Ruotolo to fight Vigna for lightweight MMA title in ONE 171: Qatar

Ruotolo to fight Vigna for lightweight MMA title in ONE 171: Qatar

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By QLNews

ONE Championship, the world’s largest martial arts organization, has added four explosive matchups to the ONE 171: Qatar event, which will be held at the Lusail Sports Arena on February 20. The fights will be presented in association with Visit Qatar.

ONE Lightweight Submission Grappling World Champion Kade Ruotolo is set to put his unblemished professional MMA record on the line as he squares off against unbeaten debutant Nicolas Vigna.

Undefeated middleweight MMA contender Shamil Erdogan will face former ONE Light Heavyweight and Middleweight MMA World Champion Aung La N Sang in a highly-anticipated rematch.

Regional stars will also take to the circle for the very first time.

Abdullo Khodzhaev and Wilian Poles will square off in a lightweight MMA bout, and IBJJF World Champion Zayed Alkatheeri will take on Jarrah Al Hazza in a flyweight submission grappling match.

ONE Championship would like to thank official ONE 171 Presenting Partner Visit Qatar, Official Media Partner Media City Qatar, Official Telecom Partner Ooredoo, Official Energy Drink Partner Monster Energy, Official Blockchain Partner Sui, and Official Venue Partner Lusail Sports Arena.

ONE 171: QATAR SCHEDULE

ONE Bantamweight Kickboxing World Championship

(C) Jonathan Haggerty vs. (1) Wei Rui

ONE Strawweight MMA World Championship

(C) Joshua Pacio vs. (IC) Jarred Brooks

Welterweight MMA

Roberto Soldic vs. Dagi Arslanaliev

Middleweight MMA

Shamil Erdogan vs. Aung La N Sang

Bantamweight MMA

Bibiano Fernandes vs. Kevin Belingon

Featherweight MMA

(3) Shamil Gasanov vs. (4) Martin Nguyen

Lightweight MMA

Kade Ruotolo vs. Nicolas Vigna

Heavyweight MMA

Mauro Cerilli vs. Kirill Grishenko

Bantamweight Muay Thai

Jake Peacock vs. Shinji Suzuki

Bantamweight Kickboxing

(2) Ilias Ennahachi vs. (3) Petchtanong Petchfergus

Atomweight MMA

(5) Ayaka Miura vs. Ritu Phogat

Flyweight Submission Grappling

Zayed Alkatheeri vs. Jarrah Al Hazza

Lightweight MMA

Abdullo Khodzhaev vs. Wilian Poles

*Note: Fights and bout order subject to change.

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