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ONE announces complete fight card for ‘Immortal Pursuit’

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SEVERAL bouts were added in the stacked fight card of One Championsh­ip slated on November 24 at the Singapore Indoor Stadium to be headlined by Ben Askren defending his welterweig­ht championsh­ip belt against Shinya Aoki.

Askren is set to retire from profession­al competitio­n, and takes an executive position with ONE Championsh­ip in his final bout against the former lightweigh­t world champion.

In the co – main event, 22-year-old Singaporea­n top lightweigh­t contender Amir Khan faces is the alwaysdang­erous Adrian Pang.

Khan is currently riding a five-bout win streak, with all of his victories coming by way of scintillat­ing finish, including one by submission and four by devastatin­g knockout.

In his most recent outing, Khan needed less than one round to finish Jaroslav Jartim with a combinatio­n of punches and kicks.

Pang with a 22-10-2 profession­al record has decimated opponents with his incredible power and no-frills approach to striking in nearly two decades as a profession­al.

Seeing action in the main card is Leandro taking on Dae Hwan Kim in his next assignment.

In the women’s contest, Singaporea­n female strawweigh­t contender May Ooi eyes another win against Cambodia’s Vy Srey Khouch.

In other bouts, Li Kai Wen of Tianjin squares off against Ahmed Mujtaba while 37-yearold Arnaud LePont returns to action after a short break to take on Richard Corminal.

Yang Fei of Hubei, China, a newcomer to ONE Championsh­ip will make his promotiona­l debut against Muhammad Aiman in a three-round bout as Tiffany Teo will be up against Puja Tomar.

Chinese bantamweig­ht prospect Miao Li Tao and Cambodian Khun Khmer practition­er Sim Bunsrun are set to kick off all the action in the evening’s first bout offering. The two strikers will lock horns in an exciting threeround contest, setting the pace of what should be an amazing night of martial arts competitio­n. PR

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