ONE Championship returns to Singapore this Saturday. ONE 163 takes place at Singapore Indoor Stadium and is headlined by a kickboxing welterweight title fight between Hiroki Akimoto and Petchtanong Petchfergus. In the co-main event, the Iranian fighter Iraj Azizpour will square off against the Ukrainian Roman Krykila.
Hiroki Akimoto vs. Petchtanong Petchfergus for the Kickboxing welterweight title
Akimoto rides a five-fight winning streak with all victories being decision wins. In his most recent appearance, he won the welterweight gold by beating Capitan Petchyindee. Now the Japanese fighter will take on Thai in his first title defense. Petchtanong comes out of a win in his last fight, which put an end to a two-fight losing streak.
Roman Kryklia vs. Iraj Azizpour in the ONE Championship Kickboxing Heavyweight Grand Prix Final
The heavyweight Grand Prix finals will serve as co-main event. Krykila earned his spot in the finale by defeating Guto Inocente in the quarterfinals. Meanwhile, Azizpour beat Bruno Chaves. This will be a trilogy fight between the two, as both have victories over one another.
ONE 163 live Results
Main Card
Petchtanong Petchfergus def. Hiroki Akimoto via Split Decision and won the ONE Kickboxing Welterweight Championship
Roman Kryklia def. Iraj Azizpour via TKO (Referee stoppage), at 1:28 of Round 2 and won ONE Kickboxing Heavyweight Grand Prix
Saygid Izagakhmaev dev. Shinya Aoki via TKO (Punches), at 1:26 of Round 1
Aung La N Sang def. Yushin Okami via TKO (Knees and punches), at 1:42 of Round 1
Woo Sung Hoon def. Yuya Wakamatsu via TKO (Punches), at 2:46 of Round 1
Kwon Won II def. Mark Abelardo via TKO (Punches), at 3:45 of Round 3
Lead Card
Kickboxing Bout: Ahmed Krnjic def. Bruno Chaves via Unanimous Decision
Ahmed Mujtaba def. Abraao Amorim via Submission (Triangle choke), Round 1
Muay Thai Bout: Asahi Shinagawa def. Rui Botelho via Split Decision
Submission Grappling Bout: Bianca Basilio def. Milena Kaori via Submission (Rear-naked choke)
Kirikk Gorobets def. Bruno Pucci via Unanimous Decision
