ONE Championship: Quest For Power - Bigdash vs. Nsang - January 14 (OFFICIAL DISCUSSION)

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January 14, 2017
Jakarta Convention Center
Jakarta, Indonesia

Main Card:
Vitaly Bigdash (8-0)          vs.      (19-9) Aung La Nsang  
Main Event |  Title Fight | Middleweight | 185 lbs (84 kg)

Kazunori Yokota (25-6)     vs.         (7-1) Martin Nguyen  
Co-Main Event | Featherweight | 145 lbs (66 kg)

Vincent Latoel (16-18)      vs.      (8-6) Vaughn Donayre  
Main Card | Lightweight | 155 lbs (70 kg)

Georgi Stoyanov (19-11)   vs.          (4-0) S. Arslanaliev  
Main Card | Lightweight | 155 lbs (70 kg)

Anthony Engelen (5-2)      vs.         (2-3) AJ Lias Mansor  
Main Card | Featherweight | 145 lbs (66kg)

Igor Subora (5-3)             vs.       (8-2) Sherif Mohamed  
Main Card | Light Heavyweight | 205 lbs (93 kg)

Have to catch this one for the Bigdash fight.

ONE Championship has just announced that Polish middleweight contender Marcin Prachnio has withdrawn from his upcoming bout due to injury, less than two weeks before he was scheduled to compete for the ONE Middleweight World Championship against defending champion Vitaly Bigdash.

Stepping in to replace him is Myanmar national hero “Burmese Python” Aung La N Sang (19-9-0, 1NC). He will step inside the ONE Championship cage across the undefeated Bigdash (8-0) in the main event of ONE: QUEST FOR POWER. The card is set to take place in Indonesia’s Jakarta Convention Center on Saturday, 14 January.

Kingfedor wrote:
ONE Championship has just announced that Polish middleweight contender Marcin Prachnio has withdrawn from his upcoming bout due to injury, less than two weeks before he was scheduled to compete for the ONE Middleweight World Championship against defending champion Vitaly Bigdash.

Stepping in to replace him is Myanmar national hero “Burmese Python” Aung La N Sang (19-9-0, 1NC). He will step inside the ONE Championship cage across the undefeated Bigdash (8-0) in the main event of ONE: QUEST FOR POWER. The card is set to take place in Indonesia’s Jakarta Convention Center on Saturday, 14 January.

Aung is still a great fight.

Two Additional Bouts Added

While the bout between ONE Middleweight World Champion Vitaly Bigdash and Yangon, Myanmar’s “Burmese Python” Aung La N Sang stole headlines after being announced yesterday, two additional bouts to round out a spectacular fight card have also been added to ONE: QUEST FOR POWER.

ONE Championship is set to return to the Jakarta Convention Center in the Indonesian capital on 14 January for another evening of world-class mixed martial arts action.

Undefeated Turkish lightweight contender by way of Dagestan, Russia, Saygid Guseyn Arslanaliev (4-0) will make his much-anticipated return to the ONE Championship cage opposite veteran fighter, Georgi Stoyanov (19-11) of Bulgaria.

Arslanaliev is rapidly making a name for himself as an unstoppable force inside the ONE Championship cage.

He has just four victories so far in his young mixed martial arts career, but they are four of the fastest finishes in the promotion, resulting in an average cage time of just under a minute. He was also recently named one of the promotion’s top prospects to watch out for in 2017.



What’s even more impressive is the fact that Arslanaliev appears to have outclassed each and every one of his opponents so far. In his last bout, Arslanaliev entered the ONE Championship cage with a huge grin on his face. 26 seconds later, the referee was prying Arslanaliev’s arms away from Haolan Jietebusibai’s neck in a deep standing guillotine.

Meanwhile, Stoyanov has competed largely in his home country of Bulgaria as well as Russia for the majority of his career, but now makes his way to Asia to seek out new challenges. With 11 of his 19 wins coming by submission, Stoyanov is a grappling specialist with a knack for delivering impressive submission finishes.

Stoyanov is a step up in competition for Arslanaliev, and should be a good test for the Russian stalwart.

To round off the card, Filipino MMA heavyweight champion Igor Subora (5-3) of the Ukraine, who lives and trains out of Manila, Philippines, will transition to the light heavyweight division to face Egypt’s Sherif Mohamed (8-1) next. Sherif is a Evolution Light Heavyweight Champion, as well as a well-versed kickboxer and wrestler.

All in all, a total of nine fights round out a stacked ONE: QUEST FOR POWER fight card.

Kingfedor wrote:

I hope to find a way to catch this Bigdash fight.

Surprised to see Yokota get KO'd. Another nice win by Bigdash.