ONE 168

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ONE 168: Denver

The poster for ONE 168: Denver

Information

Promotion

ONE Championship

Date

September 6, 2024 (2024-September-06)

Venue

Ball Arena

City

Denver, Colorado, United States

Event chronology

ONE Friday Fights 78: Pakorn vs. Reis

ONE 168: Denver

ONE Friday Fights 81: Superbon vs. Nattawut

ONE 168: Denver is an upcoming combat sport event produced by ONE Championship that will take place on September 6, 2024, at the Ball Arena in Denver, Colorado, United States.^[1]^[2]

Background

The event will mark the promotion's second visit to United States and second in Colorado state, since ONE Fight Night 10, which took place in Broomfield in May 2023.^[3]^[4]

A ONE Women's Strawweight World Championship bout between current champion Xiong Jing Nan and the ONE Women's Atomweight Champion (also ONE Women's Atomweight World Grand Prix winner, former ONE Women's Atomweight Muay Thai and Kickboxing World Champion) Stamp Fairtex was expected to headline the event.^[5] However on May 21, it was announced that Stamp was forced to withdraw due to serious knee injury.^[6]

A ONE Bantamweight Muay Thai World Championship bout between current champion (also the ONE Bantamweight Kickboxing Champion and former ONE Flyweight Muay Thai Champion) Jonathan Haggerty and the ONE Flyweight Kickboxing Champion Superlek Kiatmuu9 is expected to serve as the main event.^[7] The pairing previously met at Yokkao 31 in October 2018, which Superlek won by TKO in second round.^[8]

A ONE Lightweight Submission Grappling World Championship bout between current champion (also 2022 ADCC World Champion) Kade Ruotolo and Mikey Musumeci was expected to take place at the event.^[9] However, on September 1, it was announced that Ruotolo had withdrawn from the bout due to injury.^[10]

Fight card

Fight card (Amazon Prime Video)
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
Bantamweight Muay Thai	Jonathan Haggerty (c)	vs.	Superlek Kiatmuu9				^[a]
Catchweight (140 lbs) Muay Thai	Saeksan Or. Kwanmuang	vs.	Liam Harrison
Middleweight	Aung La Nsang	vs.	Shamil Erdogan
Bantamweight Muay Thai	John Lineker	vs.	Asa Ten Pow
Lightweight	Maurice Abévi	vs.	Samat Mamedov
Welterweight	Hiroyuki Tetsuka	vs.	Isi Fitikefu
Women's Atomweight	Alyse Anderson	vs.	Victória Souza
Strawweight	Hiroba Minowa	vs.	Sanzhar Zakirov
Lightweight	Adrian Lee	vs.	Nicholas Cornejo
Flyweight Muay Thai	Johan Ghazali	vs.	Josue Cruz
Flyweight Muay Thai	Johan Estupiñan	vs.	Sean Climaco

^ For the ONE Bantamweight Muay Thai World Championship.

^[11]

References

^ "ONE Championship announces 2024 calendar, includes two U.S. events". MMA Junkie. 2024-01-10. Retrieved 2024-02-19.
^ Raimondi, Marc (2024-01-10). "ONE Championship announces Denver, Atlanta events for late 2024". ESPN.com. Retrieved 2024-02-19.
^ Martin, Damon (2024-01-10). "ONE Championship returns to U.S. for 2 events in 2024". MMA Fighting. Retrieved 2024-02-19.
^ "ONE Championship returns to Colorado on Sept. 6 at Ball Arena". The Denver Post. Retrieved 2024-03-27.
^ Law, Eddie (2024-03-27). "ONE 168 Headlined By Stamp Fairtex, Jonathan Haggerty, In Denver". Cageside Press. Retrieved 2024-03-27.
^ Martin, Damon (2024-05-21). "Stamp Fairtex out of June fight, U.S. card after serious knee injury". MMA Fighting. Retrieved 2024-05-21.
^ "Stamp Fairtex and Jonathan Haggerty Headline ONE's Return to the United States". Sports Illustrated MMA News, Analysis and More. Retrieved 2024-03-27.
^ "YOKKAO 31 - 32: A Collision of Power & Will". YOKKAO. Retrieved 2024-03-27.
^ Das, Suryakant (2024-04-25). "Mikey Musumeci Moves Up to Challenge Kade Ruotolo's Reign in Submission Grappling Super Fight at ONE 168: Denver". EssentiallySports. Retrieved 2024-04-27.
^ "ONE 168 Loses Major Main Card Title Fight". si.com. 2024-09-01. Retrieved 2024-09-02.
^ "ONE 168: Denver". ONE Championship – The Home of Martial Arts. 10 January 2024. Retrieved 2024-03-26.

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