ONE Championship has announced the full card for ONE: IMMORTAL PURSUIT, set for 24 November at the Singapore Indoor Stadium.
Angela ‘Unstoppable’ Lee vs. Mei ‘V.V’ Yamaguchi
Ben ‘Funky’ Askren vs. Shinya ‘Tobikan Judan’ Aoki
Leandro ‘Brodinho’ Issa vs. Andrew Leone
Adrian ‘The Hunter’ Pang vs. Amir Khan
Li Kai Wen vs. Ahmed ‘The Wolverine’ Mujtaba
May ‘Mighty’ OoiM vs. Srey Khouch
Arnaud ‘The Game’ Lepont vs. Richard ‘Lion Heart’ Corminal
Yang ‘The Pugilist’ Fei vs. Waqar Umar
Tiffany ‘Soul Crusher’ Teo vs. Pooja Tomar
Litao Miao vs. Khun Khmer
In the main event, reigning ONE Women’s Atomweight World Champion Unstoppable Angela Lee will defend her title against Japanese martial arts veteran Mei V.V Yamaguchi in a highly-anticipated rematch. In the evening’s co-main event, reigning ONE Welterweight World Champion Ben Funky Askren will defend his title against former ONE Lightweight World Champion Shinya Tobikan Judan Aoki. It is Askren’s final bout as a professional before he retires from the cage, and takes an executive position with ONE Championship.
Lee, 21, of Singapore is considered one of ONE Championship’s most outstanding athletes. She captured the inaugural ONE Women’s Atomweight World Championship with an awe-inspiring victory over Mei Yamaguchi in 2016, and has since then defended the title successfully on two occasions. Lee’s beautiful combination of elite striking and grappling has proven to be a potent formula for success, as she has remained unbeaten in her career. In the most recent bout of an impressive run, Lee dominated top contender Istela Nunes, showcasing her wide array of skills. She now returns to Singapore to defend her title against Mei Yamaguchi in a much-anticipated rematch.
34-year old Japanese martial arts veteran Mei V.V Yamaguchi is a female atomweight standout and a former ONE world title challenger from Tokyo. She is the DEEP Jewels Featherweight Champion, and owns seven submissions and two knockouts in her 27-bout professional career. In 2016, Yamaguchi challenged Angela Lee for the inaugural ONE Women’s Atomweight World Championship in an epic showdown that would later win multiple ‘Bout of the Year’ honors from international media publications. In her last bout, Yamaguchi submitted top contender Jenny Huang impressively within two rounds. With the victory, Yamaguchi earned the right to challenge for the world title once more opposite the champion Angela Lee.
A former NCAA Division I All-American and US Olympian, Ben Funky Askren is a collegiate wrestling legend and one of the finest martial artists in the world today. Askren joined ONE Championship in 2014, taking the promotion by storm and capturing the ONE Welterweight World Championship with a resounding technical knockout victory over Nobutatsu Suzuki. Since then, Askren has successfully defended the title twice, and has stopped six of his last seven opponents to maintain a perfect 17-0 professional record.
Global martial arts veteran Shinya Tobikan Judan Aoki of Shizuoka, Japan, is one of the world’s most decorated athletes. He is the DREAM Lightweight Champion, former Shooto Welterweight Champion, and the former ONE Lightweight World Champion. The 34-year-old Aoki is a Brazilian jiu-jitsu black belt under the famed Yuki Nakai and has won multiple grappling tournaments all over the world. Aoki also holds a black belt in judo and is widely considered one of the best pure grapplers in professional martial arts competition today.
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