ONE Championship 109 free fight: Kimihiro Eto chokes out Amir Khan in Singapore

Hopes were high for one of Singapore’s finest martial artists at “ONE Championship 109: King of the Jungle,” but Amir Khan’s return to action on home soil didn’t go his way.

Khan (12-7) faced Japanese ONE Warrior Series graduate Kimihiro Eto in the top-billed MMA bout at Singapore Indoor Stadium on Feb. 28. The event was held behind closed doors due to the ongoing coronavirus crisis in the region, but the lack of a paying crowd didn’t dampen Eto’s enthusiasm as he took the fight to Khan and imposed his grappling game to secure a quickfire finish.

Khan initially looked to establish his striking rhythm, but Eto (17-5-2) closed the distance and took the Singaporean knockout artist down to the mat.

Once there, the Japanese prospect pinned Khan against the cage fence and locked in a rear-naked choke that sent his man into unconsciousness inside the opening two minutes of the fight.

Recap the action in full from Singapore in the video above.