The 8th installment of ONE Fighting Championship is set to invade Singapore once again in a little under 8 weeks, and the fight card is already beginning to shape up rather nicely.
First reported by the folks at BloodyElbow.com, a Bantamweight tilt pitting Russia’s Yusup Saadulaev (9-2) and Evolve MMA’s Leandro Issa (10-3) has been slated for ONE FC 8: Kings & Champions. Headlined by a Lightweight Championship scrap between current 155-lbs title-holder Kotetsu Boku and Shinya Aoki, ONE FC 8: Kings & Champions is set to go down on April 5th, at the Singapore Indoor Stadium situated in Singapore.
Saadulaev opened his professional MMA career with an impressive 8-0 record, before suffering the first setback of his career at the hands of Rodolfo Marques Diniz at DREAM 17. He did, however, garner a stoppage victory over Hideo Tokoro at DREAM – Fight for Japan soon afterwards, but fell short once again in his promotional ONE FC debut against Team Lakay’s Kevin Belingon.
Leandro Issa, meanwhile, is based out of the famed Evolve MMA camp in Singapore. The Brazilian is 2-1 in his stint with ONE FC, and was last seen at ONE FC 6: Rise of Kings where he suffered a defeat in his grudge bout with South-Korean starlet, Soo Chul Kim. ‘Brodinho’ has a handful of world-class training partners at his disposal in Evolve MMA, and will be looking to set up a 3rd meeting with the reigning ONE FC 135-lbs champion.
Keep it locked to MMASucka.com as we bring you more news and updates with regards to this event.
As it stands, here’s the updated fight card for ONE FC 8: Kings and Champions:
- Kotetsu Boku vs. Shinya Aoki (For ONE FC Lightweight strap)
- Arnaud Lepont vs. Eddie Ng
- Leandro Issa vs. Yusup Saadulaev
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