Alain Ngalani
Pierre Alain Ngalani (born July 07, 1977) is a Cameroonian mixed martial artist and Muay Thai kickboxer currently signed to ONE Championship, where he competes in the Heavyweight division. He is a four-time Muay Thai World Champion. Biography and career. Ngalani started learning Judo at the age of six, following his brothers. He started showing ability early, winning back-to-back junior tournaments in Cameroon and all over Africa. He was influenced by his mother, who loved the sport and wanted her boys to learn discipline and focus their energy positively. As a youth he cut down  his judo training in order to study other styles such as Karate (Shotokan, Koshiki and Kyokushin), Kickboxing, Savate, Sanda and Muay Thai. Later he picked up other disciplines like boxing, jiu-jitsu and wrestling in preparation for fighting in MMA competitions. In addition to martial arts, he worked as a bodyguard for VIPs and high-profile personalities in Côte d'Ivoire before immigrating to Hong Kong in 2001. Move to Hong Kong and Planet Battle. While based in Hong Kong, he travelled to Thailand, Japan and Mainland China to win numerous titles. When the "Planet Battle" promotion was formed in 2008 , Ngalani became a regular fighter for the organization. After defeating Michael McDonald at "Planet Battle I" in June 2008, he went on to compete in the 8-man tournament at "Planet Battle II" in November 2008. Ngalani, who was ordered by doctors not to fight due to a severely injured right knee, lost to Brian Douwes via knockout with a knee in the quarter-final. He then bounced back by knocking out Eduardo Maiorino at "Planet Battle III" on June 6, 2009. At "Planet Battle IV" on October 7, 2009, Ngalani defeated Bob Sapp via decision, and then on March  26, 2010, he stopped Carter Williams with low kicks at "Planet Battle V". Ngalani could not continue after getting knocked down with an alleged punch to the back of his head against Dževad Poturak in 2011. The match was for the IKA Super Heavyweight World Championship and was considered a no contest. ONE Championship. Alain Ngalani briefly moved back to kickboxing, competing in the ONE Super Series, where he lost to Tarik Khbabez by third-round technical knockout at "" on June 23, 2018. On October 6, 2018 at "", his fight with Andre Meunier ended in a no contest when he  was on the receiving end of an accidental low blow. Mixed martial arts career. ONE Championship. 2013. On September 13, 2013, Ngalani switched from striking to mixed martial arts, debuting with a 31-second spinning heel kick KO win over Mahmoud Hassan at "". However, he went without a win in his next three contests as he lost to Paul Cheng by verbal submission at "" on December 6, 2013. 2014. On May 30, 2014, Ngalani faced Chi Lewis-Parry at "". The fight ended in a no contest when Lewis-Parry landed an inadvertent groin strike. He lost their rematch at "" by  first-round knockout via ground-and-pound elbows. 2015. Ngalani got back to his winning ways with a first-round TKO win over Igor Subora at "" on November 13, 2015. 2016. On August 13, 2016, he was stopped by Alexandre Machado in the second round at "". 2017. He broke the ONE record for fastest heavyweight knockout when he stopped BJJ and judo black belt Hideki Sekine in 11 seconds at "" on September 16, 2017. On November 3, 2017, Ngalani faced Aung La Nsang in the ONE Championship's first-ever openweight superfight at "", where he lost by submission via guillotine  choke. 2018. On March 24, 2018, he recorded his first decision win over Ariunbold Tur-Ochir at "". 2019. Ngalani returned to mixed martial arts on March 8, 2019, where he lost to Mauro Cerilli by first-round TKO at "". 2020. On April 28, 2020, news surfaced that Ngalani was scheduled to face Vitor Belfort, who was making his ONE debut. Their bout never materialized as Belfort parted ways with ONE in June 2021 without ever having fought for the promotion. 2021. On January 12, 2021, ONE Championship announced that Ngalani would instead face Senegalese wrestling champion Oumar Kane in the  latter's promotional debut at "" on January 29, 2021. Ngalani lost by first-round technical knockout. Ngalani faced ONE promotional newcomer Thomas Narmo at "" on August 13, 2021. After a groin kick committed by Ngalani, Narmo was unable to continue and the bout was declared a no contest. Kickboxing record. ! style=background:white | ! style=background:white | ! style=background:white |