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MMA: Short night for Pinoys as Rene Catalan, Jomary Torres sustain KO losses

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<p>Rene Catalan’s comeback trail took a big hit after he suffered a quick knockout in the hands of the undefeated South African Bokang Masunyane in ONE: Big Bang Singapore Indoor Stadium in Singapore Friday night. </p><p>Just like he planned, Catalan engaged Masunyane in a standup battle.</p><p>But the former strawweight title contender got caught with a head kick right after he freed himself from a clinch, opening a cold knockout 37 seconds into the first round.</p><p>Catalan fell to his fourth defeat in 10 fights, while Masunyane bolstered his undefeated record 8-0.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/sports/12/04/20/mma-one-matches-scratched-shuffled-in-singapore-organizers-cite-covid">MMA: ONE matches scratched, shuffled in Singapore; organizers cite COVID</a></li></ul><p>The other Filipino fighter in the card, Jomary Torres, was also stopped in the first round of her atomweight bout against unbeaten Indian opponent Ritu Phogat.</p><p>Torres, looking to rebound from successive losses since 2018, was trapped by Phogat’s sidemount at which point the Indian rained elbows on the Pinay.</p><p>The referee immediately stepped in when Torres was no longer able to defend herself.</p><p>Torres fell to her fifth career defeat in 10 fights. Phogat improved her record to 4-0.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/3tZ8dBUk2wg?enablejsapi=1" width="560"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more in <a href="//www.iwantv.com.ph/">iWantv</a> or <a href="//tfc.tv/">TFC.tv</a></div>

<p>Catalan’s comeback trail took a big hit after he suffered a quick KO in the hands of the undefeated South African Bokang Masunyane in ONE: Big Bang in Singapore Friday. </p>

Catalan’s comeback trail took a big hit after he suffered a quick KO in the hands of the undefeated South African Bokang Masunyane in ONE: Big Bang in Singapore Friday.