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to Tynanes when he goes up against Dae Sung Park in a lightweigh­t fight.

Edward “The Ferocious” Kelly will tangle with “The Stalker” Xie Bin from China to the featherwei­ght division.

Filipino fan-favorite Danny “The King” Kingad will take on Australia’s Reece “Lightning” Mclaren in what many expect to be an exciting encounter.

Kingad was supposed to face former champion Kairat Akhmetov, who was injured while training that allowed Mcclaren to fight the Team Lakay member instead.

Kingad said that what he lacks in wrestling, which he knows is the advantage of the other fighters, he will make it up with his striking skills.

“We go down to Manila to learn jiu-jitsu, and we hone them back home until we improve them,” said the 23year old who just finished his Education degree from the University of the Cordillera­s in Baguio.

Dawn of Heroes will be bannered by ONE Featherwei­ght World Champion Martin “The Situ-asian” Nguyen, who will stake his belt against Japanese challenger Koyomi “Moushigo” Matsushima.

ONE Flyweight Muay Thai World Champion Jonathan “The General” Haggerty will make the first defense of his World Title against Thai star Rodtang “Iron Man” Jitmuangno­n in one of the most eagerly-anticipate­d ONE Super Series Muay Thai clashes yet.

Other fights include 12time World Champion Demetrious “Mighty Mouse” Johnson against Japanese contender Tatsumitsu “The Sweeper” Wada.

Muay Thai star Rodlek PK Saeenchaim­uaythaigym will make a swift turnaround to step in at short notice as he goes up against all-action athlete, Scotland’s Andrew “Maddog Fairtex” Miller.

Thailand’s Pongsiri “The Smiling Assassin” Mitsatit and China’s Miao Li Tao go head to head in a must-see strawweigh­t contest. A win could galvanize a meeting with reigning strawweigh­t king, Joshua Pacio of Team Lakay.

Another Team Lakay former champion, Kevin Belingon (bantamweig­ht) takes a rest.

On Team Lakay’s Facebook group, head coach Mark Sangiao wrote: “So we descend carrying with us the rich blessings from the mountains and from our warrior forefather­s who valorously defended this country and its people. Today, we are crossing the same rivers and mountains to keep the honor long fought for.”

Sangiao is a SEAG gold medalist and former mixed martial artists who co-founded Team Lakay with Folayang and Eustaquio, his former wushu sanda Philippine coteam members. He instead focused on coaching the team, the most successful Philippine squad in ONE FC./PNA

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