ONE Championship: Winter Warriors preview – six storylines to watch out for in Singapore
- Asian martial arts promotion returns to live action on Friday evening in Singapore, with ONE lightweight kick-boxing title up for grabs in main event
- Card also features high-stakes MMA bout between Stamp Fairtex and Ritu Phogat, and appearances from rising stars ‘Buchecha’ and Yuya Wakamatsu
ONE Championship’s Winter Warriors card goes down on Friday evening in Singapore, and from the early vantage point, the event looks like it could be one of the Asian martial arts promotion’s best of the year.
The card will be topped by a lightweight kick-boxing title fight between champion Regian Eersel and challenger Islam Murtazaev, while the penultimate bout of the night will see Ritu Phogat and Stamp Fairtex collide in the finale of ONE’s exciting atomweight grand prix.
The remainder of the card features appearances from several of the brightest prospects in the organisation’s MMA and kick-boxing ranks, with title shots potentially hanging in the balance in multiple weight classes.
Here’s everything you need to know about the six fights that compose the stacked ONE: Winter Warriors event.
Regian Eersel vs Islam Murtazaev
Suriname-born Dutchman Eersel has quietly become one of the more dominant champions in ONE, having defended his lightweight kick-boxing title two times since he captured it with a hard-fought win over Nieky Holzken in 2019.