ONE Championship: Alain Ngalani faces Oumar ‘Reug Reug’ Kane at Unbreakable II in Singapore
- ‘The Panther’ returns to the ONE Circle in a heavyweight bout against Senegalese wrestling sensation
- Hong Kong’s Ngalani had been set to fight former UFC legend Vitor Belfort in 2020 but pandemic put paid to bout
Hong Kong’s Alain “The Panther” Ngalani will fight ONE Championship debutant Oumar “Reug Reug” Kane in a heavyweight bout at Unbreakable II in Singapore, to be broadcast on January 29.
SCMP MMA first reported the match-up on Twitter, before it was officially confirmed by ONE in a press release later on Tuesday.
The 45-year-old Ngalani (4-5) – a former four-time Muay Thai world champ who holds the record for fastest knockout in ONE heavyweight history at 11 seconds – had been set to welcome UFC legend Vitor Belfort to the Asian martial arts organisation. But the fight scheduled for early 2020 was put on hold by the coronavirus pandemic and eventually scrapped.
The 28-year-old Kane made his MMA debut a year ago in Ares Fighting Championship with a second-round TKO of former Cage Warriors heavyweight contender Sofiane Boukichou (6-4) of France.
Kane became an instant fan favourite in MMA social media circles after his impressive win, and was set to fight Russian veteran Ivan Romanov in April in his second bout. But the whole Ares 2 event was cancelled because of the Covid-19 pandemic.