The event will feature ONE world title bouts spanning kickboxing, Muay Thai and MMA, with some of the promotion’s biggest stars ready to take centre stage in Japan.
The main event will see a bout for the unified featherweight kickboxing world title, as Thailand’s Superbon takes on Japan’s Masaaki Noiri, while the co-main sees a battle for the ONE heavyweight world title as Senegal’s Oumar “Reug Reug” Kane goes head to head with former multi-weight champion Anatoly Malykhin.
Muay Thai superstar Rodtang Jitmuangnon will take on fellow Thai legend Nong-O Hama for the flyweight Muay Thai world title, while at atomweight, Japan’s Nakada takes on Thailand’s Numsurin for the Muay Thai crown.
Also set for championship action is lightweight MMA world champ Christian Lee, who puts his title on the line against Alibeg Rasulov, while former ONE world champ Jonathan Haggerty goes for gold again as he battles Nabil Anane for the bantamweight Muay Thai world title.
Kicking off the run of seven title fights is Japan’s flyweight MMA champion Yuya Wakamatsu, who faces the Philippines’ strawweight world champion Joshua Pacio.
The prelims feature a host of big names, including Japanese kickboxing star Takeru, Thai superstar Stamp and Japanese MMA starlet Itsuki Hirata.
ONE 173: Official fight card
MAIN CARD
- Superbon vs Masaaki Noiri – for ONE featherweight kickboxing world title
- Oumar Kane vs Anatoly Malykhin – for ONE heavyweight MMA world title
- Rodtang Jitmuangnon vs Nong-O Hama – for ONE flyweight Muay Thai world title
- Nadaka vs Numsurin – for ONE atomweight Muay Thai world title
- Christian Lee vs Alibeg Rasulov – for ONE lightweight MMA world title
- Nabil Anane vs Jonathan Haggerty – for ONE bantamweight Muay Thai world title
- Yuya Wakamatsu vs Joshua Pacio – for ONE flyweight MMA world title
PRELIMINARY CARD
- Takeru vs Denis Puric – flyweight kickboxing
- Marat Grigorian vs Rukiya Anpo – featherweight kickboxing
- Yuki Koza vs Superlek – bantamweight kickboxing
- Stamp vs Kana – women’s atomweight kickboxing
- Giancarlo Bodoni vs Rafael Lovato Jr – middleweight submission grappling
- Jake Peacock vs Suakim – bantamweight Muay Thai
- Itsuki Hirata vs Ritu Phogat – women’s atomweight MMA
- Ryugo Takeuchi vs Shamil Erdogan – heavyweight MMA
- Wei Rui vs Hiroki Akimoto – bantamweight kickboxing
