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ONE Championship: Superlek to defend flyweight kickboxing title, Takeru debut set to be confirmed
- ‘The Kicking Machine’ will next face Elias Mahmoudi in main event of ONE Fight Night 18 at Lumpinee Stadium in Bangkok
- Asian martial arts promotion will reveal details of Tokyo return at a press conference later this month, CEO Chatri says
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Superlek Kiatmookao will defend his ONE Championship flyweight kickboxing title against Elias Mahmoudi in January 13’s main event at Lumpinee Stadium.
A ticket website leak for the ONE Fight Night 18 event in Bangkok hinted at Superlek’s next opponent earlier on Tuesday, before the Asian martial arts promotion confirmed the bout later.
The potential match-up was revealed in a post on the Thaiticketmajor website, which is Asia-based martial arts promotion ONE’s official ticketing partner in Thailand. The post was deleted but then spread on social media.
Tw other fights were confirmed for ONE Fight Night 18 last week.
Former bantamweight Muay Thai title challenger Liam Harrison will face former MMA champion John Lineker in a Muay Thai bout.
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