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http://mmajunkie.com/2016/07/andrew...yweight-title-at-one-championship-45-in-macau
Main event-
Interim flyweight title bout: Adriano Moraes vs. Andrew Leone
Co-main event-
Lightweight bout: Eduard "Landslide" Folayang vs. Adrian "Hunter" Pang
Undercard-
Lightweight bout: Eddie "The Magician" Ng vs. Honorio "The Rock" Banario
Featherweight bout: Christan Lee vs. Martin "The Situ-Asian" Nguyen
Heavyweight bout: Alain "The Panther" Ngalani vs. Alexandre "Bebezao" Machado
Featherweight bout: Jia Wen Ma vs. Jimmy Yabo
Bantamweight bout: Chan Rothana vs. Haobin "The Southern Eagle" Ma
Strawweight bout: Joshua Pacio vs. Kritsada Kongsrichai
ONE's got a very solid card coming up in Macau, inaugurating the region at the Cotai Arena and hoping to surpass the UFC's accomplishments there, and they may be off to a good start.
In the main-event, originally scheduled to be a flyweight title rematch between former champion Adriano Moraes and current champion Kairat "The Kazakh" Akhmetov-- who upset Moraes in a close, somewhat-controversial decision last November-- before an undisclosed injury to Akhmetov canceled the bout (for now), Adriano Moraes is fighting [finally fighting, for people who've been following ONE for a long time] Andrew Leone for the interim flyweight title.
Adriano Moraes is a top-20 flyweight who was one of the top prospects in the world before he signed with ONE. He holds a 14-2 record overall and a 5-2 record in ONE. He lost his debut against ONE bantamweight contender and accomplished Combat Sambist Yusup Saadulaev in 2013, but won his next four fights at flyweight right afterwards, including submission victories over flyweight great Yasuhiro Urushitani, 2010 Shooto rookie king Rambo Suzuki, current ONE flyweight contender and top Lakay Wushu fighter Geje Eustaquio, and made the first defense of his flyweight title with a competitive decision over Outsider veteran Riku Shibuya. He lost the title in his second defense against current top-15 flyweight Kairat Akhmetov in a close decision, and rebounded in Myanmar last march in a round-of-the-year contender against Filipino Muay Thai practitioner Eugene Toquero. In a fight most people expected Toquero to get demolished in, Eugene used a butterfly guard to control Moraes and rocked him with a series of right-hooks thrown off of his back, and almost knocked him out with a flying knee right afterwards, before Moraes recovered and got a come-from-behind submission victory at the end of the round. Moraes is also one of the biggest flyweights in the entire division, not just limited to ONE's borders.
Andrew Leone is the younger brother of Bellator veteran Anthony Leone, and he holds a lot of solid victories like current ROAD FC champion Song Min-Jong, former ONE bantamweight champion Kim Soo-Chul, UFC fighter Kang Kyung-Ho, the aforementioned Geje Eustaquio, flyweight great Shinichi "BJ" Kojima, and, most recently, former top-3 bantamweight and former Shooto world champion Koetsu Okazaki. An thing to note is that Leone has technically never fought at flyweight before. Back when ONE allowed dehydration, he missed weight by a little under three pounds for his debut and by four pounds against Shinichi BJ (which ends up adding a lot of weight once you rehydrate compared to a lot of the heavier weight-classes, and it really showed in both of those fights, especially against Shinichi), and his most recent fight was a 140-pound catchweight fight. This fight's slightly controversial, since Leone's getting a title shot in a division that he's never competed in (and that, more importantly, he missed weight for in his two attempts to make weight for the division), but it's for the interim title, and it looks like he's figured out his weight-management since he made the hydrated 140-pound catchweight in his list fight, so it's alright enough.
I'm pretty sure he lives and trains in Bali and runs Bali MMA there.
A lot of people have been wanting to see this fight for a long time, and though weight complications and injuries have delayed it, it's finally happening. And there's a title on the line.
In the co-main event, regarded by many people as "the face of Philippine MMA" and one of ONE's biggest stars and most exciting fighters, Eduard Folayang is fighting the former Legend FC lightweight champion Adrian Pang.
