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ONE Championship is back Friday with “ONE 166: De Ridder vs. Malykhin 2,” which features five MMA fights, including three title fights.
Here’s how to watch the ONE 166 card from Lusail, Qatar, where Reinier de Ridder (16-1) meets Anatoly Malykhin (13-0) again, this time for the middleweight title.
Broadcast, streaming info
“ONE 166: De Ridder vs. Malykhin 2” takes place at Lusail Sports Arena in Lusail, Qatar.
The main card streams on Amazon Prime on Friday at 2:30 p.m. ET.
Middleweight title bout: Reinier de Ridder vs. Anatoly Malykhin 2
Reinier de Ridder and Anatoly Malykhin will share the cage for the second time with gold on the line. The first meeting took place at ONE Fight Night 5 in December 2022 for the heavyweight title.
Malykhin stopped de Ridder with strikes in the opening round to claim gold, while also handing him the first loss of his pro career.
Now, the pair will compete again, this time for the middleweight title, which will be Malykhin’s attempt to win a championship in three divisions. He currently holds the ONE heavyweight and light heavyweight titles.
Featherweight title bout: Tang Kai vs. Thanh Le 2
ONE featherweight champion Tang Kai (18-2) faces interim champion Thanh Le in a title unification bout. This will also be the second meeting between the two fighters.
The first meeting took place at ONE Championship 160 in August 2022, where Tang defeated Le by unanimous decision to win the featherweight title. In the process, Tang became China’s first male fighter to win a major MMA championship.
An interim title was created when Tang was forced out of action for 2023. Le defeated Ilya Freymanov to win a piece of gold. Now, 18 months later, Tang and Le will meet again to unify the title.
Strawweight title bout: Jarred Brooks vs. Joshua Pacio 2
The first of three title fights on the evening will take place in the strawweight division, and it’s another rematch.
Jarred Brooks will put his strawweight belt on the line against Joshua Pacio. This rematch follows their first meeting at ONE Championship 164 in December 2022, where Brooks claimed gold by unanimous decision.
Full Fight Card
FULL CARD (Amazon Prime, 2:30 p.m. ET)
- Reinier de Ridder vs. Anatoly Malykhin – for middleweight title
- Tang Kai vs. Thanh Le – for featherweight title
- Jarred Brooks vs. Joshua Pacio – for strawweight title
- Arjan Bhullar vs. Amir Aliakhbari
- Zuhayr Al-Qahtani vs. Mehdi Zatout – ONE 147-pound caged boxing bout
- Osamah Almarwai vs. Cleber Sousa – ONE flyweight submission grappling bout
- Zafer Sayik vs. Vladimir Kuzmin – ONE 147.75-pound catchweight muay Thai bout
- Zakaria El Jamari vs. Ali Saldoev – ONE flyweight muay Thai bout
- Shinji Suzuki vs. Han Zi Hao – ONE bantamweight muay Thai bout
- Keito Yamakita vs. Jeremy Miado
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