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#4. ONE Championship bantamweight bout between Kwon Won Il and Stephen Loman
This fight will determine the next title challenger to ONE's bantamweight belt. With the No.1 contender John 'Hands of Stone' Lineker fighting champion Bibiano 'The Flash' Fernandes at ONE: Bad Blood, the next two in the rankings should face each other.
'Pretty Boy' Kwon Won Il just dispatched former champion Kevin 'The Silencer' Belingon late last year at ONE: Winter Warriors II. He did so with a liver punch from hell that immediately folded the Filipino MMA legend.
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In the same night, Belingon's teammate Stephen 'The Sniper' Loman made his ONE debut by knocking out former title challenger Yusup Saadulaev. It was a flawless performance that catapulted Loman right to the No.3 spot in the bantamweight ranks.
The narrative here is that Loman might want to avenge his teammate's loss and be the next challenger for the belt. These two bantamweights are red-hot right now and it would surely be a firefight once they collide in the cage.
#3. ONE Championship lightweight bout between Saygid Izagakhmaev and Shinya Aoki
What a fight this would be. Khabib Nurmagomedov's protege and No.5-ranked lightweight Saygid Izagakhmaev just made a statement in his ONE Championship debut. The Dagestani wrestler methodically took the soul of former title challenger James Nakashima inside two rounds.
Right after the fight, Izagakhmaev called out big names in the division for his next fight. One of the names he mentioned was former ONE Championship lightweight king and MMA legend Shinya 'Tobikan Judan' Aoki. With his name already attached to the event, it would make sense for Aoki to face Izagakhmaev as he's already been called out by the young lion.
The Japanese MMA icon has been around the game for so long and has helped put Asian MMA on the map. He has seen it all and faced them all, but you'd be hard pressed to say that Aoki has ever faced a grappler like Izagakhmaev.
Unlike anyone who's ever faced any fighter from Khabib's Eagle MMA team, however, Aoki would not be afraid to go to the ground. In fact, he might even invite the Dagestani to tangle with him on the mat. It would be interesting to see Aoki's submission wizardry play with the steamrolling brand of wrestling from Izagakhmaev. It's only fitting that they collide on ONE's biggest show in history, ONE: X.
