A look at three key fights from the weekend’s regional, developmental and international scene. This edition previews ONE Championship 27, HKFC and KSW 31.
On Thursday, Dec. 18, ONE Fighting Championship held the weigh-ins for its 24th event, dubbed
Dynasty of Champions, which takes place Friday, Dec. 19, from the Olympic Sports Center Gymnasium in Beijing, China. The event was originally tabbed for October, but was pushed back.
In the night’s main event, bantamweight Ji Xian faces undefeated Song Ya Dong. Xian has a background in sanda and won his first eight professional bouts. His countryman Ya Dong has yet to taste defeat through five fights and just turned 20 years of age.
The night’s co-main event will feature veteran lightweight Adrian Pang against Dutchman Vincent Latoel. Pang has been out of action for a year, but the Aussie has notched five wins in his last six outings and is a former Legend FC lightweight champion. Latoel, meanwhile, will look to rebound from a submission loss to UFC veteran Caros Fodor.
Warrior’s Quest from the Singapore Indoor Stadium in Singapore.
In the night’s main event, the promotion’s lightweight champion, Shinya Aoki, put his belt on the line against his countryman, Koji Ando. The 32-year-old Aoki had never tasted defeat in the ONE cage and rode a seven-fight winning streak into the title affair. Twenty-five of his 37 career wins had come via submission. Ando, meanwhile, had scored back-to-back finishes over Zorobabel Moreira and Rafael Nunes to earn his shot at gold.
The co-main event also featured gold on the line as the promotion crowned its inaugural strawweight champion. Thailand’s Dejdamrong Sor Amnuaysirichoke clashed with Filipino fighter Roy Doliguez to prove which fighter is the best 115-pound combatant under the ONE banner.
ONE Championship: Call to Greatness Preview and Predictions
ONE Championship will return to its homebase, the Singapore Indoor Stadium, for the first time this year on Friday, Feb. 22, for
ONE Championship: Call to Greatness.
The promotion’s fifth event of 2019 is headlined by the women’s atomweight Muay Thai world championship. Current women’s atomweight kickboxing world titleholder Stamp Fairtex attempts to win another belt when she goes up against American challenger Janet Todd, who makes her promotional debut.
The main card features two bouts in the lightweight grand prix quarterfinals, including Singapore’s own Amir Khan opposite Costa Rica’s Ariel Sexton and former title challenger Ev Ting against dangerous Turk Saygid Guseyn Arslanaliev.