Vera stops Sekine in ONE Championship

Fil-Am Brandon “The Truth” Vera retained his ONE heavyweight title with a dominant victory over Japanese challenger Hideki Sekine in the main event of ONE: Age of Domination at the Mall of Asia Arena in Pasay City on Friday.

Vera made easy work of previously unbeaten Japanese challenger, winning by technical knockout just minutes into the first round. From the opening bell, Vera began to land a series of solid blows on Sekine, who took Vera’s best shots quite well. Moments later however, a thudding body kick connected for Vera, sending Sekine crashing to the canvas clutching his midsection. Vera then put on the finishing touches with punishing strikes from the top.