| ONE: Only the Brave | ||||
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 The poster for ONE: Only the Brave. | ||||
| Information | ||||
| Promotion | ONE Championship | |||
| Date | January 28, 2022 | |||
| Venue | Singapore Indoor Stadium | |||
| City | Kallang, Singapore | |||
| Event chronology | ||||
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ONE: Only the Brave was a Combat sport event produced by ONE Championship that took place on January 28, 2022, at the Singapore Indoor Stadium in Kallang, Singapore. [1]
The main event was set to feature an interim Heavyweight title fight between the Russian Anatoly Malykhin and the Belarusian Kiril Grishenko was expected to take place at the event. [1] [2] However, the bout was moved to this event ONE: Bad Blood due to Malykhin tested positive for COVID-19 days before the event.
The event also featured the semi-finals for the ONE Kickboxing Featherweight Grand Prix. [3]
Françesco Xhaja made his promotional debut against the veteran Rade Opacic. [4]
A Lightweight bout between Zhang Lipeng and Ruslan Emilbek Uulu was scheduled for the event. [5]
A featherweight bout between Kim Jae Woong and Tang Kai was expected to take place at this event. [6] However, Kim withdraw before the event due to undisclosed medical issue [7] and the bout was moved to this event ONE X.
| Main Card (YouTube / ONE Super App) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
| Featherweight Kickboxing | Sitthichai Sitsongpeenong | def. | Davit Kiria | Decision (unanimous) | 3 | 3:00 | [lower-alpha 1] |
| Featherweight Kickboxing | Chingiz Allazov | def. | Jo Nattawut | KO (head kick and punches) | 1 | 1:55 | [lower-alpha 2] |
| Lightweight | Zhang Lipeng | def. | Ruslan Emilbek Uulu | KO (punches) | 1 | 0:32 | |
| Heavyweight Kickboxing | Rade Opačić | def. | Françesko Xhaja | TKO (3 knockdown rules) | 2 | 2:00 | |
| Welterweight | Hiroyuki Tetsuka | def. | Edson Marques | KO (punch) | 3 | 1:05 | |
| Strawweight | Jarred Brooks | def. | Hiroba Minowa | Decision (unanimous) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Lead Card (YouTube / Facebook / ONE Super App) | |||||||
| Catchweight (157.9 lbs) Kickboxing | Ivan Kondratev | def. | Dovydas Rimkus | KO (punch) | 3 | 0:35 | [lower-alpha 3] |
| Catchweight (135.5 lbs) | Tatsumitsu Wada | def. | Wang Shuo | Decision (unanimous) | 3 | 5:00 | [lower-alpha 4] |
| Bantamweight | Purev Otgonjargal | def. | Micael de Jesus | Decision (unanimous) | 3 | 5:00 | |
The following fighters received $50,000 bonuses. [9]
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