Singapore hosts ONE: Inside the Matrix
THE WORLD’S largest martial arts organization will be staying in Singapore for its biggest event of 2020.
On Tuesday, ONE Championship announced it will broadcast ONE: Inside the Matrix live from the Singapore Indoor Stadium on Friday, October 30.
The news comes after the successful conclusion of ONE: Reign of Dynasties on October 9, the first international sports production to be held in Singapore since the country implemented Covid19- related measures earlier this year.
Four colossal world title bouts were previously confirmed with two- division world champion Aung La N Sang defending the ONE Middleweight World Title against Reinier De Ridder.
Inside the Matrix will also feature the highly anticipated return of ONE Lightweight World
Champion Christian Lee after a spectacular 2019, which saw him knock out Japanese martial arts legend ShinyaAoki to claim the title before ripping through Turkish juggernaut Saygid Guseyn Arslanaliev on short notice to claim the ONE Lightweight World Grand Prix Championship.
Lee will face division’s top-ranked contender, Iuri Lapicus.
ONE Featherweight World Champion Martin Nguyen will also defend his gold against the division’s third ranked contender, Thanh Le.
Xiong Jing Nan will defend her ONE Women’s Strawweight World Title against the number one contender Tiffany Teo.
This will be the second showdown between these star athletes.
In January 2018, Xiong defeated Teo at ONE: Kings of Courage by fourth-round TKO to claim the inaugural crown. Since then, she has successfully defended the belt against Laura Balin, Samara Santos, and ONE Women’s Atomweight World Champion Angela Lee.
In one of those matchups, Filipino sports icon and former multi-time ONE Lightweight World Champion Eduard Folayang will make one more attempt to restart his journey back to the gold.
The Baguio City legend will try to take the first step against Australian sensation Antonio “The Spartan” Caruso in a lightweight mixed martial arts bout.
In the other newly announced fight, Ritu Phogat will make her return to the Circle and try to keep her spotless record intact.
The Indian wrestling icon will meet dangerous Kun Khmer World Champion Nou Srey Pov in an atomweight mixed martial arts showdown.