Simply over per week since ONE Championship introduced its return to Japan, the world’s largest martial arts group has unveiled its headline sights for ONE 173: Superbon vs. Noiri.
Championship Doubleheader to Cap ONE 173 In November
Two World Title bouts will probably be readily available inside Tokyo, Japan’s Ariake Enviornment throughout ONE 173. ONE Featherweight Kickboxing World Champion Superbon takes on interim king Masaaki Noiri.
In the meantime within the co-main occasion of ONE 173, reigning ONE Heavyweight MMA World Champion “Reug Reug” Oumar Kane rematches two-weight ONE MMA World Champion Anatoly Malykhin on Sunday, November 16.
Superbon Seeking to Defend Featherweight Kickboxing Title at ONE 173
After earlier reigns, Superbon was reunited with the featherweight kickboxing strap in April 2024 after a powerful five-round victory over Marat Grigorian at ONE Friday Fights 58.
He then tried his luck in opposition to reigning ONE Featherweight Muay Thai World Champion Tawanchai PK Saenchai this previous January at ONE 170, however fell to a second-round knockout defeat in opposition to his compatriot.
Superbon has licked his wounds and he now returns to his bread and butter to remind the world of his prowess in ONE 173, however his Japanese foe is out to capitalize on current momentum.
Noiri Hungry to Unify Belt Nov. 16
Noiri struggled to seek out his ft when he first landed in ONE Championship with choice losses to Sitthichai Sitsongpeenong and Liu Mengyang, however he rapidly made up for these this previous January.
The 32-year-old bounced again extremely, brutalizing Shakir Al-Tekreeti with leg kicks to attain a second-round knockout victory.
That led him to a whopping showdown in opposition to Tawanchai in his hometown of Tokyo, Japan, this previous March at ONE 172, the place he stopped the Thai star within the third spherical to choose up the interim gold and cement a shot at Superbon later this yr.
In his return to The Land of the Rising Solar in November, Noiri seems to unify the gold, whereas Superbon hopes to cement his legacy that rather more.
“Reug Reug” Appears to Win Second Straight Over Malykhin in ONE 173
The co-main occasion sees a big battle play out in additional methods than one as Kane seems to point out his victory over Malykhin final November at ONE 169 was no such fluke.
The Senegalese standout shocked the world in dethroning Malykhin after 5 hard-fought rounds in Bangkok, Thailand’s Lumpinee Stadium final yr. He used his persistence to outpoint the aggressive Russian, permitting him to develop into the primary African ONE World Champion and hand his rival the primary lack of his skilled MMA profession.
This time round, Malykhin has promised that lightning gained’t strike twice. “Sladkiy’s” indomitable rise to the highest of ONE noticed him develop into a three-weight king concurrently – the one man to ever do it. And he’s wanting to reclaim that gold and regain his spot because the baddest man within the land of the giants.
