ONE Championship reveals full Inside The Matrix card with Folayang, Phogat added to October 30 line-up in Singapore
- Team Lakay’s former ONE lightweight champ Folayang battles Antonio ‘The Spartan’ Caruso
- Indian national wrestling champion Phogat faces Cambodia’s Nou Srey Pov in atomweight bout
ONE Championship has confirmed October 30’s stacked Inside The Matrix card will take place in Singapore and revealed the full line-up with two additional bouts.
In addition to the four title fights announced by ONE CEO Chatri Sityodtong last week, Team Lakay’s former ONE lightweight champ Eduard “The Landslide” Folayang (22-9) of the Philippines will face Australia’s Antonio “The Spartan” Caruso (7-1).
The opening bout sees Indian national wrestling champion Ritu Phogat (2-0) take on Cambodia’s Nou Srey Pov (1-1) in the women’s atomweight division.
“The Burmese Python” Aung La N Sang (26-10) will headline the event at a behind-closed-doors Singapore Indoor Stadium against the undefeated “Dutch Knight” Reinier De Ridder (12-0).
Lightweight champ “The Warrior” Christian Lee (13-3) makes his first title defence in the co-main event against No 1 contender Iuri Lapicus (14-0) of Moldova.
Featherweight champ “The Situ-Asian” Martin Nguyen (13-3), a teammate of N Sang and Caruso at Sanford MMA, defends his title against No 3-ranked Thanh Le (11-2).
China’s ONE strawweight champ Xiong “The Panda” Jingnan (14-2) also rematches No 1 contender Tiffany Teo (9-1) of Singapore, whom she beat by fourth-round TKO in January 2018.
Asian martial arts organisation ONE returned to hosting international events in its home city last Friday with Reign of Dynasties, where Sam-A Gaiyanghadao successfully defended his strawweight Muay Thai title with a second-round TKO of Josh Tonna.
