By:  | October 25, 2022 10:59 am

Two more fights have been added to the ONE on Prime Video 4 card. In the bantamweight division #3 ranked Kwon Won Il has been matched with Mark Abelardo.

Kwon (11-4) was stopped by Fabricio Andrade last time out, that loss snapped a run of three straight stoppage wins for the Korean. But the Brazilian has established himself as the best fighter in a division without a champion after John Lineker missed weight.

Lineker and Andrade fought to a no contest after an accidental low blow by the younger man. It leaves the division in a state of flux and Kwon has an opportunity to establish his title credentials if he can get back to winning ways here.

By contrast Abelardo (20-9) has not been on top form having lost four out of his last six fights. The 31 year old did manage a highlight reel tomahawk elbow KO against Emilio Urrutia during this stint.

Former champion

Former flyweight Muay Thai champion Jonathan Haggerty will also be back in action. The Englishman has seen his last two fights fall through after falling ill at the last minute.

But he is on a two fight winning streak and is currently ranked at #3 in the division. He will be facing Vladimir Kuzmin who has one win from his two ONE Championship fights but can consider himself very unfortunate to have lost by split decision to Muangthai PKSaenchaigym in his most recent outing.

 

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Moving up

As previously announce Christian Lee is set to move up to welterweight to challenge Kiamrian Abbasov for the title. That fight will headline ONE on Prime Video 4 which is set to take place on Saturday morning (local time).

Abbasov recently moved up to middleweight to challenge Reinier de Ridder but was submitted by the Dutchman in the third round. That snapped a five fight winning streak for the 29 year old who remains the welterweight champion.

Lee recently avenged his controversial split decision defeat to Ok Rae Yoon. The 24 year old has won seven out of his last eight fights and beaten every single fighter in the top four at lightweight.

 

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Newly crowned

As previously announced Rodtang Jitmuangnon will be defending his flyweight Muay Thai title against Joseph Lasiri. The Thai was scheduled to fight at ONE on Prime Video 1 but withdrew at the last minute. The reasons for this remain unclear and his opponent, Savvas Michael, accused him of not wanting to fight.

He has held the belt since 2019 and successfully defended it three times. Rodtang was booked to face Michael in the quarter final of the flyweight Muay Thai Grand Prix but has withdrawn from that tournament.

Top contenders

bantamweight fight between  top contenders Stephen Loman and Bibiano Fernandes has been added to the ONE on Prime Video 4 card. The two men will face off at the Singapore Indoor Stadium on November 18th.

Fernandes (24-5) is the former bantamweight champion. He lost the belt after being stopped by John Lineker but remains the #1 contender in the division.

Loman (16-2) is ranked #4 after winning two fights out of two for ONE Championship. The former Brave bantamweight champion believes this could be a title eliminator,

“Bibiano’s one of the top contenders still in the division so a win here and I could be next in line for the title.”

Familiar foe

This will be the fifth time that Fernandes has faced an opponent from Team Lakay. Head coach Mark Sangiao is very familiar with the Brazilian and is interested to see how he responds after losing to Lineker last time out,

“He could be really motivated coming from that loss against Lineker. It’s either he’s frustrated or motivated. We’ll see. We all know Bibiano hasn’t experienced defeat in a long time. Of course that loss will certainly serve as a big lesson for him, either way, we’re preparing for him to the best that we can.”

Fernandes holds three wins over Kevin Belingon from Team Lakay but the Filipino did beat him by split decision in 2018, one of only two losses the former champion has suffered during his ONE Championship career. Sangiao will be looking to replicate that achievement and earn Loman a title shot in the process.

Prime time

The promotion recently signed a broadcast deal with Amazon Prime which will see cards streamed live on the platform every month for five years. The inaugural card last month was headlined by a flyweight title fight between Adriano Moraes and Demetrious Johnson.

ONE on Prime Video 2 took place at the Singapore Indoor Stadium on Saturday morning last month. Xiong Jing Nan beat Angela Lee by decision in the main event.

ONE on Prime Video 4, Singapore, November 18th
Kiamrian Abbasov vs. Christian Lee (For welterweight title)
Muay Thai: Rodtang Jitmuangnon vs. Joseph Lasiri (For flyweight title)
Stephen Loman vs. Bibiano Fernandes (Bantamweight)
Muay Thai: Jonathan Haggerty vs. Vladimir Kuzmin (Flyweight)
Kwon Won Il vs. Mark Abelardo (Bantamweight)