YOKOHAMA, September 11 — ONE SAMURAI 3 unfolded at Yokohama Buntai, and the story begins with a fighter stepping into unfamiliar rules and looking entirely at home in them. Japanese Muay Thai specialist Nadaka Yoshinari dominated Har Ling Om in the main event, a kickboxing debut that extended a seven-year run of dominance under the rules of a new sport. The report described it as his first competitive outing in kickboxing after establishing himself in Muay Thai.
For those involved, the discipline switch carried its own stakes: a decorated striker testing whether his craft travels.
A statement in the cage
Wakamatsu sent a message. That was the phrase used in the MMA results roundup, and it sat alongside wins for Minowa and Ito in Yokohama. Three mixed martial arts contests featured on the card in total, according to that roundup.
The early striking portion of the event produced victories for Shimon, Hyu and Okuwaki, among others, in the Muay Thai and kickboxing bouts that opened the show. The coverage grouped these as the night’s early striking battles.
Three disciplines, one card
The card was split across mixed martial arts, Muay Thai and kickboxing, and the published results were broken into three companion roundups: a main-event report, an MMA results piece, and a Muay Thai and kickboxing results piece. ONE Championship, the Singapore-headquartered martial arts organization whose events span all three disciplines, promoted the event, with live coverage published Friday, September 11, 2026, at 11:21 PM UTC by staff writer Bear Frazer.
The article carried a one-minute read time and was tagged with the keywords “Muay Thai” and “martial arts organization.” Its published description read: “We’re reporting to you live from Yokohama Buntai! Follow along!” The coverage was syndicated through Yahoo Sports, with the article credited to ONE Championship as provider and Frazer as author and creator.
A crowded September on the combat calendar
ONE SAMURAI 3 sat within a busy September 2026 combat-sports calendar reflected in the same coverage feed. ONE Friday Fights 170 was headlined by Pompet’s unanimous-decision win over Yodlekpet in their trilogy rubber match at Lumpinee Stadium. The Inner Circle 30 saw Yod-IQ capture the ONE Bantamweight Muay Thai World Title with a five-round win over Rambolek, while Muangthai stopped Seksan in the third round of an emotional retirement bout.
Also in the feed were ADCC 2026 results from Krakow, Poland, including Ryoma Anraku’s upset of Owen Jones, and Noche UFC 4 from Glendale, Arizona. For readers following ONE SAMURAI 3, the takeaways are the discipline-by-discipline results: Yoshinari’s successful kickboxing debut in the main event, Wakamatsu’s statement performance plus Minowa and Ito wins across three MMA bouts, and Shimon, Hyu and Okuwaki among the early Muay Thai and kickboxing victors in Yokohama.
What to watch next is whether Yoshinari’s kickboxing run becomes a permanent second chapter, and how quickly the names who shone in Yokohama are matched against the division’s established order.
