ONE Championship announces Aoki vs. Lee title fight, 5 Grand Prix fights for Singapore card

By Tom Taylor - April 5, 2019

ONE: A New Era in Tokyo, Japan was so stacked that some fans worried ONE Championship might be overdoing it; that the promotion’s next few cards might suffer as a result.

Shinya Aoki, ONE Championship, Enter the Dragon

That doesn’t seem to be the case.

On Thursday, ONE Championship CEO Chatri Sityodtong announced multiple fights ONE: Enter the Dragon in Singapore on May 17, and it looks like it’s going to be a huge card.

The card will be topped by a lightweight title fight between new champion Shinya Aoki and his Evolve MMA training partner Christian Lee. The 20-year-old Lee, who is the younger brother of ONE atomweight champ Angela Lee, has previously fought at featherweight, but will move up in weight for this mammoth challenge.

Sityodtong also announced that this Singapore card will feature all eight quarterfinal bouts for the ONE Featherweight Kickboxing World Grand Prix, featuring names like Giorgio Petrosyan, Yodsanklai IWE Fairtex, “Smokin” Jo Nattawut, and Andy Souwer.

Finally, this ONE Championship card will also feature one of two Lightweight World Grand Prix semifinal fights, as Saygid Guseyn Arslanaliev will battle Ariel Sexton, with the winner advancing to the finals.

See Sityodtong’s announcement below:

Get ready for ONE: Enter The Dragon!Our fans have spoken! ONE Lightweight World Champion Shinya Aoki has been granted…

Posted by Chatri Sityodtong on Thursday, April 4, 2019

This card could also potentially feature the ONE Championship debut of former UFC champ Vitor Belfort as well, though this is far from confirmed just yet.

What do you think of the lineup for this upcoming ONE Championship card?

This article first appeared on BJPENN.COM on 4/5/2019. 

This article appeared first on BJPENN.COM

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