ONE Fighting Championship has finalized 10 bouts for its upcoming ONE FC 8: Kings & Champions event, which is set to got down on April 5th at the Singapore Indoor Stadium situated in Singapore.
Officials announced the fight card on Tuesday morning (Singapore time), via Facebook.
The event will be streamed ‘LIVE’ in Asia on Starsports. Fans from outside the continent can catch the action via ‘LIVE’ streaming at www.onefc.livesport.tv. The under card fights will be available for viewing free-of-charge and the main card fights will be available for purchase at just US$9.99.
In the main event, former DREAM title-holder Shinya Aoki (32-6) will have a crack at ONE FC gold when he takes on reigning Lightweight champion, Kotetsu Boku (20-7-2). In the second featured bout of the evening, former UFC veteran Brock Larson (36-7) contests striking specialist, Melvin Manhoef (27-9-1).
The semi-finals of the promotion’s inaugural Bantamweight Grand Prix will also take place on April 5th, featuring the likes of Jens Pulver (27-17-1), Masakatsu Ueda (16-2-2), Thanh Vu (3-1) and Kevin Belingon (10-2).
Singapore’s very own Ronald Low (1-0), will kick-off proceedings by taking on Muayfit’s Chen Yu Ting (0-0).
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 full fight card:
- Kotetsu Boku vs. Shinya Aoki (For ONE FC Lightweight strap)
- Brock Larson vs. Melvin Manhoef
- Jens Pulver vs. Masakatsu Ueda (ONE FC Bantamweight Grand Prix Semi Final match-up)
- Thanh Vu vs. Kevin Belingon (ONE FC Bantamweight Grand Prix Semi Final match-up)
- Arnaud Lepont vs. Eddie Ng
- Yusup Saadulaev vs. Leandro Issa
- Rene Catalan vs. Alex Silva
- Bashir Ahmad vs. Shannon Wiratchai
- Nuur Muhammad vs. Jake Butler
- Chen Yun Ting vs. Ronald Loh
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