Folayang was the URCC and Martial Combat champion in the Philippines and in Singapore before he made his debut in ONE, and he's gotten a 5-3 record in that time, with victories over current ROAD FC lightweight champion Kwon A-Sol, inaugural ONE lightweight champion Kotetsu Boku, most recently ZST champion Tetsuya Yamada, and he was a part of one of the most exciting fights the promotion's ever put on against Ole Laursen. He also holds victories outside of ONE against Vuyisile Colossa, stout Filipino brawler Caloy Baduria, longtime Korean fighter "Dragonball" Jung Doo-Jae, and the explosive Chinese Wushu fighter Bao She Ri Gu Leng. Outside of his accomplishments in this sport, he was an accomplished Wushu competitor, winning the bronze medal in the world championships and the gold medal at the Southeast Asian games, and he's a very explosive, entertaining fighter. He made a lot of really interesting improvements in his most recent fight against Tetsuya Yamada. Unfortunately for him, he was on the receiving end of perhaps the most iconic knockout in ONE history against current featherweight contender Timofey Nastyukhin.
He was a free agent for a few months after that fight and was hoping to fight on the UFC's upcoming Manila card, but he was never offered a deal (which, considering his popularity in the Philippines, is perhaps a questionable decision by the UFC) and opted to re-sign with ONE.
Adrian Pang holds a 22-8 record and is 2-0 inside ONE. He's a very strong, well-rounded Australian fighter and was the inaugural Legend FC lightweight champion before he joined ONE. He holds victories over Rob Hill, Taiyo Nakahara, former ROAD FC lightweight champion and UFC veteran Nam Yui-Chul, Vincent Latoel, and, most recently, a big highlight-reel knockout victory over Malaysian star Peter Davis in under a minute which catapulted him into title contention status. In a funfact, he holds two separate victories over two fighters named Peter Davis, both coming in about a minute.
The winner of this fight, especially with Lowen Tynanes' questionable future with ONE [he said he has one fight left on his contract and he wants to fight in the UFC, which, if he opts to finish his contract and sign with them, means he won't get a title shot], could definitely receive the next title shot against Shinya Aoki, and they'd both have great chances against him. Folayang's been in the title discussion since ONE's inauguration, and Pang's recent accomplishments have put him in the discussion as well.
Here's some stuff I wrote about the other fights, if you're interested.
'Good card. The card's also probably gonna be available for streaming, since Macau's status as an SAR makes them very Internet-friendly compared to mainland China, and since the UFC was able to broadcast their stuff live.
http://mmajunkie.com/2016/07/andrew...yweight-title-at-one-championship-45-in-macau
Main event-
Interim flyweight title bout: Adriano Moraes vs. Andrew Leone
Co-main event-
Lightweight bout: Eduard "Landslide" Folayang vs. Adrian "Hunter" Pang
Undercard-
Lightweight bout: Eddie "The Magician" Ng vs. Honorio "The Rock" Banario
Featherweight bout: Christan Lee vs. Martin "The Situ-Asian" Nguyen
Heavyweight bout: Alain "The Panther" Ngalani vs. Alexandre "Bebezao" Machado
Featherweight bout: Jia Wen Ma vs. Jimmy Yabo
Bantamweight bout: Chan Rothana vs. Haobin "The Southern Eagle" Ma
Strawweight bout: Joshua Pacio vs. Kritsada Kongsrichai
ONE's got a very solid card coming up in Macau, inaugurating the region at the Cotai Arena and hoping to surpass the UFC's accomplishments there, and they may be off to a good start.
In the main-event, originally scheduled to be a flyweight title rematch between former champion Adriano Moraes and current champion Kairat "The Kazakh" Akhmetov-- who upset Moraes in a close, somewhat-controversial decision last November-- before an undisclosed injury to Akhmetov canceled the bout (for now), Adriano Moraes is fighting [finally fighting, for people who've been following ONE for a long time] Andrew Leone for the interim flyweight title.
