One of many all-time greatest submission artist in MMA is returning to grappling on Dec. 6, as Japanese icon Shinya Aoki faces Cole Abate in a submission grappling contest at ONE’s upcoming present in Singapore, the corporate introduced Tuesday.
Aoki final entered the ONE cage in January, tapping out John Lineker in a last-minute openweight bout, after the Brazilian changed Sage Northcutt.
“Tobikan Judan” misplaced 4 in a row previous to that, twice in MMA — knockouts to Saygid Izagakhmaev and Yoshihiro Akiyama —, and twice beneath grappling guidelines, to younger jiu-jitsu stars Kade Ruotolo and Mikey Musumeci.
Abate, 22 years youthful than Aoki, is a black belt beneath Guilherme Lemos. He gained the ADCC East Coast Trials in 2021 at age 16 — and as a blue belt —, and just lately gained the 2024 IBJJF Pan Championship No-Gi.
ONE Struggle Night time 26 card will air dwell on Amazon Prime and have a MMA title bout between Christian Lee and Alibeg Rasulov in the primary occasion.
