After making its U.S. debut in Broomfield last year, ONE Championship is returning to Colorado this fall.
The world’s largest martial arts organization will feature ONE 168: Denver on Friday, Sept. 6, at Ball Arena. Tickets go on sale to the general public on Wednesday, April 24, at 10 a.m. via Ticketmaster.
Two of the world championship fights for ONE 168: Denver have already been announced. Thailand’s Stamp Fairtex, the reigning atomweight MMA champion, is challenging China’s Xiong Jing Nan for the strawweight MMA belt. Fairtex, ONE’s first three-sport world champion, can become a two-division MMA champion with a win over the Chinese superstar.
Also on the card will be England’s Jonathan Haggerty against Thailand’s Superlek Kiatmoo9. Haggerty’s bantamweight Muay Thai belt is on the line against Kiatmoo9, the reigning ONE flyweight kickboxing world champion.
More announcements on the rest of the fights on the card will be announced by ONE in the coming weeks. There will also be a presale for tickets, which fans can register for at onefc-6876030.hs-sites.com/en/one168-presale. The presale period begins Wednesday, April 10, at 10 a.m.
The event will be streamed live via Prime Video, beginning at 6 p.m. on Sept. 6.
In ONE Championship’s U.S. debut last May in ONE Fight Night 10 at the 1stBank Center, Demetrious Johnson defeated Adriano Moraes in a unanimous decision in the flyweight MMA main event. The event featured 10 other fights and was also broadcast on Prime Video.
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