Hiroki Akimoto will defend his One Championship kickboxing bantamweight title when he tackles Petchtanong Banchamek in the ONE 163 headliner on Saturday at Singapore Indoor Stadium in Kallang, Singapore. Meanwhile, the co-main event sees Roman Kryklya do battle with Iraj Azizpour in the final of the ONE kickboxing heavyweight grand prix.
ONE 163 “Akimoto vs. Petchtanong”—which streams to the One Championship YouTube channel at 5 a.m. ET/2 a.m. PT—also features four mixed martial arts bouts: Shinya Aoki vs. Saygid Izagakhmaev at lightweight, Yushin Okami vs. Aung La N Sang at middleweight, Itsuki Hirata vs. Seo Hee Ham at atomweight and Kwon Won Il vs. Mark Abelardo at bantamweight.
A closer look at the ONE 163 particulars:
THE LINEUP
145: Hiroki Akimoto vs. Petchtanong Banchamek (KB)265: Roman Kryklya vs. Iraj Azizpour (KB)
170: Shinya Aoki vs. Saygid Izagakhmaev
205: Yushin Okami vs. Aung La N Sang
115: Itsuki Hirata vs. Seo Hee Ham
145: Kwon Won Il vs. Mark Abelardo
135: Yuya Wakamatsu vs. Sung Hoon Woo
170: Ahmed Mujtaba vs. Abraao Amorim Magalhaes
125: Asahi Shinagawa vs. Rui Botelho (MT)
265: Bruno Chaves vs. Ahmed Krnjic (KB)
125: Milena Kaori vs. Bianca Basilio (SG)
155: Kirill Gorobets vs. Bruno Pucci
THE RUNDOWN
• The Sheehan Show: ONE 163 Preview• By The Numbers: Aoki vs. Izagakhmaev
• 5 Things You Might Not Know About Yushin Okami
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