Road to ONE 7 is set for Tokyo on February 22nd. The event will be headlined by a strawweight fight between Itsuki Hirata and Miku Nakamura and will showcase some up and coming Japanese fighters.
The main event at Shibuya O-East features Hirata (3-0) who was last seen in action at ONE: ‘Warrior’s Code’ last February. The 21 year old was undefeated as an amateur and has won three fights out of three for the promotion.
Her opponent is Miku Nakamura (3-3). She has never previously fought for ONE Championship and is coming off a majority decision loss to Miyuki Furusawa at Shooto 1220.
In the co-main event undefeated teenager Miyuki Furusawa (4-0) faces the experienced Takafumi Ato (10-10) The 18 year old made his debut in 2019 and has won four fights out of four for Shooto.
Another undefeated strawweight prospect on the card is Keito Yamakita (3-0) The 24 year old has won three out of three for Pancrase and has been matched with Shooto fighter Shuto Aki (5-2-1) here.
The card has been titled ‘Young Guns’ and is supposed to platform up and coming Japanese talent. There is an intriguing matchup in the lightweight division where Takuya Nagata (9-3-1) has been matched with Kazuki Kasai (5-1).
There are several ONE Warrior Series veterans on the card. Among them is flyweight Hikaru Yoshino (8-2) who has been matched with Tomohiro Hagino (12-7).
This is the seventh installment in the series, Road to ONE 6 was set for Bangkok last December but was cancelled due to Covid-19. The event will be shown live in Japan by Abema TV.
Road to ONE 7, Tokyo February 22nd
Itsuki Hirata vs. Miku Nakamura (Atomweight)
Koyuru Tanoue vs. Takafumi Ato (Strawweight)
Shuto Aki vs. Keito Yamakita (Strawweight)
Toru Ogawa vs. Kenji Yamanaka (Flyweight)
Kohei Maeda vs. Toshiomi Kazama (Bantamweight)
Hikaru Yoshino vs. Tomohiro Hagino (Flyweight
Tatsuhiko Iwamoto vs. Daiki Nakata (Featherweight)
Takuya Nagata vs. Kazuki Kasai (Lightweight)
Kickboxing: Nagisa Arii vs. Yu Hiramatsu (Catchweight)
