ONE Championship will present ONE: Only The Brave on Friday, January 28, but its ONE Featherweight Kickboxing World Grand Prix main event has been shaken up.
Marat Grigorian will no longer compete at the event due to COVID-19 health and safety protocols. The result means an alternate will get the opportunity to slide into his slot and go for glory. That man will be Smokin’ Jo Nattwut, who will now take on Chingiz Allazov in the new co-main event.
Promoted into the top spot on the bill will be Sitthichai Sitsongpeenong vs. Davit Kiria, the other semifinal bout and a trilogy bout between the two familiar strikers.
The price for winning the ONE Featherweight Kickboxing World Grand Prix will not only be the coveted silver belt but a shot at the gold currently held by Superbon after his sterling knockout of Giorgio Petrosyan last year.
Ivan Kondratev will fill in for Nattawu against Dovydas Rimkus. The matchup will be the featured lead card bout prior to the main card kicking off.
Those were not the only changes. Former ONE Welterweight World Champion Zebaztian Kadestam was also removed due to a non-COVID-related illness.
Hiroyuki Tetsuka will not meet Edson Marquez. The Brazilian is 9-1 in his professional career, and this will be his second time stepping inside the Circle.
Bantamweights Purev Otgonjargal and Micael De Jesus also join the card as the event’s first bout. The mixed martial arts contest will set the tone for the evening.
ONE: Only The Brave airs on Bleacher Report’s YouTube channel on Friday, January 28, at 7:30 a.m. EST/4:30 a.m. PST.
