Mexican standout Josue Cruz
will look to earn his first ONE
Championship win against Sean Climaco in a three-round muay
thai contest contracted for 135 pounds at
ONE Fight Night 22 on May 3. Sherdog confirmed the bout, which
will go down at Lumpinee Boxing Stadium in Bangkok, with sources
close to the negotiations Thursday morning.
Cruz will be returning to action for the first time since May 2022,
when he suffered a first-round knockout loss to Walter
Goncalves in his ONE Championship debut. “Tuzo,” the first
fighter born in Mexico to compete for ONE, was undefeated in 17 pro
outings leading up to his first and only career loss.
Meanwhile, Climaco, a Filipino American based in San Jose,
California, is set to make his promotional debut after winning Road
to ONE 2023 with a technical knockout over Malcolm
Hill in the series finale last September.
ONE Fight Night 22 will air live on Amazon Prime in the United
States and Canada on Friday, May 3, and will be headlined by a
125-pound women’s muay thai world title tilt pitting champion
Smilla
Sundell against top contender Natalia
Diachkova.