The coronavirus may have forced the postponement and cancellation of a host of sporting events across Asia in recent weeks, but ONE Championship is continuing its 50-event 2020 schedule, undeterred.
The Asian promotion returns to its administrative home of Singapore for “King of the Jungle,” for an unusual behind-closed-doors event at the Singapore Indoor Stadium, with a fight card topped by kickboxing and muay Thai title fights. But here at MMA Junkie, our focus will be on the MMA matchups, with one of Singapore’s finest looking to shine on home soil.
Singaporean lightweight contender Amir Khan returns to action against Japanese prospect Kimihiro Eto looking to move back into title contention, while 44-year-old Asian MMA icon Yoshihiro Akiyama will bid to secure his first win as a ONE Championship athlete – and his first win in five and a half years – when he takes on Egypt’s Sherif Mohamed.
Japanese female judoka Ayaka Miura could catapult herself straight into the strawweight title picture with victory over former title challenger Tiffany Teo while, in the featured preliminary bout, longtime atomweight contender Mei Yamaguchi will hope to secure a trilogy fight with old adversary Angela Lee with a decisive win over Denise Zamboanga.
Fans in the United States can stream the preliminary “lead card” live via the video player above from 4:30am E.T., with the main card streaming on B/R Live from 7:30am E.T.
Fans in other countries can stream the event in its entirety via YouTube here.
“ONE Championship 109: King of the Jungle” live MMA results include:
- Kimihiro Eto vs. Amir Khan
- Yoshihiro Akiyama vs. Sherif Mohamed
- Ayaka Miura vs. Tiffany Teo
PRELIMINARY CARD
- Mei Yamaguchi vs. Denice Zamboanga
- Mark Abelardo vs. Troy Worthen
- Honorio Banario vs. Shannon Wiratchai
- Wu Chiao Chen vs. Ritu Phogat
- Myung Ho Bae vs. Murad Ramazanov
- Jeff Chan vs. Radeem Rahman
