On September 5, 2018, 10 pairs of ONE Championship athletes attended the official face-off of “ONE: Beyond the Horizon” at the CHAR Bar & Grill located at Level 30 of the Indigo Hotel in Shanghai, China. Among the mixed martial artists were Edward “The Ferocious” Kelly, 34, of the Philippines and Christian “The Warrior” Lee, 20, of Singapore.

Aside from the ONE Championship athletes competing at “ONE: Beyond the Horizon,” reigning ONE Heavyweight World Champion Brandon “The Truth” Vera, 40, of the Philippines and ONE Championship’s chairman in China Hua Fung Teh attended the face-off. Hua stated, “ONE Championship remains dedicated to delivering a world-class, authentic martial arts experience right here to the fans in China.”

Featuring six MMA bouts and four striking-only ONE Super Series matches, the “ONE: Beyond the Horizon” fight night took place at the Baoshan Arena in Shanghai on September 8, 2018. In the eighth bout of the evening, Kelly and Lee competed in an MMA match in the featherweight division.

Referee Olivier Coste put a stop to the featherweight bout between Kelly and Lee at 2:21 of Round 1 when the Singaporean fighter knocked out his Filipino opponent. But seconds later, the referee gave Lee a red card and declared Kelly the winner via his opponent’s disqualification due to illegal suplex.

“ONE: Beyond the Horizon” was headlined by ONE Women’s Strawweight World Champion “The Panda” Xiong Jing Nan, 30, of China and the challenger Samara “Marituba” Santos, 25, of Brazil. Here are the official results:

1. Elipitua Siregar defeated Phat Soda  Elipitua Siregar via technical knockout via strikes at 2:30 of Round 1 in an MMA strawweight bout.
2. Hakim Hamech defeated Yukinori Ogasawara via knockout at 2:59 of Round 1 in a ONE Super Series Muay Thai flyweight bout.
3. Muhammad Aiman defeated Chen Lei via rear-naked choke submission at 4:35 of Round 2 in an MMA bantamweight bout.
4. Mustapha Haida defeated Daniel Dawson via knockout at 2:14 of Round 3 in a ONE Super Series kickboxing bout at a catch weight of 72.5kg.
5. Han Zi Hao defeated Stergos Mikkios via unanimous decision in a ONE Super Series Muay Thai bantamweight bout.
6. Tukkatatong Petpayathai defeated Ognjen Topic via unanimous decision in a ONE Super Series kickboxing bantamweight bout.
7. Edward Kelly defeated Christian Lee via disqualification of the latter due to illegal suplex at 2:21 of Round 1 in an MMA featherweight bout.
8. Amir Khan defeated Honorio Banario via rear-naked choke submission at 4:34 of Round 1 in an MMA lightweight bout.
9. Xiong Jing Nan defeated Samara Santos via knockout via strikes at 1:22 of Round 3 in the ONE Women’s Strawweight World Championship bout.