Listed below are the three title fights happening on the Lusail Sports activities Area this Friday.
Reiner de Ridder vs. Anatoly Malykhin for the ONE middleweight MMA title
The very considered this struggle is considerably preposterous. Analtoly Malykhin is trying to do one thing by no means been completed earlier than and maintain world titles throughout three totally different weight courses concurrently. For the heavyweight and light-heavyweight champion to even ponder a shot on the middleweight crown is motive sufficient to tune in, however add to this the actual fact he will probably be dealing with the person he took the light-heavyweight title from and we now have a blockbuster. De Ridder will probably be doing all the pieces in his powers to halt the Malykhin specific, and hold on to his remaining piece of gold.
Tang Kai vs Thanh Le for the ONE featherweight MMA title
The featherweight MMA division will probably be unified in Qatar as champion Tang Kai takes on interim title holder Thanh Le in a mouthwatering rematch. China’s Kai has been out of the ring since August 2002 when he scored a unanimous determination win over Le. In doing so he grew to become ONE’s first Chinese language MMA world champion, however harm has prevented him from defending his crown. Within the meantime Le has seen off the problem of Russia’s Ilya Freymanov in a bit over a minute and is now focussed on regaining his crown.
Jarred Brooks vs Joshua Pacio for the ONE strawweight MMA title
Within the second of the night time’s co-main occasions we now have one other rematch – and one other former champion on a revenge mission. America’s Jarred Brooks is undefeated in ONE’s strawweight MMA division. He constructed up a powerful three-fight win-streak following his debut in 2021 and located himself dealing with this week’s opponent Joshua Pacio for the title in December 2022. The 31-year-old got here away with a powerful UD win, and 26 kilos of gold. Since then his solely outing in ONE has been a grappling contest with world champion Mikey Musumeci which led to a submission loss. Pacio, from the Philippines, bought himself again within the win column in October final 12 months in opposition to Mansur Malachiev, and now he has Brooks, and that strawweight title, firmly in his sights.
ONE Championship returns to the Center East on March 1 with ONE 166: Qatar on the Lusail Sports activities Area, Lusail. A historic night time awaits with a minimum of three title fights deliberate, and tickets are actually accessible from Virgin Megastore and Q-Tickets.
