ONE Championship hasn’t closed out 2024 but and the promotion is already within the course of of constructing 2025 the most important 12 months but.
This previous Monday, ONE introduced that at ONE 172 on Sunday, March 23, 2025, former ONE Flyweight Muay Thai World Champion Rodtang Jitmuangnon will collide with former three-division Okay-1 World Champion Takeru Segawa.
The hanging icons will meet inside Tokyo, Japan’s Saitama Tremendous Area in a historic five-round flyweight kickboxing super-fight.
Rodtang turned a celebrity shortly after arriving in ONE Championship. “The Iron Man” has dominated the Muay Thai realm to develop into one of many sport’s greatest fashionable names.
Throughout 17 promotional appearances within the hanging arts, Rodtang has received 16 of them. And with every outing he’s continued to evolve and impress underneath the intense lights. The identical rang true in his most up-to-date battles in opposition to Jacob Smith in Muay Thai and Denis Puric in kickboxing.
However Rodtang has lengthy wished a shot at Takeru, and he’ll lastly get it in March. For his half, Takeru has entertained in consecutive firefights with two-division king Superlek Kiatmoo9 and Thant Zin most just lately.
A harsh debut loss to Superlek and a victory over Thant Zin have ready him for all times inside ONE’s ranks although. With Rodtang ready within the wings, ONE 172’s predominant occasion appears to be the most important hanging bout in current historical past.
