Abdul-Latif (3-0) had originally been booked for his debut against Anderson “Braddock” Silva in July of 2022, only to be forced to withdraw from the bout due to injury. He will enter ONE Fight Night 18 on a three fight wins streak, with two finishes by way of knockout.

Won (6-2) will welcome a fighter to ONE Championship for the second consecutive time in the bout. He comes in off a loss to Ben Tynan at ONE on Prime Video 16 in November of 2023. With just one fight in the each of the last two years respectively, he will be back in action early in 2024. Perhaps setting himself up for a busier year in the process.

ONE Fight Night 18 will be headlined by a kickboxing bantamweight bout between Superlek Kiatmoo9 and Elias Mahmoudi in a main event title fight.

Reported bouts for the event include:

• Kwon Won II vs. Shinechagtga Zoltsetseg
• Shamil Gasanov vs. Ho Taek Oh
• Artem Belakh vs. Enkh-Orgil Baatarkhuu
• Kang Ji Won vs. Mikhail Jamal Abdul-Latif

ONE Fight Night 18 takes place at Lumpinee Boxing Stadium in Bangkok, Thailand on Jan 12, 2024.

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Sources tell Cageside Press that Tynan (4-0) will take on Kang Ji Won in Bangkok on Nov. 3 at ONE Fight Night 16 marking the heavyweight’s debut fight with ONE Championship.

Tynan comes off a successful run in Legacy Fighting Alliance (LFA) where he recorded a 100% finishing rate with stoppages over Trevor Wallace, Lance Lee and Will Johnson.

Kang (6-1) is 3-1 in ONE Championship coming off a knockout victory over Paul Elliot in March 2022. His sole loss came against Marcus Almeida in 2021. He’ll look to continue to build momentum with a victory over the debuting Tynan.

Tynan was a Canadian Junior Freestyle National Champion and took his talents to North Dakota State University where he qualified for the NCAA Division I National Championships. He’s competed in wrestling, jiu-jitsu, submission grappling and kickboxing making for a well-rounded game.

Tynan signed to ONE Championship earlier this year and looks to be a perfect fit for the promotion with powerful wrestling and evolving striking.

 

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For Aliakbari, after a false start last year that saw his opponent pull out of a planned December bout, it was his promotional debut. A world championship gold medal winner later stripped of his medal and banned for life for doping offenses, Aliakbari had previously competed for RIZIN, piling up wins over notable names like Valentin Moldavsky, Heath Herring, and Geronimo dos Santos. Outside RIZIN, under the ACB banner, he had also earned a win over former UFC heavyweight Daniel Omielanczuk.

The only loss on Aliakbari’s record came against heavyweight legend Mirko Cro-Cop, making his ONE debut one to keep an eye on. Korean Kang Ji Won, meanwhile, was far less experienced, but boasted a perfect 4-0 record.

In the co-main event, Brazil’s Alexandre Machado took on undefeated Russian Anatoly Malykhin.

ONE Championship: Fists of Fury II airs Friday, March 5. Results can be found above. A stream of the action is above, where available.

ONE Championship: Fists of Fury II Results:

Kang Ji Won def. Amir Aliakbari by Knockout, Round 1, 1:54
Anatoly Malykhin def. Alexandre Machado by TKO, Round 1, 3:28
Tang Kai defeats Ryogo Takahashi by Knockout, Round 1, 1:59
Yoshiki Nakahara def. Ruslan Emilbek Uulu by TKO, Round 1, 1:30
Han Zi Hao def. Adam Noi by Unanimous Decision
Mark Fairtex Abelardo def. Emilio Urrutia by Knockout, Round 2, 3:20

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