The ONE: ‘Dawn of Heroes’ fight card is complete. Three more bouts were announced this week with Yushin Okami, Edward Kelly and Pongsiri Mitsatit among the new additions.
In the welterweight division Okami (35-13) will be looking to bounce back from a disappointing promotional debut at ONE: ‘For Honor’. He has been matched with undefeated American wrestler James Nakashima (11-0).
In the strawweight division Mitsatit (10-2) will be looking to build on his impressive stoppage win over Robin Catalan. The Thai has been matched with China’s Miao Li Tao (4-1) who knocked out Dejdamrong Sor Amnuaysirichoke last month.
The final fight added to the card this week pits Kelly (12-6) against Xie Bin (7-1) in the featherweight division. The Chinese fighter has won his last seven ONE Championship bouts and a win here would establish him as a serious title contender.
As previously announced two of the biggest names on ONE Championship’s lightweight roster will face off in Manila. Eduard Folayang has been matched with Eddie Alvarez at the MOA Arena on August 2nd.
ONE: ‘Dawn of Heroes’ will be headlined by a Muay Thai fight. England’s Jonathan Haggerty will make the first defence of his flyweight title against hard hitting Thai fighter Rodtang Jitmuangnon.
The card will also feature three semi finals in the Lightweight Grand Prix and the flyweight Grand Prix. In the latter Demetrious Johnson takes on Tatsumitsu Wada while Danny Kingad goes up against Kairat Akhmetov in the former.
Meanwhile Honorio Banario (14-8) replaces the injured Lowen Tynanes and will face Timofey Nastyukhin (13-4) in the second semi final of the lightweight Grand Prix. The winner will face Saygid Arslanaliev at ONE: ‘Century’ in October.
ONE: ‘Dawn of Heroes’, Manila, August 2nd
Muay Thai: Jonathan Haggerty (c) vs. Rodtang Jitmuangnon (For Flyweight Title)
Eduard Folayang vs. Eddie Alvarez (Lightweight)
Demetrious Johnson vs. Tatsumitsu Wada (Flyweight Grand Prix Semi-Final)
Danny Kingad vs. Kairat Akhmetov (Flyweight Grand Prix Semi-Final)
Honorio Banario vs. Timofey Nastyukhin (Lightweight Grand Prix Semi-Final)
Reece McLaren vs. Yuya Wakamatsu (Flyweight)
Leandro Issa vs. Daichi Takenaka (Bantamweight)
Muay Thai: Neunglanlek Jitmuangnon vs. Chris Shaw (Bantamweight)
Yushin Okami vs. James Nakashima (Welterweight)
Pongsiri Mitsatit vs. Miao Li Tao (Strawweight)
Edward Kelly vs. Xie Bin (Featherweight)
Ayaka Miura vs. Samara Santos (Atomweight)