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Fourth-ranked ONE Championship flyweight MMA contender and former world title challenger 'Lightning' Reece McLaren of Australia wants to fight the biggest-name opponents at the world's biggest venues.
The 33-year-old Gold Coast native is looking to bring his talents to some pretty iconic fighting locations, and he wants ONE Championship to take him there.
Speaking to Sportskeeda MMA in an exclusive interview, McLaren listed Japan and the United States as bucket-list locations to perform in.
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The CMBT Training Centre product stated:
"I would love to go back to Japan. Japan's amazing, and obviously I'd love to go back to America. America was so cool as well, like bucket list spots for a fighter."
ONE Championship hosts massive events in iconic cities and venues around the globe.
In Japan, it has held many events in Tokyo, particularly at the historic Ryogoku Kokugikan. The promotion was also last in the land of the rising sun in January, when it lit up the Ariake Arena with ONE 165: Superlek vs. Takeru.
ONE Championship has also held two events on U.S. soil thus far, both being in Denver. In 2023, it debuted its product in North America with ONE Fight Night 10: Johnson vs. Moraes III at Broomfield, Colorado's 1stBank Arena. ONE then returned to Denver just last September for ONE 168 on Prime Video.
However, McLaren is headed for a different historic venue for his next fight.
Reece McLaren welcomes Jarred Brooks to flyweight at ONE Fight Night 26 on Prime Video
'Lightning' Reece McLaren is set to welcome ONE interim strawweight MMA world champion 'The Monkey God' Jarred Brooks to the flyweight division, as the two face off in a pivotal flyweight MMA bout that has serious world title implications.
The two lock horns at ONE Fight Night 26: Lee vs. Rasulov on Prime Video, which broadcasts live in U.S. primetime on Friday, Dec. 6 from the historic Lumpinee Stadium in Bangkok, Thailand.
Fans in the United States and Canada can catch all the action live and absolutely free with an active Amazon Prime Video subscription.
Stay tuned to Sportskeeda MMA for all the latest news and updates surrounding the event.
