ONE: ‘Age of Dragons’ is set for Beijing on November 16th and will feature the MMA debut of Ritu Phogat. The Indian has a new opponent with Cindy Tiong replaced by Nam Hee Kim.
In 2016 Phogat won gold at the Commonwealth Wrestling Championship in Singapore in the 48kgs category. She and her sisters were the subject of Dangal, the highest grossing movie in Indian history.
Earlier this year she relocated to Singapore to join Evolve MMA and at ONE: ‘Age of Dragons’ she will be fighting for the first time. Kim (1-0) hails from Korea and made her debut on a Road FC card earlier this year.
The featherweight fight between Ma Jia Wen and Shinechagtga Zoltsetseg is no longer on the card. In total there will be 11 bouts in Beijing with Ilias Ennahachi defending his flyweight kickboxing belt against Wang Wenfeng in the main event.
The co-headliner also features a kickboxing title fight. Tarik Khbabez and Roman Kryklia face off in a bout that will have the inaugural light heavyweight strap on the line.
Local interest is provided by the presence of atomweight Meng Bo who holds a 2013 win over newly crowned UFC bantamweight champion Weili Zhang and strawweight Miao Li Tao who will be looking to score his fourth straight ONE Championship win.
The card also features Yodsaenklai Fairtex who is based permanently in China.
ONE: ‘Age of Dragons’, Beijing, November 16th
Kickboxing: Ilias Ennahachi (c) vs. Wang Wenfeng (For Flyweight Title)
Tarik Khbabez vs. Roman Kryklia (For Inaugural Light Heavyweight Title)
Meng Bo vs. Laura Balin (Atomweight)
Kickboxing: Yodsaenklai Fairtex vs. Sasha Moisa (Featherweight)
Miao Li Tao vs. Jeremy Miado (Strawweight)
Kickboxing: Jorina Baars vs. Christina Breuer (Featherweight)
Ritu Phogat vs. Nam Hee Kim (Atomweight)
Yusup Saadulaev vs. Daichi Takenaka (Bantamweight)
Muay Thai: Enriko Kehl vs. Armen Petrosyan (Catchweight)
Tang Kai vs. Edward Kelly (Featherweight)
Hexigetu vs. Ramon Gonzales (Strawweight)
