ONE Fight Night 22 will have a distinctly Chinese feel as kickboxing legend Wei Rui is one of three fighters from the country added to the May 4th Bangkok card. will have.
Wei Rui is scheduled to face Hiroki Akimoto in a bantamweight kickboxing match. The Japanese fighter is a former champion and the No. 1 ranked fighter in his division, and the winner will be in prime position to take Jonathan Haggerty's belt.
In the flyweight division, Fu Yong (12-4) faced Reece McLaren (16-9) in an MMA bout. The Chinese fighter is on a three-fight winning streak and could break into the top five for the first time with a win.
Experienced lightweight Zhang Lipeng (34-12-2) will face Swiss mixed martial artist Maurice Abbey (7-1), who is 10 years his junior, for the first time this year, with both fighters receiving stoppages in the first round. We are winning.
The only man to defeat Abebi is Khalil Amir, who will face Akbar Abdullaev in a featherweight bout between undefeated fighters with all the qualifications for a title eliminator.
Amir and Abdullaev both have identical records of 10 wins and 0 losses, and both will be relegated to featherweight for this fight. Reigning champion Tang Kai will be keeping an eye on the winner as he considers whether he will be his next opponent.
As previously announced, ONE Fight Night 22 will be headlined by a strawweight Muay Thai title bout. Reigning champion Smila Sander will face rising star Natalia Diatchkova in an all-European match.
Meanwhile, three more matches have been added to the ONE 167 card. Liam Harrison has made his long-awaited return to action, taking on Katsuki Kitano in a bantamweight Muay Thai bout.
Harrison hasn't fought since challenging Non-O Hama for his bantamweight belt in 2022. The British player suffered a serious knee injury during that defeat.
Prior to this loss, the 38-year-old was on a five-fight winning streak, while Kitano had won his past seven fights.
The event will be held at Impact Arena on June 8th. Current ONE Championship Lightweight Submission Grappling Champion Cade Ruotolo will make his MMA debut.
Ruotolo, a BJJ black belt, defeated Francisco Rho at ONE Fight Night 21 last weekend.
He faced Blake Cooper (2-1). The Hawaiian comes from a famous fighting family and will be looking to bounce back from his stoppage loss to Abebi at ONE Fight Night 14.
Another match added to the card is a bantamweight submission grappling match between Mikey Moussi and Gabriel Souza. The American holds the flyweight title but is moving up a weight class to face the Brazilian newcomer.
As previously announced, the event will be headlined by an atomweight MMA bout. Stamp Fairtex has the title on the line against his former teammate Dennis Zamboanga.
In the semi-main event, Tawanchai PK Saenchai Muay Thai Gym will once again face Joe Nattawut in an all-tie title match. The former has the featherweight Muay Thai belt on the line.
