ONE Championship will be returning to the Cotai Arena in Macau for the second year in a row with a card on August 5th that will be headlined by a bantamweight title match between champion Bibiano Fernandes and challenger Andrew Leone.
ONE: “Kings & Conquerors” will take place at the 15,000 capacity arena in the Venetian Resort & Casino. The full card was released last week and it features numerous fighters who have either challenged for or held titles with Asia's biggest MMA promotion.
Fernandes (20-3) has won 12 fights in a row including nine victories for ONE Championship. Leone (8-2) is also undefeated under the organization's banner and was originally set to challenge for the flyweight title before deciding to try his luck with the bantamweight champion.
In the co-main event, former lightweight title challenger Koji Ando (12-5-2) takes on Russian striking specialist Timofey Nastyukhin (10-3-0. The event also sees the promotional debut of undefeated Japanese star Hayato Suzuki (16-0-2) who faces former strawweight title challenger Joshua Pacio (9-1).
Meanwhile former lightweight champion Kotetsu Boku (25-11-2) takes on former featherweight challenger Eric Kelly (12-3) in a featherweight fight.
ONE: "Kings & Conquerors" Fight Card (as always with ONE weights are normal walking weight)
145 lbs.: Bibiano Fernandes Vs. Andrew Leone (for Fernandes' bantamweight title)
155 lbs.: Timofey Nastyukhin vs. Koji Ando
170 lbs.: Rob Lisita vs. Shannon Wiratchai
155 lbs.: Timofey Nastyukhin vs. Koji Ando
125 lbs.: Joshua Pacio vs. Hayato Suzuki
155 lbs.: Eric Kelly vs. Kotetsu Boku
135 lbs.: Chen Lei vs. Saiful Merican
155 lbs.: Herbert Burns vs. Magomed Idrisov
115 lbs.: Rika Ishige vs. Jomary Torres
205 lbs.: Leandro Ataides vs. Michal Pasternak
155 lbs.: Marc Marcellinus vs. Tran Quang Loc