Filipino Menchavez to make ONE debut in Macau
Another Filipino fighter will strut his stuff in Macau for ONE Championship’s Pinnacle of Power card on June 23.
Rodian Menchavez (5-1) is set to make his debut in the promotion, making it to the card that features interim ONE flyweight champion Geje Eustaquio (10-6) taking on undisputed ONE World flyweight titlist Adriano Moraes (17-2) in a title unification bout in the co-main event.
Eustaquio’s Team Lakay stable mates Edward Kelly (10-4) and Danny Kingad (6-1) are also in the card and are scheduled to face against Narantungalag Jadambaa (12-5) and Ma Hao Bin (10-2), respectively.
Menchavez will bring his four-fight winning streak on the line against China’s Li Kai Wen (7-4), the ONE Featherweight Beijing 2014 Champion, in their featherweight bout.
ONE Women’s World strawweight champion Xiong Jing Nan (11-1) will defend her title against Argentinian Laura Balin (10-2) in the main event at Studio City Event Center.
Malaysia’s Ev Ting (15-4) will look to extend his winning streak to three fights against Japan’s Koji Ando (12-6), who is looking to stop his two-fight skid in their lightweight bout.
The fight card will also include two fights in the super series, one in Muay Thai and the other in kickboxing.
Lerdsila Phuket Top Team (186-31-5), a three-time Rajadamnern Stadium World Champion across three different weight classes, will face Cambodia’s Sok Thy (221-36-12) in the ONE Super Series Muay Thai division.
Cameroon’s Alain Ngalani, a four-time Muay Thai and kickboxing heavyweight World champion, (25-7-1, 2 NC) will duke it out against the Netherlands’ Tarik Khbabez (42-5-1), who was a two-time Heavyweight Superkombat World Champion.
Muay Thai practitioner Rui Botelho (17-6-2), who fights out of Portugal’s capital of Lisbon, will make his debut in the ONE Super Series against Japan’s Yoshinori Ogasawara (14-4-4).
Mario Satya Wirawan (5-5) of Indonesia will look to stop his three-fight skid against Cambodia’s Rin Saroth (2-5), who’s lost his last two fights, in their featherweight match in the card’s opening match.
