Yoshitaka Naito had to grind it out for 25 minutes, but his reward was a title in Friday’s ONE Championship 72 headliner. Naito (13-1), who lost the strawweight belt to Alex Silva (7-2) by unanimous decision in December, avenged the defeat with a ground-based game plan and got his hand raised with a split-decision victory . The event took place at Jakarta Convention Center in Jakarta, Indonesia, and the entire card streamed on the organization’s new app. Related ONE Championship 72 results: Yoshitaka Naito grinds out title win over Alex Silva Also on the card, strawweight Stefer Rahardian (8-0) choked out Himanshu Kaushik (3-2) midway through the first round. Check out the highlights of those and other fights in the video above
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