ONE Championship kicked off its 2022 with Heavy Hitters on Friday — and women’s strawweight champ Xiong Jing Nan once again successfully defended her title.
In the Heavy Hitters headliner, “The Panda” went the distance against Japan’s Ayaka Miura, winning a five-round unanimous decision to secure the sixth defense of her crown. The only blemish thus far in Jing Nan’s ONE career came against Angela Lee, down a weight class at atomweight in a bid for a second title.
With their career series tied, a rubber match could still be lurking in the distance. For now, however, Xiong Jing Nan remains a force in ONE’s women’s strawweight division.
One unfortunate absence from the card on Friday was former UFC title challenger Yushin Okami. Okami’s bout wound up cancelled after opponent Leandro Ataides tested positive for COVID-19, the Japanese fighter revealed on social media.
アタイデス選手のコロナ陽性により、試合は延期となりました。代替選手も見つからなかったとのこと。
渡航直前の連絡だったため、準備万端の状態でした。残念ですが気持ちを切り替えます。
次戦については決まり次第、ご報告します。明日ご出場の皆さん、日本から勝利を願っています！ https://t.co/ADbBLoMZiy— Yushin Okami 岡見勇信 (@_Yushin_Okami_) January 13, 2022
Full results and a gallery of highlights from ONE: Heavy Hitters can be found below.
ONE Championship: Heavy Hitters Results
Main Card
Xiong Jing Nan def. Ayaka Miura via Unanimous Decision – for the ONE strawweight world championship
Tawanchai def. Saemapetch via TKO R1, 2:55 — Muay Thai
Saygid Izagakhmaev def. James Nakashima via submission (D’Arce Choke) R2, 2:17
Supergirl def. Ekaterina Vandaryeva via Split Decision — Muay Thai
Senzo Ikeda def. Elipitua Siregar via TKO, R3 2:00
Lead Card
Giannis Stoforidis def. Beybulat Isaev via KO R1, 0:31 — kickboxing
Shuya Kamikubo def. Troy Worthen via submission (rear-naked choke) R3, 4:36
Tiffany Teo def. Meng Bo via submission (rear-naked choke) R2, 3:45
