ONE Championship returns to Malaysia with the epic show ONE Fight Night 3, which will feature two Russian fighters. The card also announced three title fights.
Main board
In the main event of the tournament, knockouts John Lineker and Fabricio Andrade will converge. Brazilian Lineker, a UFC veteran, will defend his world welterweight title against rising compatriot Fabricio Andrade.
Regian Eersel, the reigning ONE Lightweight Kickboxing Champion, will attempt to reclaim the second belt. For the first Muay Thai Lightweight Championship, he will face rising Thai star Sinsamut Klinmi.
Additionally, Superlek Kiatmu 9 will face Panpanyak Jitmuangon in the ONE Flyweight Muay Thai World Grand Prix Finals.
New (and youngest) ADCC World Champion Cade Ruotolo will try his luck against titled judoka and powerful sambo wrestler Uali Kurzhev from Russia. At stake is ONE’s first Submission Grappling Lightweight World Championship in history.
preliminary map
Shamil “Cobra” Gasanov, a Peresvet Club representative, will make his ONE Championship debut against South Korean athlete Kim Jae Wung on the MMA featherweight division preliminary card. The undefeated Russian has fought eight fights in his professional mixed martial arts career in Russian and Belarusian regional arenas. The Korean athlete has a record of 18 wins and 6 losses. He has already fought five fights under the auspices of ONE and won by knockout or technical knockout in fights against Marting Nguyen, Tetsuya Yamada and Rafael Nunes.
Amir Nazeri and Taiki Naito, two former Muay Thai World Grand Prix quarter-finalists, will square off in a Muay Thai flyweight bout.
Former Glory title challenger Asa Ten Pau (USA) will make his ONE Championship debut against Mehdi Zatuta (Algeria) in the lightweight Muay Thai division.
To the male fights will be added the performances of the women: in the atomic weight of MMA, will meet Lea Bivins, who clearly illustrated herself during the IMMAF performances. She will face veteran Noel Grandjean.
ONE Fight Night 3 will take place on October 22 local time (Moscow time) at the arena in the Malaysian capital Kuala Lumpur.
ONE FIGHT NIGHT 3 FULL MAP
John Lineker vs. Fabricio Andrade (MMA – ONE Welterweight Championship)
Regian Eersel vs. Sinsamut Klinmie (ONE Muay Thai Lightweight Championship)
Superlek Kiatmu 9 vs. Panpayak Jitmuangnon (ONE World Muay Thai Featherweight Grand Prix Final)
Kim Jae Woon vs. Shamil Gasanov (MMA – featherweight)
Jeremy Miado vs. Danial Williams (MMA – strawweight)
Cade Ruotolo vs. Wali Kurjev (ONE Light Submission Grappling Championship)
Amir Nazeri vs. Taiki Naito (Muay Thai – Flyweight)
Asa Ten Pow vs. Mehdi Zatuta (Muay Thai – Bantamweight)
Leah Bivins vs. Noel Grandjean (MMA – Women’s Atomic Weight)
Source : MatchTV
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