ONE Championship has just announced the complete lineup for its on-ground U.S. debut show, ONE Fight Night 10: Johnson vs. Moraes III, on Friday, May 5.
Alongside the news regarding the 11-fight lineup, the Singapore-based organization confirmed that the event set to be held at the 1stBank Center in Denver, Colorado, is officially sold out.
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Heading the stacked card is none other than the hotly-anticipated trilogy showdown between ONE Flyweight World Champion Demetrious “Mighty Mouse” Johnson and former longtime king Adriano “Mikinho” Moraes.
The score between the two flyweight beasts is at one apiece, and with both men finding a path to a couple of highlight-reel finishes in their last two encounters, this one should certainly be done before the final bell.
For Moraes, redemption is on his mind. And there isn’t a bigger statement he can make than to defeat the MMA GOAT and 13-time MMA World Champion on home soil in May.
Meanwhile, Johnson is keen to further cement his status as one of the leading athletes of the sport. Another win over “Mikinho” will pull him further away from the chasing pack of GOATs.
All the action before the ONE Fight Night 10 headliner
Before that flyweight chess match gets underway in Colorado, fans will be treated to a high-stakes striking war featuring ONE Flyweight Muay Thai World Champion Rodtang “The Iron Man” Jitmuangnon and Edgar Tabares.
Rodtang’s flair in attack has won him plenty of audience throughout his time at ONE, and fans in attendance and those watching around the globe can expect the same from the man widely dubbed as one of the finest strikers today.
However, standing in his way of victory is a Mexican slugger who brings the same style to the Circle. The 28-year-old is keen to leave a lasting impression in his debut and do what no athlete has done in ONE so far – defeat Rodtang at his own game.
Meanwhile, ONE Flyweight Submission Grappling World Champion Mikey “Darth Rigatoni” Musumeci puts his gold on the line against Yemeni grappling sensation Osamah Almarwai.
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Four more MMA bouts will feature on the main card – an atomweight duel between Stamp Fairtex and Alyse “Lil’ Savage” Anderson, a welterweight tie between Roberto “Robocop” Soldic and Zebaztian “The Bandit” Kadestam, middleweight action featuring “The Burmese Python” Aung La N Sang and “King Kong Warrior” Fan Rong, and a must-see lightweight tussle between “Super” Sage Northcutt and Ahmed “Wolverine” Mujtaba.
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Wrapping up the main card will be a strawweight Muay Thai war between Jackie Buntan and Diandra Martin.
In addition to that, the lead card will feature another submission grappling bout and a pair of MMA fights.
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Reinier “The Dutch Knight” De Ridder-Tye Ruotolo in a middleweight submission grappling bout, Kairat “The Kazakh” Akhmetov-Reece “Lightning” McLaren at flyweight, and Lowen Tynanes–Ok Rae Yoon in lightweight MMA action.
The action kicks off at 1stBank Center at 5 p.m. Mountain Time, with doors opening at 4 p.m. Fans in the U.S. and Canada who cannot attend ONE Fight Night 10 in person can watch exclusively on Amazon Prime Video starting at 8 p.m. Eastern Time/5 p.m. Pacific Time.