ONE Championship: five storylines to watch in 2021 as Garry Tonon, Demetrious Johnson go for gold
- ‘Mighty Mouse’ Johnson vs Adriano Moraes flyweight title bout is set to help launch 2021 schedule
- ‘The Lion Killer’ Tonon looks to wrest featherweight belt from Thanh Le, while Aung La N Sang chases redemption
ONE Championship got things done in 2020, putting on fight cards when that looked, for a while, to be nigh on impossible, and providing nights of high drama when those events came to fruition.
There were new champions crowned at middleweight (Dutchman Reinier De Ridder) and at featherweight (Vietnamese-American Thanh Le). There was further proof that Xiong Jingnan owns the strawweight division, with the Chinese fighter’s fourth defence of her crown.
“2020 has been a tough year, but above all we were able to showcase the resilience of the human spirit,” is how ONE group president Teh Hua Fung reflects on the 12 months.
A lull in the action has us looking to 2021, and to better times, so here are the leading storylines SCMP MMA is waiting to explore:
Demetrious Johnson-Adriano Moraes