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ONE HOLDS FAN FESTIVAL IN TOKYO

Asia’s biggest MMA organization ONE Championship was in Tokyo recently to promote upcoming events by way of the ONE Century Martial Arts Fanfest. The event featured a collection of competitions, seminars, games and meet-and-greets, which made it everything a martial arts and fight-sports fan could ask for. That included appearances by current MMA champions Demetrious Johnson and Angela Lee, as well as MMA legends Miesha Tate and Yoshihiro Akiyama.

The two-day event at Bellesalle Shibuya Garden kicked off with some competition. The morning of Day One opened with a two-hour Shin Karate amateur

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