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ONE Championship begins its December offering on Friday with “ONE: Big Bang”, which will feature two Filipino wrestlers in Rene “D’Challenger” Catalan and Jomary. “The Zamboanginian fighter” Torres on the card.
At Singapore’s indoor stadium, Mr. Catalan (6-3) faces Bokang “Little Giant” Masunyane (7-0) of South Africa in a strawweight clash while atomweight Torres (4-4) collides with Ritu “La Tigresa India” Phogat (3-0) in a pair of three rounds.
Catalan-Masunyane is a replacement fight involving Philippine flyweight Danny Kingad, which had to be canceled after a member of his team tested positive for the coronavirus.
The 41-year-old Catalan, who is the third-ranked fighter in his division, is keen to bounce back after losing (submission) in his title shot in November last year to current champion and compatriot Joshua Pacio.
He is using the Masunyane fight as a springboard to position himself for another shot in the strawweight division, as well as being back in the swing of things after months of no action in the Circle due to the pandemic.
“I am excited to be racing again. This is what I love to do. It’s where I belong, ”said Mr. Catalán, who won a silver medal for the Philippines in sambo at last year’s Southeast Asian Games.
“My goal is to move up and take first place in the division, so expect me to fight hard. I am hungry and I will fight like this to reach my goal of being number one again and challenging the champion once again, ”he added.
FUNK TOWERS
Meanwhile, Ms. Torres is looking to get back on the win column, after coming out empty in her last five-fight fight, the most recent being a no-contest.
The Filipino fighter, outside the Catalan Fighting System, opened her ONE career by winning her first three fights before going through a slump.
“I want to win this fight for my family, make them proud and help them. I want to knock (Phogat) unconscious, “said Ms Torres, who made her ONE debut in 2017.
He added: “I know I am the weakest here and people think I have very little chance of beating it. But I think I will surprise a lot of people ”.
ONE: Big Bang is spearheaded by the light heavyweight kickboxing world championship fight between champion Roman Kryklia of Ukraine against challenger Murat Aygun, who represents the Netherlands and Turkey.
It will air through One Sports + at 8:30 pm One Sports will broadcast the event with a delay the same day at 9 pm TV5, meanwhile, it will broadcast the event with a delay the next day at 11 pm – Michael Angelo S. Murillo
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