MMA: Malaysians Ev and Gianni strike down their opponents at Jakarta's ONE FC bout

Two Malaysian fighters, Ev Ting and Gianni Subba emerged victorious in last night's ONE Fighting Championship (ONE FC) bout when they defeated their opponents in two separate fights which mesmerised thousands of fight fans in Jakarta.

Subba, the nation's top flyweight mixed martial arts (MMA) prospect defeated wushu exponent, Ruel Catalan from the Philippines hence re-establishing himself after losing to another Filipino, Eugene Toquero in his previous bout.

Twenty-one-year-old Subba displayed his wrestling skills in the first round by taking Catalan down and advancing himself to the mount position, but Catalan quickly reversed the position to get on top.

Subba then attempted a triangle choke on Catalan, but could not finish his move as the bell sounded to end the first round.

In the second round, Subba attempted another triangle choke, and rained down vicious elbows that forced Catalan to tap out.

In the featherweight bout, Malaysia’s Ev Ting defeated Indonesia’s Yohan Mulia Legowo in the first round of an exciting display of aggressive blows from both sides.

Both Ting and Legowo began the fight with an exchange of powerful kicks and punches.

With less than a minute remaining in the the first round, the 24-year-old Ting delivered some furious strikes towards Legowo that caused him to wobble before finishing the bout with two kicks that dropped the Indonesian veteran.

Meanwhile, national female MMA fighter, Ella Tang lost to Indonesia's first professional female mixed martial artist, Desi Rahayu.

Desi displayed her exceptional Judo skills by throwing down Tang in the first round and trying to secure an armbar submission on her in which Tang managed to escape.

Desi dominated the whole fight by displaying more take downs and landing herself in the mount position followed by ground strikes towards Tang.

After the third round, the judges voted for Desi's win through a unanimous decision.

Tang, when met after the fight expressed her sadness of not being able to win the bout.

"I'm sad I didn’t win for Malaysia but I'm glad I finished all three rounds. Desi is strong in the ground and she did try to knockout me but didn’t make it,” said the 25-year-old national wushu medalist and muay thai champion.

ONE FC ‘Era Of Champions’ was held at the Mata Elang International Stadium in Jakarta in front of 13,000 enthusiastic crowd.

It was the fourth ONE FC showdown this year after a successful sold-out event in Singapore last month.

Below are the official results for ONE FC ‘Era Of Champions’:

Main event - Flyweight: Adriano Moraes (Brazil) defeats Kosuke Suzuki (Japan) by Submission (Arm Triangle Choke) at 1:25minutes of round 3


Co-main event - Bantamweight: Fransino Tirta (Indonesia) defeats Sami Amin (Egypt) by Submission (Rear Naked Choke) at 1:08 minutes of round 1


Flyweight: Geje Eustaquio (Philippines) defeats Kentaro Watanabe (Japan) by Unanimous Decision at 5:00 minutes of round 3

Middleweight: Aung La N Sang (Myanmar) defeats Mahmoud Salama (Egypt) by TKO (Strikes) at 1:06 minutes of round 1


Featherweight: Ev Ting (Malaysia) defeats Yohan Mulia Legowo (Indonesia) by TKO (Strikes) at 4:35 minutes of round 1


Flyweight: Dejdamrong sor Amnuaysirichoke (Thailand) defeats Jomanz Omanz (Philippines) by TKO (Strikes) at 4:33minutes of round 1


Flyweight: Gianni Subba (Malaysia) defeats Ruel Catalan (Philippines) by Submission (Strikes) at 2:43 minutes of round 2


Welterweight: Mohammad Sotounzadeh (Iran) defeats Zuli Silawanto (Indonesia) by Knockout at 2:34 minutes of round 1


Bantamweight: Desi Rahayu (Indonesia) defeats Ella Tang (Malaysia) by Unanimous Decision at 5:00 minutes of round 3