ONE 163: Akimoto vs. Petchtanong will be a Combat sport event held by ONE Championship on November 18, 2022 at the Singapore in Kallang, Singapore.
Fight Card
Main Card
Bantamweight 66 kg Japan Hiroki Akimoto (c) vs. Thailand Petchtanong Petchfergus Kickboxing Bantamweight Championship
Heavyweight 120 kg Ukraine Roman Kryklia vs. Iran Iraj Azizpour Kickboxing Heavyweight Grand Prix Final
Lightweight 77 kg Japan Shinya Aoki vs. Russia Saygid Izagakhmaev
Middleweight 93 kg Japan Yushin Okami vs. Myanmar Aung La Nsang
Women's Atomweight 52 kg Japan Itsuki Hirata vs. South Korea Seo Hee Ham
Bantamweight 66 kg South Korea Kwon Won Il vs. New Zealand Mark Abelardo
Preliminary Card
Flyweight 61 kg Japan Yuya Wakamatsu vs. South Korea Woo Sung Hoon
Lightweight 77 kg Pakistan Ahmed Mujtaba vs. Brazil Abraao Amorim
Strawweight 57 kg Japan Asahi Shinagawa vs. Portugal Rui Botelho Muay Thai
Heavyweight 120 kg Brazil Bruno Chaves vs. Bosnia and Herzegovina Ahmed Krnjic Kickboxing
W.Strawweight 57 kg Japan Milena Kaori vs. Brazil Bianca Basilio Submission Grappling
Featherweight 70 kg Ukraine Kirill Gorobets vs. Brazil Bruno Pucci
Background
The main event will feature ONE Bantamweight Kickboxing Champion Hiroki Akimoto defending his title against Petchtanong Petchfergus, an Electric Kickboxing World Title Fight.
After stringing together four straight victories inside the Circle, former WFKO Kyokushin Karate World Champion Hiroki Akimoto put on the performance of his career to capture the ONE Bantamweight Kickboxing World Title from Capitan Petchyindee in one of the year’s best firefights at ONE X.
Now, the 30-year-old Japanese superstar will face another Thai legend in his first World Title defense, as he takes on challenger Petchtanong Petchfergus.
The owner of more than 350 career wins, 37-year-old Petchtanong comes into this bout following a three-round shellacking of Zhang Chenglong at ONE: REVOLUTION.
With both men typically fighting at a blistering pace, this southpaw-versus-orthodox matchup has the makings of an all-out war.
Rivals Meet In Heavyweight Kickboxing Grand Prix Final.
The co-main event will see massive heavyweights collide in a trilogy fight to determine the winner of the ONE Heavyweight Kickboxing World Grand Prix.
Reigning light heavyweight kickboxing king Roman Kryklia hopes to win the rubber match against longtime rival Iraj Azizpour and take home the tournament’s prestigious silver belt in the process.
Tall, lanky, and brutally powerful, the Ukrainian superstar has won all four of his bouts inside the Circle, three of which had the ONE Light Heavyweight Kickboxing World Title on the line.
The Iranian, though, is no pushover. Like Kryklia, the power-punching Azizpour is undefeated in ONE Championship, and he knows that a victory here would firmly establish him as the Middle East’s next breakout star.
Adding to the stakes, the tournament winner will also cement himself as the leading contender for the inaugural ONE Heavyweight Kickboxing World Title.
Legend Meets Phenom In Clash Of Lightweight Contenders.
The highly touted protege of MMA great Khabib Nurmagomedov, Dagestani sensation and #4-ranked lightweight contender Saygid Izagakhmaev will face the stiffest test of his career when squares off with former lightweight king Shinya Aoki.
In what could play out as a grappler’s delight, the surging Russian hopes to use his relentless wrestling and submission attack to overwhelm fellow ground specialist Aoki, possibly landing him in a World Title fight next.
However, #5-ranked Aoki is a true legend of the game and owns one of the most potent submission arsenals in history.
The Japanese icon could keep himself in the World Title hunt and stop the meteoric rise of his opponent with a victory on Saturday.
Asia’s Top Middleweight MMA Fighters Battle For Supremacy.
Former ONE Middleweight and Light Heavyweight World Champion Aung La N Sang is excited to finally take on Japanese MMA icon Yushin Okami in a battle for Asian MMA supremacy.
The owner of 37 impressive victories over world-class competition, Okami has long been considered one of the best fighters to come out of Japan.
It makes sense, then, that “The Burmese Python” wants to measure himself against such a legend.
In this intriguing matchup, he’ll see how his dangerous stand-up game fares against Okami’s gritty takedowns and suffocating top control.
Atomweights Aim For Next World Title Shot.
Japanese prodigy Itsuki Hirata will be thrown into the fire when she battles #2-ranked atomweight contender and longtime South Korean star Ham Seo Hee.
At 23 years old, Hirata will test her endless gas tank and crushing judo against the ferocious kickboxing and veteran savvy of 35-year-old “Hamzzang.”
Their clash of styles – youth versus experience and grappling versus striking – makes for a fun fight just as much as the high stakes attached to it.
Expect both women to try to impose their respective wills from the opening bell, as each athlete surely knows that a win could lead to a shot at reigning atomweight queen Angela Lee.
