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Grappling legends Marcelo Garcia and Masakazu Imanari take center stage at ONE 170 after ONE Championship booked them to fight in an openweight submission grappling match inside the Impact Arena in Bangkok, Thailand.
The official announcement of this exciting match was published by the world's largest martial arts organization on Instagram:
"DREAM MATCH 🤩🥋 Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu legend Marcelo Garcia will make his ONE debut against Japanese leg lock master Masakazu Imanari in an openweight submission grappling showdown on January 24 at ONE 170! Who you got? @marcelogarciajiujitsu @imanarijiujitsu"
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Both Garcia and Imanari are known pioneers of the gentle art, and it is only fitting that they would showcase their elite techniques on the global stage.
This outstanding matchmaking of ONE Championship was applauded by fans, as users @presleybjj, @devillock_nick, @fightersadvice, @garciagriponlife, @eduardocremabjj sent their positive reception of this news with their comments:
"Master of chokes vs. Master of leg locks. Let's go 🔥🔥"
"Garcia is an inspiration. Not too long ago suffering from cancer and now headlining at One. 🔥🔥"
"This is great. Two absolute legends👊🙏"
"This is such an appropriate match. Thank you @tomdeblass and these two legends"
"Every master competitor will be watching this 😂😂😂"
Marcelo Garcia and Masakazu Imanari join other ONE Championship stars on loaded ONE 170 card
In addition to this openweight submission grappling match between Garcia and Imanari, the event will feature three world title fights and other stars in the promotion.
In the main event of ONE 170, Tawanchai PK Saenchai defends his ONE featherweight Muay Thai world title against ONE interim featherweight kickboxing world champion Superbon in a world championship rematch.
Meanwhile, Superlek Kiatmoo9 battles knockout machine Nico Carrillo in his defense of the ONE bantamweight Muay Thai world title.
The card also includes a rematch between ONE bantamweight MMA world champion Fabricio Andrade and Kwon Won Il.