Adriano Moraes is a top-20 flyweight who was one of the top prospects in the world before he signed with ONE. He holds a 14-2 record overall and a 5-2 record in ONE. He lost his debut against ONE bantamweight contender and accomplished Combat Sambist Yusup Saadulaev in 2013, but won his next four fights at flyweight right afterwards, including submission victories over flyweight great Yasuhiro Urushitani, 2010 Shooto rookie king Rambo Suzuki, current ONE flyweight contender and top Lakay Wushu fighter Geje Eustaquio, and made the first defense of his flyweight title with a competitive decision over Outsider veteran Riku Shibuya. He lost the title in his second defense against current top-15 flyweight Kairat Akhmetov in a close decision, and rebounded in Myanmar last march in a round-of-the-year contender against Filipino Muay Thai practitioner Eugene Toquero. In a fight most people expected Toquero to get demolished in, Eugene used a butterfly guard to control Moraes and rocked him with a series of right-hooks thrown off of his back, and almost knocked him out with a flying knee right afterwards, before Moraes recovered and got a come-from-behind submission victory at the end of the round. Moraes is also one of the biggest flyweights in the entire division, not just limited to ONE's borders.
Andrew Leone is the younger brother of Bellator veteran Anthony Leone, and he holds a lot of solid victories like current ROAD FC champion Song Min-Jong, former ONE bantamweight champion Kim Soo-Chul, UFC fighter Kang Kyung-Ho, the aforementioned Geje Eustaquio, flyweight great Shinichi "BJ" Kojima, and, most recently, former top-3 bantamweight and former Shooto world champion Koetsu Okazaki. An thing to note is that Leone has technically never fought at flyweight before. Back when ONE allowed dehydration, he missed weight by a little under three pounds for his debut and by four pounds against Shinichi BJ (which ends up adding a lot of weight once you rehydrate compared to a lot of the heavier weight-classes, and it really showed in both of those fights, especially against Shinichi), and his most recent fight was a 140-pound catchweight fight. This fight's slightly controversial, since Leone's getting a title shot in a division that he's never competed in (and that, more importantly, he missed weight for in his two attempts to make weight for the division), but it's for the interim title, and it looks like he's figured out his weight-management since he made the hydrated 140-pound catchweight in his list fight, so it's alright enough.
I'm pretty sure he lives and trains in Bali and runs Bali MMA there.
A lot of people have been wanting to see this fight for a long time, and though weight complications and injuries have delayed it, it's finally happening. And there's a title on the line.
In the co-main event, regarded by many people as "the face of Philippine MMA" and one of ONE's biggest stars and most exciting fighters, Eduard Folayang is fighting the former Legend FC lightweight champion Adrian Pang.
Folayang was the URCC and Martial Combat champion in the Philippines and in Singapore before he made his debut in ONE, and he's gotten a 5-3 record in that time, with victories over current ROAD FC lightweight champion Kwon A-Sol, inaugural ONE lightweight champion Kotetsu Boku, most recently ZST champion Tetsuya Yamada, and he was a part of one of the most exciting fights the promotion's ever put on against Ole Laursen. He also holds victories outside of ONE against Vuyisile Colossa, stout Filipino brawler Caloy Baduria, longtime Korean fighter "Dragonball" Jung Doo-Jae, and the explosive Chinese Wushu fighter Bao She Ri Gu Leng. Outside of his accomplishments in this sport, he was an accomplished Wushu competitor, winning the bronze medal in the world championships and the gold medal at the Southeast Asian games, and he's a very explosive, entertaining fighter. He made a lot of really interesting improvements in his most recent fight against Tetsuya Yamada. Unfortunately for him, he was on the receiving end of perhaps the most iconic knockout in ONE history against current featherweight contender Timofey Nastyukhin.
He was a free agent for a few months after that fight and was hoping to fight on the UFC's upcoming Manila card, but he was never offered a deal (which, considering his popularity in the Philippines, is perhaps a questionable decision by the UFC) and opted to re-sign with ONE.
