ONE CHAMPIONSHIP NEWS
Undefeated Azerbaijani-Russian star Elbek Alyshov will face Filipino finisher Carlo Bumina-ang in a bantamweight MMA contest at ONE Fight Night 37 on Friday, November 7, in Bangkok, Thailand.
Undefeated Turkish kickboxer Samet Agdeve will challenge two-sport ONE world champion Roman Kryklia for the inaugural ONE heavyweight kickboxing world championship at ONE Fight Night 37 on Friday, November 7, in Bangkok, Thailand. The 21-year-old’s promotional debut in a title fight caps a journey that began in a house with a leaking roof in Izmir.
Two-division ONE MMA World Champion Christian Lee will defend his lightweight title against undefeated challenger Alibeg Rasulov at ONE 173 on Sunday, November 16, at Ariake Arena in Tokyo, Japan. The rematch comes nearly one year after their first encounter ended in a no contest due to an accidental eye poke in the second round.
Former three-sport ONE world champion Stamp Fairtex will face four-time K-1 champion Kana Morimoto in an atomweight kickboxing contest at ONE 173 on Sunday, November 16, at Ariake Arena in Tokyo, Japan. The matchup marks Stamp’s return after spending two years rehabilitating from a torn meniscus that forced her to relinquish the ONE women’s atomweight MMA world title.
ONE flyweight MMA world champion Yuya Wakamatsu will defend his title for the first time against strawweight king Joshua Pacio at ONE 173 on Sunday, November 16, at Ariake Arena in Tokyo, Japan. He plans to pursue a knockout finish against a Filipino opponent who has never been stopped by strikes in his professional career.
Japan’s Shozo Isojima will face ONE welterweight submission grappling world champion Tye Ruotolo in a lightweight MMA contest at ONE 173 on Sunday, November 16, at Ariake Arena in Tokyo, Japan. Both fighters bring perfect professional records to a matchup that could establish the winner as a legitimate lightweight contender.
Shinya Aoki vs Hiroyuki Tetsuka will end months of social media exchanges between the two Japanese fighters that began when Tetsuka appeared on Aoki’s YouTube channel in March.
ONE strawweight MMA world champion Joshua Pacio will challenge flyweight titleholder Yuya Wakamatsu at ONE 173 on Sunday, November 16, at Ariake Arena in Tokyo, Japan. The Filipino seeks to become his country’s first two-division MMA world champion by defeating Wakamatsu in the Japanese fighter’s first title defense.
ONE lightweight and welterweight MMA world champion Christian Lee will defend his lightweight title against Alibeg Rasulov at ONE 173 on Sunday, November 16, at Ariake Arena in Tokyo, Japan. The 27-year-old two-division champ manages his fighting career alongside fatherhood to three children with a fourth on the way, plus ownership of Prodigy Training Center in Waipahu, Hawaii.
Former ONE bantamweight Muay Thai world champion Nong-O Hama will face Rodtang Jitmuangnon for the vacant ONE flyweight Muay Thai world championship at ONE 173 on Sunday, November 16, at Ariake Arena in Tokyo, Japan.
Former ONE Flyweight Muay Thai World Champion Rodtang Jitmuangnon will face his longtime role model Nong-O Hama for the vacant flyweight belt at ONE 173 on Sunday, November 16, at Ariake Arena in Tokyo, Japan. The contest forces Rodtang to compete against someone he has publicly stated he never wanted to fight.
