South Korea’s Yoon Chang Min. Photo from ONE Championship
TOKYO, Japan—South Korea’s Yoon Chang Min got ONE Championship’s big night in Tokyo going with a quick submission of India’s Bala Shetty in the curtain raiser of ONE: A New Era at Ryogoku Kokugikan Sunday here.
Yoon finished Shetty with a rear naked choked with under a minute left in the first round.
ONE newcomer Yoon Chang Min kicks off ONE: A NEW ERA by submitting Bala Shetty via rear-naked choke at 4:16 of Round 1! #WeAreONE #ANewEra #Tokyo #MartialArts pic.twitter.com/v2Jjb2NM7D
— ONE Championship (@ONEChampionship) March 31, 2019
The 24-year-old Yoon impressed in his ONE debut, displaying superior striking and technique on the ground as he outclassed Shetty.
The lightweight bout between Yoon and Shetty kicked off a loaded fight card, which features four world title bouts with Filipino superstar Eduard Folayang defending his lightweight crown in a rematch against Japanese legend Shinya Aoki.