Adrian Pang holds a 22-8 record and is 2-0 inside ONE. He's a very strong, well-rounded Australian fighter and was the inaugural Legend FC lightweight champion before he joined ONE. He holds victories over Rob Hill, Taiyo Nakahara, former ROAD FC lightweight champion and UFC veteran Nam Yui-Chul, Vincent Latoel, and, most recently, a big highlight-reel knockout victory over Malaysian star Peter Davis in under a minute which catapulted him into title contention status. In a funfact, he holds two separate victories over two fighters named Peter Davis, both coming in about a minute.
The winner of this fight, especially with Lowen Tynanes' questionable future with ONE [he said he has one fight left on his contract and he wants to fight in the UFC, which, if he opts to finish his contract and sign with them, means he won't get a title shot], could definitely receive the next title shot against Shinya Aoki, and they'd both have great chances against him. Folayang's been in the title discussion since ONE's inauguration, and Pang's recent accomplishments have put him in the discussion as well.
Here's some stuff I wrote about the other fights, if you're interested.
Eddie Ng is a Chinese-Scottish fighter who was born in Hong Kong and raised in the UK, and who now lives in Singapore. He was one of the biggest prospects in ONE and one of their most popular at the inception-- due to the Bruce Lee allusions that his appearance and exciting fighting style held-- and he's an EVOLVE instructor and a very skilled, underrated fighter now. Due to his Chinese heritage and the fact that he was born in Hong Kong, he's been one of the fighters that ONE's been wanting to use in the Hong Kong-Macau area since the beginning, and he's getting that chance to shine now. Ng holds a 7-3 record overall and a 4-2 record in ONE, including a pair of nice victories over Arnaud Lepont and Peter Davis, he's friends with Shinya Aoki and a coach to a lot of the EVOLVE prospects like Benedict Ang and Amir Khan, he's a very explosive fighter, and he last fought against current ONE lightweight contender Ariel Sexton 14-months ago. In a fight that was a lot more competitive than people treat it, Ng broke Sexton's arm with one of his powerful roundhouse kicks and rocked him a couple times before Sexton used his long arms and his own skills to rock, tire and eventually submit Ng in the second-round.
Honorio Banario is one of the most popular Filipino fighters that ONE has due to his status as the inaugural ONE featherweight champion. He upset Eric Kelly in 2013 to win the title before losing it in his first title defense to Koji Oishi. In a fight that was also a lot more competitive than people remember, Banario almost knocked out Oishi, like, two or three times and rocked him badly before Oishi used his power-counter boxing skills to knock out Banario. This was basically repeated in their immediate rematch, with Banario outstriking and nearly finishing Oishi before Oishi's counter-striking got him another knockout. Banario then lost another three fights in a row to later-champion Narantungalag Jadambaa, and current contenders Herbert Burns and Ev Ting, bringing him to a five-fight losing streak. He broke that streak earlier this year with a move up to lightweight and a decision victory over Vaughn Donayre. He's got very solid Wushu-based striking and good boxing in addition, and he has the Team Lakay Wushu explosiveness that their top stars are all known for, and a funfact is that, despite losing all the fights in that five-fight losing streak, he outstruck all of his opponents. With ONE having outlawed dehydration, his future in the featherweight division is uncertain, as he used to have to dehydrate a lot of weight and may be incapable of making the adjusted limit without it, so, regardless of how this bout turns out, his future in ONE may remain at lightweight.
Perhaps the biggest prospect in not only EVOLVE, not only ONE, but in all of Asia, Christian Lee is the 18-year old younger brother of current ONE women's atomweight champion Angela Lee who made his debut 7 months ago in December 2015. He's won 5 fights since then, all in the first round and against underrated fighters (and tough fighters for a person's first few fights, especially at 17-years old), looking increasingly impressive, skilled and dominant in each passing. In his last three fights, he's defeated Indonesian-Dutch fighter Anthony Engelen and skilled URCC veterans Cary Bullos and Rocky Batolbatol, who all held a combined 16-6 record with something like 14 finishes before fighting Christian Lee. People have been asking for a step-up for him for a while (which has been a little ridiculous since they were asking for it after he made his debut, before he'd even turned 18 or had 6-months of professional fighting under his belt), but he's getting that in a big way against Australian featherweight contender Martin Nguyen.
