ONE Championship Announces Stamp Fairtex vs. Denice Zamboanga and Tye Ruotolo vs. Izaak Michell For ONE 166: Qatar
ONE Championship (ONE) today announced that the final two World Championship bouts for ONE 166: Qatar will showcase Thailand’s Stamp Fairtex defending her Atomweight MMA World Title against Denice Zamboanga of the Philippines, and American BJJ star Tye Ruotolo defending his Welterweight Submission Grappling World Title against former IBJJF World Champion Izaak Michell of Australia.
ONE 166: Qatar, presented by Visit Qatar, will take place live from the Lusail Sports Arena on Friday, March 1. Tickets for the event are on sale now via the Virgin Megastore and Q-Tickets.
ONE 166: Qatar will also feature three highly anticipated World Championship rematches, as ONE Heavyweight and Light Heavyweight MMA World Champion Anatoly Malykhin of Russia attempts to become a three-division king, challenging the Netherlands’ Reinier de Ridder for the ONE Middleweight MMA World Title. In addition, ONE Strawweight MMA World Champion Jarred Brooks of the U.S. defends his title against the Philippines’ Joshua Pacio, and ONE Featherweight MMA World Champion Tang Kai of China returns to take on interim titleholder Thanh Le of the U.S. in a World Title unification bout.
As a part of grassroots efforts to develop martial arts talent in the region, ONE will also host a no gi submission grappling tournament in the lead-up to ONE 166: Qatar. “Road to ONE: Doha” will take place on Thursday, February 29 at the Aspire Zone (Doha Sports City). The competition will span five weight divisions, with winners in the advanced category earning US$100,000 contracts to grapple for ONE Championship.
ONE 166: Qatar will be broadcast in the Middle East region on beIN Sports. Details on how to watch the global broadcast, which can be viewed in over 190 countries, will be announced at a later date.
