ONE is back on 22 April with another STACKED
lineup headlined by two World Title fights 🙌 Which matchups are YOU
excited about?#WeAreONE
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April 7, 2022
With any luck, the days of tape-delayed One Championship fight cards are now completely
in the past.
Via press release on Thursday morning, One has announced the
entirety of the lineup of its next fight card, which will air live
on April 22. Titled both “Reloaded”
and “Eersel vs. Sadikovic,” 16 fights of various disciplines
will go down inside of the Singapore Indoor Stadium in Kallang,
Singapore. The main event will draw a 170-pound kickboxing title
fight between Regian
Eersel and Arian
Sadikovic, while the co-headliner comes under muay Thai rules
when Smilla Sundell and Jackie Buntan vie for the vacant 125-pound
strap. Additionally, 10 MMA fights will be sprinkled throughout the
card.
The top-billed MMA match comes at 125 pounds in the company’s
strawweight division, and top-ranked competitors Bokang
Masunyane (8-0) and Jarred
Brooks (18-2, 1 NC) will throw down with their sights set on a
title shot. Unbeaten as a professional, South Africa’s Masunyane
has rattled off a pair of wins under the One banner, including a
decision over Ryuto
Sawada and a brutal 37-second head kick knockout of Rene
Catalan at the end of 2020. Brooks too is unbeaten in two trips
to the One cage, tapping Lito
Adiwang in 2021 and winning on the scorecards over Koha Minowa
in January. The winner may punch his ticket to a crack at the gold
around Joshua
Pacio’s waist.
Other featured MMA fights on the card include a heavyweight
collision between grappling sensation “Buchecha” Marcus
Almeida (2-0) and “Reug Reug” Oumar Kane
(3-1), a 135-pound affair between Namiki
Kawahara (7-4-1, 1 NC) and Danial
Williams (4-1) and the 125-pound tilt of ex-champ Yosuke
Saruta (21-10-3) vs. 2012 Olympic wrestler Gustavo
Balart (9-4). Additionally, a submission grappling match will
reside low on the preliminary portion of the event, as Masakazu
Imanari takes on Mikey Musumeci at 143 pounds.
One “Eersel vs. Sadikovic” Lineup:
Regian
Eersel vs. Arian
Sadikovic – 170-pound kickboxing championship
Smilla Sundell vs. Jackie Buntan – 125-pound muay Thai
championship
Bokang
Masunyane vs. Jarred
Brooks – 125-pound MMA
Liam Harrison vs. Muangthai PK.Saenchai – 145-pound muay Thai
Marcus
Almeida vs. Oumar Kane –
heavyweight MMA
Namiki
Kawahara vs. Danial
Williams – 125-pound MMA
Yosuke
Saruta vs. Gustavo
Balart – 125-pound MMA
Andre Stoica vs. Giannis
Stoforidis – 225-pound kickboxing
Anissa
Meksen vs. Marie
Ruumet – 115-pound muay Thai
Windson
Ramos vs. Sung Hoon
Woo – 135-pound MMA
Rui
Chen vs. Min Jong
Song – 145-pound MMA
Ayaka
Miura vs. Dayane
de Souza Cardoso – 125-pound MMA
Abraao
Amorim Magalhaes vs. Dae Song
Park – 170-pound MMA
Agilan
Thani vs. Tae Ho Jin –
185-pound MMA
Masakazu
Imanari vs. Mikey Musumeci – 143-pound grappling
Keanu
Subba vs. James Yang –
155-pound MMA