One
Championship “Empower” has a new date, as the all-female card
topped by an strawweight title bout and the opening round of the
atomweight grand prix will go down on Sept. 3.
In the evening’s main event, reigning One strawweight (125-pound)
champion Jingnan
Xiong will square off against Michelle
Nicolini. Additionally, four atomweight (115-pound) grand prix
quarterfinal matchups were confirmed: Seo Hee Ham
vs. Denice
Zamboanga; Meng Bo vs.
Ritu
Phogat; Alyona
Rassohyna vs. Nong Stamp
and Itsuki
Hirata vs. Alyse
Anderson.
Meanwhile, Mei
Yamaguchi will face Julie
Mezabarba, while Grace
Cleveland will meet the Bi
Nguyen/Jenelyn Olsim winner in a pair of grand prix alternate
bouts. Two non-MMA bouts round out the card: Anissa
Meksen vs. Cristina Morales in an atomweight kickboxing affair
and Jackie Buntan vs. Daniela Lopez in a strawweight muay Thai
clash.
One Championship Empower takes place at Singapore Indoor Stadium in
Singapore and can be viewed on the One Super App. Further broadcast
details have yet to be revealed.
Xiong has been victorious in 15 of her 17 professional outings thus
far, which includes a 6-1 mark under the One Championship banner.
Most recently, the Phuket Top Team representative outpointed
Tiffany
Teo in a title defense at One “Inside the Matrix” this past
October.
A native of Sao Paulo, Brazil, Nicolini will return to action for
the first time since besting Angela Lee
at One “Masters of Destiny” in July 2019. The 39-year-old Evolve
MMA product is 4-1 within the Singapore-based promotion and 6-2 as
a professional overall.