ONE Championship’s upcoming flyweight tournament field is set, and the opening round will take place at the promotion’s biggest event yet.
“ONE Chmpionship: A New Era” takes place March 31 at Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo and is the promotion’s debut in Japan. There are four title fights at the top of the card, plus the promotional debut of former UFC and Bellator lightweight champion Eddie Alvarez.
But as if that wasn’t enough, the card also now will feature four first-round fights in ONE’s flyweight tournament, which includes former UFC flyweight titleholder Demetrious Johnson in his debut with the promotion.
The promotion today announced the field and the brackets for the flyweight tournament. On one side, Johnson (27-3-1) takes on Yuya Wakamatsu (10-3), and Ivanildo Delfino (8-0) meets Tatsumitsu Wada (20-10-2). On the other side of the bracket, Kairat Akhmetov (25-2) takes on Reece McLaren (12-5), and Danny Kingad (11-1) meets Andrew Leone (8-4).
Take a look at the full bracket below:
The “ONE Championship: A New Era” lineup now includes:
- Champ Eduard Folayang vs. Shinya Aoki – for lightweight title
- Champ Angela Lee vs. Jin Nan Xiong – for strawweight title
- Champ Aung La N Sang vs. Ken Hasegawa – for middleweight title
- Champ Kevin Belingon vs. Bibiano Fernandes – for bantamweight title
- Eddie Alvarez vs. Timofey Nastyukhin
- Demetrious Johnson vs. Yuya Wakamatsu – flyweight tournament opening round
- Ivanildo Delfino vs. Tatsumitsu Wada – flyweight tournament opening round
- Kairat Akhmetov vs. Reece McLaren – flyweight tournament opening round
- Danny Kingad vs. Andrew Leone – flyweight tournament opening round
For more on “ONE Championship: A New Era,” visit the MMA Rumors section of the site.
