The BIGGEST kickboxing event of the year is
on 15 October at ONE: FIRST STRIKE Don’t miss Giorgio Petrosyan and
Superbon’s World Title clash, Rodtang’s return, the ONE
Featherweight Kickboxing World Grand Prix quarterfinals, and MORE!
#ONEFirstStrike
#WeAreONE
#ONEChampionship pic.twitter.com/7lsjnq1Qz4— ONE Championship (@ONEChampionship)
September 7, 2021
For the first time, there will be no mixed martial arts bouts on a
One
Championship card.
On Tuesday morning, One Championship announced that its upcoming
“One: First Strike” bill would feature just muay Thai and
kickboxing fights. In the main event, the 2019 One kickboxing
featherweight grand prix champion Giorgio Petrosyan will collide
with Superbon Banchamek to crown the first featherweight kickboxing
titleholder in the Singapore-based promotion’s history.
Petrosyan is currently looking for his seventh victory under One’s
banner. In his latest appearance, the Italian outclassed Davit
Kiria en route to a decision victory in the co-main event of “One:
Fists of Fury.” Superbon will put his 10-bout winning streak —
that includes a decision victory over Sitthichai Sitsongpeenong at
“One: No Surrender” — on the line.
In the co-main event, current flyweight muay Thai champion Rodtang
Jitmuangnon locks horns with Daniel Puertas in a flyweight
kickboxing bout. The 24-year old Thai is pursuing his 11th straight
victory in One, while Puertas is making his promotional debut.
The rest of the card will see the quarterfinals of the latest One
featherweight kickboxing grand prix that will determine the new No.
1 contender for whoever will come out a winner in the
Petrosyan-Superbon clash. The pairings see Marat Grigorian facing
Andy
Souwer, Sitthichai Sitsongpeenong battling Tayfun Ozcan, Samy
Sana taking on Chingiz Allazov and Enriko Kehl taking on Davit
Kiria.
In the lead card’s featured fight, Saemapetch Fairtex meets
Tawanchai PK.Saenchai Muaythaigym in a muay Thai bantamweight
affair. The card will open with three kickboxing features as Rade
Opacic opposes Patrick
Schmid at heavyweight, Zhang Chunyu and Dovydas
Rimkus, Jo Nattawut and Yurik Davtyan go one on one at
featherweight.
“One: First Strike” will go down on Friday, Oct. 15. At the moment
of writing, the promotion hasn’t yet revealed the official venue
for the card.