TOKYO — Eddie Alvarez and Demetrious Johnson will make their One Championship debuts when the mixed martial arts promotion’s first show takes place on Sunday at Ryogoku Kokugikan, Tokyo’s premier sumo venue. The American mixed martial arts star held the UFC 155-pound title in 2016 before losing it to Conor McGregor. Alvarez is from Philadelphia, but has fought in Japan several times earlier in his career. Johnson and Alvarez are two former UFC champions who moved to the Singapore-based One Championship this year. Johnson, the long-reigning UFC flyweight champion, will take on Japanese flyweight Yuya Wakamatsu.

Source: National Post March 28, 2019 12:33 UTC