Jadamba Narantungalag (born 16 December 1975) is a Mongolian former professional

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and

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who has fought for

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, K-1 MAX, Legend FC,

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, and

ONE Championship ONE Championship, formerly ONE Fighting Championship (ONE FC) until January 2015, is a Multinational corporation, multinational combat sports Promoter (entertainment), promotion founded on 14 July 2011 by Chatri Sityodtong and Victor Cui. Origi ...

. Narantungalag has fought the likes of Masato,

Buakaw Banchamek Sombat Banchamek (, born May 8, 1982), also known by his ring name Buakaw Banchamek (, Buakaw meaning "white lotus") and mononymously as Buakaw is a Thai professional Muay Thai fighter and kickboxer. Known for his fierce fighting style, he is reg ...

, and

Albert Kraus Albert “The Hurricane” Kraus (born August 3, 1980) is a Dutch kickboxer. He was the first K-1 World MAX Tournament Champion in 2002 and also the first SUPERKOMBAT Middleweight Champion. Kraus has also held four separate world titles in kickb ...

in K-1 kickboxing.

Background

He first began

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as a child, before moving to

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as a teenager. He began training

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, and Brazilian jiujitsu when he moved to

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Mixed martial arts career

Narantungalag had a slow start to his mixed martial arts career, losing his first two professional bouts to

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veteran

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in 2004, and Toshikazu Iseno in 2006, via KO and unanimous decision respectively. Following this though, he would go on a four fight winning streak, and also won the Mongolian MMA Championship Tournament in 2010, defeating both Burenzorig Batmunkh and Otgonbaatar Nergui via submission. After the impressive victories, Narantungalag signed with upstart promotion Sengoku Raiden Championship.

World Victory Road

After signing with the promotion, Narantungalag faced

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and

veteran

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at WVR: Sengoku Raiden Championships 14 on August 22, 2010. He won the fight by unanimous decision. In his second fight with the promotion, Narantungalag faced

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at WVR: Soul of Fight in the promotion's final event on December 30, 2010. He won the fight via first-round knockout, bringing his winning streak to six in a row.

Legend Fighting Championship

Narantungalag faced Adrian Pang at Legend FC 6 on October 30, 2011, for the LFC Lightweight Championship. He won the fight via split decision. In his first title defense within the promotion, Narantungalag faced Korean prospect Yui Chul Nam at Legend FC 8 on March 30, 2012. He successfully retained the championship, winning the fight via second round guillotine choke. For his next fight in the promotion, Narantungalag faced Koji Ando at Legend FC 11 on April 27, 2013. He would lose the championship bout in the third round, after suffering a broken ankle.

ONE Championship

In April 2014, Narantungalag signed with

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based promotion

. He made his debut against the former ONE Featherweight Champion, Honorio Banario at ONE FC: Honor and Glory on May 30, 2014. After three rounds, Narantungalag would win the fight via unanimous decision, handing Banario his third straight loss. Narantungalag faced Koji Oishi for the ONE Featherweight Championship at ONE FC 19: Reign of Champions on August 29, 2014. He won the fight by unanimous decision to become the new ONE Featherweight champion. Narantungalag was set to defend his title for the first time against Eric Kelly at ONE FC 23. ONE FC & Kelly's management team could not see eye-to-eye and the negotiations fell through. Narantungalag was then set to defend his title against the undefeated Russian Marat Gafurov at ONE FC 31 but visa trouble but a halt to that and Gafurov then fought Martin Nguyen for the interim ONE Featherweight Championship . Narantungalag and Gafurov finally met at ONE FC 34 to unify the ONE Featherweight Championship. He lost via rear-naked choke in the fourth round. In his first fight of 2016, Narantungalag was set to face former ONE Lightweight Champion

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at ONE 42. He won via

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in the third round. He returned in July of the same year to KO Eric Kelly, before losing to Gafurov in their rematch in November. Following a forced hiatus due to injury, Jadambaa returned in 2018 and picked up back-to-back victories over Edward Kelly and

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. These victories earned him another shot at the ONE Featherweight Championship against

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at ONE: Roots of Honor. Jadambaa lost by first-round knockout via flying knee.

Championships and Accomplishments

*Fight Matrix **2010 Most Lopsided Upset of The Year vs.

on August 22 * Legend Fighting Championship **Legend FC Lightweight Championship (One time) **One successful title defense *Mongolian MMA Championship **2010 MGL Mongolian MMA Championship Tournament Winner *

**ONE Featherweight Championship (One time)

Kickboxing record

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Mixed martial arts record

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Marat Gafurov Marat Gafurov (Russian: Марат Гафуров; born November 21, 1984) is a Russian professional mixed martial artist, who competes in the Featherweight and Lightweight divisions of Absolute Championship Akhmat (ACA). A professional MMA compe ...

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Berneung Topkingboxing Berneung TopkingBoxing is a Thai Muay Thai fighter. He is a three time WPMF world champion, two time WPMF interim champion, and a WMC world champion. Titles and accomplishments Muay Thai * World Professional Muaythai Federation ** 2014 WPMF Worl ...

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Wataru Miki Wataru Miki (born August 26, 1980) is a Japanese mixed martial artist. He competed in the Featherweight and Lightweight divisions. Mixed martial arts record , - , Win , align=center, , Yuki Kondo , Decision (Unanimous) , Pancrase 340 , ...

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, Japan ,

References

External links

Official Homepage
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