Complete card announced for ONE: BEYOND THE HORIZON

The largest global sports media property in Asian history, ONE Championship™, has just announced the complete card for ONE: BEYOND THE HORIZON, set for Saturday, 8 September at the Baoshan Arena in Shanghai, China. Once again, the absolute best in local and international martial arts talent will take to the ONE ring to showcase their skills. In the main event, reigning ONE Women’s Strawweight World Champion The Panda Xiong Jing Nan of China will defend her title against Samara Marituba Santos of Brazil.

Xiong Jing Nan vs Samara Santos for the ONE Women’s Strawweight World Championship
Honorio Banario vs Amir Khan (MMA)
Edward Kelly vs Christian Lee (MMA)
Ognjen Topic vs Tukkatatong Petpayathai (ONE Super Series Kickboxing)
Roman Alvarez vs Daichi Takenaka (MMA)
Han Zi Hao vs Stergos Mikkios (ONE Super Series Muay Thai)
Chen Lei vs Muhammad Aiman (MMA)
Daniel Dawson vs Mustapha Haida (ONE Super Series Kickboxing)
Hakim Hamech vs Yukinori Ogasawara (ONE Super Series Muay Thai)
Phat Soda vs Elipitua Siregar (MMA)

Main Event

The Panda Xiong Jing Nan of China is the reigning ONE Women’s Strawweight World Champion. With a professional record of 15-1, Xiong began her career competing in professional boxing and was inspired by her father, who imparted in her values of courage and integrity. Featuring a wide array of skills, The Panda bagged a gold medal at the prestigious China Open Brazilian jiu-jitsu tournament in 2017. In her last bout, she defeated Laura Balin to successfully retain her ONE Women’s Strawweight World Championship for the first time. Up next, the 30-year-old defends her title against Samara Santos.

Samara Marituba Santos of Brazil is a 25-year-old female mixed martial artist who is set to make her promotional debut at ONE: BEYOND THE HORIZON. A former Salcaterra Marajo Fight Strawweight Champion, Santos has gained solid experience competing largely in her home country of Brazil for the majority of her career. She has amassed a 12-5-1 record over the past three years as a professional, including six wins by submission. In her first appearance in ONE, Santos will take on defending ONE Women’s Strawweight World Champion Xiong Jing Nan.

Co Main

Former ONE Featherweight World Champion Honorio The Rock Banario is originally from a small farming town in the mountainous Benguet region of the Philippines. Banario earned a wushu scholarship to attend the Cordillera Career Development College in Baguio, and won several national tournaments. Although he spent most of his time competing against Team Lakay, he was intrigued by an invitation to train with them, and decided to take it up. Under the guidance of head coach Mark Sangiao, he developed into one of the team’s top talents. In recent years, The Rock has proven to be one of the most dangerous competitors atop ONE’s lightweight division. He takes on Amir Khan next.

Former Singaporean Muay Thai champion Amir Khan moved to the United States to attend high school in Louisiana, where he began cross-training in wrestling and Brazilian jiu-jitsu under BJJ black belt Relson Gracie. Upon returning to Singapore in 2014, Khan joined Evolve MMA and became a part of its famed competition team. He then joined ONE that same year, and has since accumulated several highlight-reel finishes, highlighting his immense talent and growing skills. In his most recent bout, Khan stopped South Korean Sung Jong Lee with punches in the second round. Up next, Khan takes on veteran Honorio Banario.

ONE: BEYOND THE HORIZON on Saturday, 8 September at Baoshan Arena, Shanghai, China will stream live and free on the SUPER APP – Download here: http://bit.ly/ONEApp

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