ONE Championship 40: Askren vs. Aleksakhin - April 15 (OFFICIAL DISCUSSION)

One FC 40 
April 15, 2016
Mall of Asia Arena
Manila, Philippines

Main Card:
Ben Askren (14-0)          vs.      (17-3) Nikolay Aleksakhin  
Main Event |  Title Fight | Welterweight | 170 lbs (77 kg)

Geje Eustaquio (6-0)       vs.               (7-1) Gianni Subba  
Co-Main Event  | Flyweight | 125 lbs (57 kg)

Lowen Tynanes (8-0)       vs.                   (12-4) Koji Ando  
Main Card | Lightweight | 155 lbs (70 kg)

Muin Gafurov (10-0)         vs.            (8-3) Reece McLaren  
Main Card | Bantamweight | 135 lbs (61 kg)
 
Vaughn Donayre (8-4)       vs.          (8-6) Honorio Banario  
Main Card | Lightweight | 155 lbs (70 kg)

ONE Championship welterweight champion Ben Askren is looking forward to returning to the cage to defend his belt after a bizarre year.
 
Askren, will defend his title against Nikolay Aleksakhin in the main event of the ONE: Global Rivals event at Mall of Asia Arena in Manila on April 15.

Don't know much about his opponent. Looks like he had a ONE FC fight in the past and has a good record.

CDF47 wrote:Don't know much about his opponent.  Looks like he had a ONE FC fight in the past and has a good record.

Aleksakhin's last fight was against a rookie fighter so this is a HUGE jump up in competition from his prior bout. Askren should be able to arm triangle Aleksakhin no problem.

^Sounds like Askren shouldn't have much a problem in this one.

Pretty dominant win for Askren