Credit: OneChampionship
Credit: OneChampionship
Credit: OneChampionship
Kyrgyzstan native Kiamrian
Abbasov will defend his welterweight title for the first time
against American James
Nakashima at One Championship “Inside the Matrix 2” on Nov. 6
at Singapore Indoor Stadium.
Prime Fight Management, which represents Abbasov, first brought
word of the matchup. Abbasov’s title defense against Nakashima was
scheduled for April, but it was postponed several times due to the
COVID-19 pandemic.
In 2016, Abbasov became the champion of the Prime Selection Grand
Prix and also won the MixFace/Tech-Krep FC Grand Prix belt, scoring
three victories in one evening. In February 2018, the athlete
signed a One Championship contract and three weeks later had a
10-bout winning streak snapped in a unanimous decision loss to
Luis
Santos.
Abbasov rebounded to finish Agilan
Thani and Yushin Okami
under the One banner before claiming the title with a five-round
verdict over Zebaztian
Kadestam last October. Abbasov owns a 22-4 career mark and has
finished 10 of his wins by knockout and four via submission.
A former Legacy Fighting Alliance champion, Nakashima is unbeaten
in 12 professional appearances. Since signing with One in 2018, the
32-year-old MMA Lab representative has earned victories over
Raimond
Magomedaliev, Luis Santos
and Yushin
Okami. All but one of Naskashima’s professional triumphs has
come via decision.