GINA Iniong won in her ONE Championship debut on Friday night, handily beating Natalie Gonzales Hills in a preliminary bout in ONE: Kings of Destiny at the Mall of Asia Arena.
Iniong put away a unanimous decision victory, highlighting her performance with a hard right hand in the second round that rocked Fil-British fighter Gonzales Hills.
The Team Lakay fighter won her fifth bout in seven matches, and her first in the Asian promotion.
In other preliminary bouts, Robin Catalan beat Jeremy Miado via split decision in a strawweight bout to raise his mark to 7-2 while handing Miado his first loss after seven bouts.
Former Brazilian jiu-jitsu champion Michelle Nicolini provided the highlight of the preliminaries with a first-round victory over Irina Mazepa of Russia.
Nicoli applied an armbar and forced Mazepa to tap out with still 2:11 left in the first round.
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