ONE Championship appears intent on having a huge success in the US this year after announcing two superfights as co-headliners of the September event in Denver.
The women's MMA strawweight title fight will see China's Xiong Jingnan take on Stamp Fairtex, while Superlek Kiat Mu9 is expected to take on Jonathan Haggerty for the British fighter's bantamweight Muay Thai title. .
Stamp and Superlec are both champions and will move up in weight for their highly anticipated matchup at ONE 168 on September 6th.
Xiong (18-2) is the only female mixed martial artist to hold the promotion's strawweight title, and famously fought Angela Lee three times and won twice.
And while the Chinese fighter's past four MMA bouts have all been huge successes, and he has faced criticism for being boring in the ring, the 36-year-old is undefeated in nine fights at strawweight. .
Stamp (11-2) currently holds the MMA atomweight title, but is scheduled to face Dennis Zamboanga at ONE 166 in June, and when he arrives in Denver, the Thai is still the champion. There is no guarantee that there will be.
Stamp, the first three-sport world champion in ONE history, previously held the atomweight Muay Thai and kickboxing titles and is aiming to become a two-division titleholder.
Last year, ONE Fight Night 10 was held at Denver's 1st Bank Center, but this time it will be held at the much larger Ball Arena, home of the Denver Nuggets.
In the co-main event, current flyweight kickboxing champion Superlek will be in great form heading into his fight with Haggerty.
At ONE 165, he defended his belt by defeating Takeru in Tokyo, cementing his status as one of the best stand-up fighters.
Hagerty is also having a very good year. He stopped long-time champion Nong-O Gayanhadao to win the Muay Thai bantamweight title and defeated Fabricio Andrade to add the vacant kickboxing belt to his collection.
Earlier this year, he rose from the canvas to defend his Muay Thai title by defeating Felipe Lobo. Super Rec is on an 11-fight winning streak, while Haggerty's winning streak is at seven, meaning both fighters have significant momentum heading into this rematch.
The two have fought once before, earlier in Haggerty's career in 2018 in England, where Superlec won by stoppage after cutting his opponent.
