly vs. Honorio Banario
AJ Lias Mansor vs. Jian Kai Chee
Melvin Yeoh vs. Raymond Tiew
Peter Davis vs. Leo Krishna
Gianni Subba vs. Saiful Merican

Source: http://www.mmainterplay.com/mma/eric-kelly-vs-honorio-banario-title-fight-slated-for-one-fc-return-of-warriors-60570/

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