"The Situ-Asian" holds a 6-1 record and a 3-1 record in ONE, the loss coming against current ONE featherweight champion Marat Gafurov. He signed with ONE when he was 3-0 and I think he might've been the BRACE featherweight champion at the time, but I'm not sure. He's gotten victories over Rocky Batolbatol, Edward Kelly and, most recently, Li Kai Wen since joining ONE, all finishes. An interesting thing to note is that they share a common opponent in Rocky Batolbatol, and while they both defeated him, Martin Nguyen got knocked down by Batolbatol in their fight and finished him a round later. I think that's more reflective of the skills of Rocky than it is a detriment towards Nguyen, but it's something to note regardless.
A fight that could have title implications for the winner, former Muay Thai world champion (FTR) and Judo black belt Alain Ngalani is fighting Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu black belt Alexandre Machado. Ngalani is a very explosive, muscle-bound African fighter who lives and trains in Hong Kong, hence the addition of him to the Macau card (they're both Special-Administrative Regions in China and are right next to each other), who holds a 2-2 record both in shootfighting and in ONE. Both of his victories were highlight-reel knockouts-- including a backswing kick knockout in his debut-- and his losses have come against title contenders in ONE in Chi Lewis-Parry and Paul Cheng. He's coming off a victory over former URCC heavyweight champion Igor Subora, and, due to the striking backgrounds of both, a fight between him and current ONE heavyweight champion Brandon Vera could be on the horizon if he wins (and, stylistically, Ngalani could definitely pull off the upset.)
Alexandre Machado holds a 7-2 record with 6 finishes. He made his debut with ONE in February against current middleweight contender Marcin Prachnio, whom he lost to by knockout in the first round. If he can beat Ngalani, a fight between him and Vera could happen before the end of the year.
Jia Wen Ma is a 19-year old who has fought his entire [official] career in ONE and holds a 2-2 record. He made it to the finals of the Guangzhou featherweight tournament and lost by decision against the . He fought in the tournament alternate bout in the ONE Beijing II featherweight tournament against fellow ONE feahterweight tournament runner-up (at the inaugural Beijing featherweight tournament) Wang Ya Wei next, whom he defeated by decision. He fought Dagestani ONE prospect Saygid Arslan this year in his most recent fight and lost via TKO.
Jimmy Yabo was a URCC Cebu champion (I think) who made his debut with ONE in 2015, getting submitted by Team Lakay fighter and the younger brother of featherweight contender Eric Kelly, Edward Kelly, and holds a 1-3 record in ONE overall. He was defeated again in his sophomore appearance by EVOLVE prospect Amir Khan before he got a big knockout victory over Pakistani-American fighter Bashir Ahmad in 20-seconds. He lost to another EVOLVE prospect, Benedict Ang, in his most recent fight. He's won all of his fights by knockout.
In a very interesting local-tournament-competitor vs. local-tournament-competitor fight, Chan Rothana was the runner-up in the ONE 2014 Cambodian bantamweight tournament (and considered by many to be the unofficial winner of-), and he holds a 4-1 record in shootfighting, all finishes. In addition to that, though, and perhaps more importantly, he's a Kun Khmer veteran who has something like 80 or 90 Kun Khmer fights, and the Cambodian shootfighting circuit is very active-- due to the lack of restrictions it has on payment compared to Kun Khmer-- and he has a lot of unsanctioned fights to his name that haven't made it to his record, so he's a very skilled, deceptively-experienced fighter and probably the top Cambodian star that ONE has. He fought Samang Dung in the finals of the Cambodian tournament and knocked him out with a stomp to the face and follow-up punches, which is illegal under ONE and lead to a disqualification, which is why many people consider him the unofficial winner of the tournament. In his last fight with ONE, he avenged the loss with a first-round knockout.
He's fighting the winner of the January Changsha bantamweight tournament "The Southern Eagle" Haobin Ma. The Southern Eagle won his tournament very impressively, earning two first-round submissions via guillotine choke in about a minute each time (including one in under 30-seconds.) Much like a lot of Chinamen, he's also got some unsanctioned fights to his name and he's more experienced than his fightfinder record would suggest.
