Shinji Suzuki and Stefan Korodi Set to Kick Off Festivities at ONE Fight Night 23 in July

The ONE Fight Night 23: Buntan vs. Meksen card is getting more stacked every passing day, and the latest addition promises to be electrifying. 

The event is scheduled for Friday, July 5, and Japanese star Shinji Suzuki and Ireland’s Stefan Korodi will kick it off in a bantamweight Muay Thai collision inside the iconic Lumpinee Boxing Stadium in Bangkok, Thailand. 

Shinji Suzuki vs. Stefan Korodi fight confirmed

Suzuki won the Road to ONE: Japan tournament with back-to-back knockouts, earning him a spot on the world’s largest martial arts organization roster. 

Thus far, he has split his outings, with a TKO loss in his debut against Suablack at ONE Friday Fights 32 last September and a bounce-back win over Han Zi Hao at ONE 166: Qatar this past March. 

The victory was the 38-year-old’s sixth in seven professional outings, and it pushed his slate to 33-16-5. He’ll be looking to gain ground in ONE’s stacked bantamweight Muay Thai division in his upcoming duel, but Korodi will do everything he can to stop that happening. 

The Irishman also fell to Suablack when he debuted at ONE Fight Night 18 in January, so he’ll be out to find success in July.

Despite the defeat, Korodi showed incredible grit and power, and he was the first opponent to bring the Thai star to the judges’ cards in ONE Championship.

Against Suzuki, the Dublin native will aim to utilize that toughness to score his first promotional win.

Other cards on ONE Fight Night 23

ONE Fight Night 23 will be headlined by a massive clash between Jackie Buntan and Anissa Meksen for the inaugural ONE Women’s Strawweight Kickboxing World Championship, and some of ONE Championship’s biggest stars will feature elsewhere on the lineup.

Former ONE Lightweight World Champion Ok Rae Yoon will be in action in the co-main event. He’ll square off with promotional newcomer Alibeg Rasulov. 

Heavy hitters like Nico “King of the North” Carillo, Saemapetch Fairtex, “Mighty Warrior” Kang Ji Won, former ONE Bantamweight Kickboxing World Champions Petchtanong Petchfergus and Alaverdi Ramazanov, and Jeremy Miado will also make an appearance at Lumpinee Stadium on July 5.