China’s top pound-for-pound kickboxer has
ARRIVED in ONE Super Series! Who’s FIRST?
#WeAreONE
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June 21, 2021
One Championship has made some significant additions to its
roster.
The Singapore-based promotion announced Sunday that it has signed
Chinese kickboxing standout Qui Jianliang, who is a multiple time
world champion and ranked No. 1 in the world at super featherweight
(150 pounds) by Combat Press. Jianliang, who will compete in One’s
Super Series, owns a 51-7 career mark and has won his last 17 bouts
overall.
“I am very honored to join ONe Championship, the world’s largest
martial arts organization. I am excited to take my professional
fighting career to the next level,” Jianlinag said in a release.
“Right now, Xiong Jing Nan is the only Chinese One world champion,
but that will soon change. I want to make history as the first-ever
male ONE world champion from China.”
One Championship also announced the signing of a pair of mixed
martial artists: “The Ultimate Fighter: China” winner Lipeng
Zhang and Banma
Duoji.
The 30-year-old Zhang owns a 30-11-1 career mark since beginning
his professional tenure in 2009. He won “TUF: China” in 2014 and
went 2-2 in UFC competition, posting victories over Sai Wang and
Brendan O’Reilly while falling to Chris Wade
and Kajan
Johnson. The 31-year-old Phuket Top Team representative has not
fought since September 2019.
China’s Duoji has won 10 of his first 11 professional outings, with
all of his triumphs coming via knockout or technical knockout.
Duoji also notably played the role of “Bear” in the 2018 film
“Golden
Belt.”