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Three-on-three basketball competition reached new heights at NBA 3X Philippines 2016 presented by Panasonic as 2013, 2014 and 2015 champion team EGS-Elite succeeded in scoring a four-peat in the Men’s Open Division last Sunday, August 21, 2016. EGS-Elite waged the only successful four-peat attempt in NBA 3X Philippines as last year’s two other three-peat achievers—Team Alcaraz led by actor Marco Alcaraz in the Celebrity Division, and Three-Point Shootout King JC Baltazar—were replaced by new champions in their respective categories. “We have been looking forward to this tournament all year and have kept ourselves active ever since to play well on this stage. NBA 3X has inspired us to work harder on improving our skills and chemistry for future competitions,” said Ian Garrido, who together with playing coach Rocky Acidre, Rutger Acidre and Mark Anthony Dolimon, aced their fourth appearance in the tournament with solid rebounding, consistent outside shooting and strong defen...

Jakarta, Indonesia: The largest sports media property in Asian history, ONE Championship™ (ONE), has just announced that it will be organizing three separate tournaments held in different weight classes on Friday, 26 August. The TITLES & TITANS strawweight, flyweight and bantamweight tournaments will feature the top prospects from both Indonesia and China. The contests will be held a day before ONE: TITLES & TITANS, which is set for Saturday, 27 August at the Jakarta Convention Center in Jakarta, Indonesia. CEO of ONE Championship, Victor Cui stated, “Continuing with our dedication to building homegrown Asian martial arts heroes, ONE Championship is holding three different tournaments the day before ONE: TITLES & TITANS. Jakarta is an amazing city and the MMA talent in Indonesia is really top notch. We will continue to develop local martial arts talent to further the sport of MMA in Asia and to give our fighters the opportunity to compete on the international stage.” ONE Ch...