In the opening bout, Joshua Pacio's an undefeated, promising Filipino strawweight who holds a 7-0 record with a 100% finishing rate (which says a lot more in the lower divisions) and who trains with Team Lakay. He recently won his debut with ONE in April by knocking out Rabin Catalan.
Kritsada Kongsrichai is a Full Metal Dojo fighter and a Thai wrestler who holds a 4-2 record and also a 100% finishing rate. He made his debut with ONE on their inaugural Thailand card and defeated Cambodian fighter Kev Hemmorior by TKO in under two minutes.
The winner of this fight could be in title contention and end up fighting the champion Nobita Naito soon, especially if their streak of finishes continues. They could also end up in a title-eliminator with ONE strawweight contender, EVOLVE fighter and BJJ champion Alex Silva, which would be equally-cool.
Honorio Banario is one of the most popular Filipino fighters that ONE has due to his status as the inaugural ONE featherweight champion. He upset Eric Kelly in 2013 to win the title before losing it in his first title defense to Koji Oishi. In a fight that was also a lot more competitive than people remember, Banario almost knocked out Oishi, like, two or three times and rocked him badly before Oishi used his power-counter boxing skills to knock out Banario. This was basically repeated in their immediate rematch, with Banario outstriking and nearly finishing Oishi before Oishi's counter-striking got him another knockout. Banario then lost another three fights in a row to later-champion Narantungalag Jadambaa, and current contenders Herbert Burns and Ev Ting, bringing him to a five-fight losing streak. He broke that streak earlier this year with a move up to lightweight and a decision victory over Vaughn Donayre. He's got very solid Wushu-based striking and good boxing in addition, and he has the Team Lakay Wushu explosiveness that their top stars are all known for, and a funfact is that, despite losing all the fights in that five-fight losing streak, he outstruck all of his opponents. With ONE having outlawed dehydration, his future in the featherweight division is uncertain, as he used to have to dehydrate a lot of weight and may be incapable of making the adjusted limit without it, so, regardless of how this bout turns out, his future in ONE may remain at lightweight.
Perhaps the biggest prospect in not only EVOLVE, not only ONE, but in all of Asia, Christian Lee is the 18-year old younger brother of current ONE women's atomweight champion Angela Lee who made his debut 7 months ago in December 2015. He's won 5 fights since then, all in the first round and against underrated fighters (and tough fighters for a person's first few fights, especially at 17-years old), looking increasingly impressive, skilled and dominant in each passing. In his last three fights, he's defeated Indonesian-Dutch fighter Anthony Engelen and skilled URCC veterans Cary Bullos and Rocky Batolbatol, who all held a combined 16-6 record with something like 14 finishes before fighting Christian Lee. People have been asking for a step-up for him for a while (which has been a little ridiculous since they were asking for it after he made his debut, before he'd even turned 18 or had 6-months of professional fighting under his belt), but he's getting that in a big way against Australian featherweight contender Martin Nguyen.
"The Situ-Asian" holds a 6-1 record and a 3-1 record in ONE, the loss coming against current ONE featherweight champion Marat Gafurov. He signed with ONE when he was 3-0 and I think he might've been the BRACE featherweight champion at the time, but I'm not sure. He's gotten victories over Rocky Batolbatol, Edward Kelly and, most recently, Li Kai Wen since joining ONE, all finishes. An interesting thing to note is that they share a common opponent in Rocky Batolbatol, and while they both defeated him, Martin Nguyen got knocked down by Batolbatol in their fight and finished him a round later. I think that's more reflective of the skills of Rocky than it is a detriment towards Nguyen, but it's something to note regardless.
