ONE Championship features historic all-women’s MMA fight card

ONE: EMPOWER is set to kick off Friday in Singapore, featuring the first all-women’s fight card hosted by a major global martial arts organization.

Reigning ONE Women’s Strawweight World Champion Xiong Jing Nan will look to defend her title against second-ranked strawweight contender Michelle Nicolini in the main event.

Alyse Anderson of Michigan, currently 5-1 professionally, will compete in her first ever ONE event. Previously a full-time nurse on the front lines in the fight against COVID-19, Anderson recently transitioned into MMA as her primary occupation. She’ll face Itsuki Hirata in one of four Atomweight World Grand Prix quarterfinals.

Jackie Buntan of California will meet Daniele Lopez on the lead card in ONE Super Series Muay Thai. Buntan is 2-0 in her professional MMA career, having defeated Wondergirl and Ekaterina Vandaryeva earlier this year.

Main card

ONE Women’s Strawweight World Championship

• Xiong Jing Nan vs. Michelle Nicolini

Mixed Martial Arts – Atomweight World Grand Prix (Bout 8)

• Denice Zamboanga vs. Seo Hee Ham

Mixed Martial Arts – Atomweight World Grand Prix (Bout 7)

• Stamp Fairtex cs. Alyona Rassohyna

Mixed Martial Arts – Atomweight World Grand Prix (Bout 6)

• Meng Bo vs. Ritu Phogat

Mixed Martial Arts – Atomweight World Grand Prix (Bout 5)

• Itsuki Hirata vs. Alyse Anderson

Kickboxing (Bout 4)

• Anissa Meksen vs. Cristina Morales

Lead card

Muay Thai (Bout 3)

• Jackie Buntan vs. Daniela Lopez

Mixed Martial Arts – Atomweight World Grand Prix Alternate (Bout 2)

• Mei Tamaguchi vs. Julie Mezabarba

Mixed Martial Arts – Atomweight World Grand Prix Alternate (Bout 1)

• Winner of Bi Nguyen/Jenelyn Olsim vs. Grace Cleveland