A fight that could have title implications for the winner, former Muay Thai world champion (FTR) and Judo black belt Alain Ngalani is fighting Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu black belt Alexandre Machado. Ngalani is a very explosive, muscle-bound African fighter who lives and trains in Hong Kong, hence the addition of him to the Macau card (they're both Special-Administrative Regions in China and are right next to each other), who holds a 2-2 record both in shootfighting and in ONE. Both of his victories were highlight-reel knockouts-- including a backswing kick knockout in his debut-- and his losses have come against title contenders in ONE in Chi Lewis-Parry and Paul Cheng. He's coming off a victory over former URCC heavyweight champion Igor Subora, and, due to the striking backgrounds of both, a fight between him and current ONE heavyweight champion Brandon Vera could be on the horizon if he wins (and, stylistically, Ngalani could definitely pull off the upset.)
Alexandre Machado holds a 7-2 record with 6 finishes. He made his debut with ONE in February against current middleweight contender Marcin Prachnio, whom he lost to by knockout in the first round. If he can beat Ngalani, a fight between him and Vera could happen before the end of the year.
Jia Wen Ma is a 19-year old who has fought his entire [official] career in ONE and holds a 2-2 record. He made it to the finals of the Guangzhou featherweight tournament and lost by decision against the . He fought in the tournament alternate bout in the ONE Beijing II featherweight tournament against fellow ONE feahterweight tournament runner-up (at the inaugural Beijing featherweight tournament) Wang Ya Wei next, whom he defeated by decision. He fought Dagestani ONE prospect Saygid Arslan this year in his most recent fight and lost via TKO.
Jimmy Yabo was a URCC Cebu champion (I think) who made his debut with ONE in 2015, getting submitted by Team Lakay fighter and the younger brother of featherweight contender Eric Kelly, Edward Kelly, and holds a 1-3 record in ONE overall. He was defeated again in his sophomore appearance by EVOLVE prospect Amir Khan before he got a big knockout victory over Pakistani-American fighter Bashir Ahmad in 20-seconds. He lost to another EVOLVE prospect, Benedict Ang, in his most recent fight. He's won all of his fights by knockout.
In a very interesting local-tournament-competitor vs. local-tournament-competitor fight, Chan Rothana was the runner-up in the ONE 2014 Cambodian bantamweight tournament (and considered by many to be the unofficial winner of-), and he holds a 4-1 record in shootfighting, all finishes. In addition to that, though, and perhaps more importantly, he's a Kun Khmer veteran who has something like 80 or 90 Kun Khmer fights, and the Cambodian shootfighting circuit is very active-- due to the lack of restrictions it has on payment compared to Kun Khmer-- and he has a lot of unsanctioned fights to his name that haven't made it to his record, so he's a very skilled, deceptively-experienced fighter and probably the top Cambodian star that ONE has. He fought Samang Dung in the finals of the Cambodian tournament and knocked him out with a stomp to the face and follow-up punches, which is illegal under ONE and lead to a disqualification, which is why many people consider him the unofficial winner of the tournament. In his last fight with ONE, he avenged the loss with a first-round knockout.
He's fighting the winner of the January Changsha bantamweight tournament "The Southern Eagle" Haobin Ma. The Southern Eagle won his tournament very impressively, earning two first-round submissions via guillotine choke in about a minute each time (including one in under 30-seconds.) Much like a lot of Chinamen, he's also got some unsanctioned fights to his name and he's more experienced than his fightfinder record would suggest.
In the opening bout, Joshua Pacio's an undefeated, promising Filipino strawweight who holds a 7-0 record with a 100% finishing rate (which says a lot more in the lower divisions) and who trains with Team Lakay. He recently won his debut with ONE in April by knocking out Rabin Catalan.
Kritsada Kongsrichai is a Full Metal Dojo fighter and a Thai wrestler who holds a 4-2 record and also a 100% finishing rate. He made his debut with ONE on their inaugural Thailand card and defeated Cambodian fighter Kev Hemmorior by TKO in under two minutes.
The winner of this fight could be in title contention and end up fighting the champion Nobita Naito soon, especially if their streak of finishes continues. They could also end up in a title-eliminator with ONE strawweight contender, EVOLVE fighter and BJJ champion Alex Silva, which would be equally-cool.
'Good card. The card's also probably gonna be available for streaming, since Macau's status as an SAR makes them very Internet-friendly compared to mainland China, and since the UFC was able to broadcast their stuff live.
