ONE Championship news roundup

Welcome to today's edition of the daily Sportskeeda ONE Championship News Roundup, where we present the promotion's most important stories.

Today we’ll discuss Lowen Tynanes facing former ONE lightweight world champion Ok Rae Yoon, Martin Nguyen looking for a potential fight against Garry Tonon, and John Lineker giving props to Fabricio Andrade’s toughness.

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#3. Lowen Tynanes to face former ONE Championship lightweight titleholder Ok Rae Yoon in Colorado at ONE Fight Night 10

ONE Championship continues to build the hype for its first on-site event in the United States, with the promotion announcing a pivotal lightweight bout between former world champion Ok Rae Yoon and Lowen Tynanes for ONE Night 10 on Prime Video.

Yoon, who is a former ONE lightweight world champion, is also the No.1-ranked fighter in the 170-pound division and is looking back to the win column after his loss to Christian Lee, his lone defeat in ONE Championship.

Tynanes, meanwhile, is coming off a split decision victory over South Korea’s Dae Sung Park at ONE on Prime Video 5 this past December in Manila.

The Tynanes-Ok match was among the new bouts added for ONE Fight Night 10, along with the flyweight rematch between Kairat Ahmetov and Reece McLaren and the women's strawweight Muay Thai bout between Jackie Buntan and Diandra Martin.

The trilogy bout between ONE flyweight world champion Demetrious Johnson and Adriano Moraes will headline ONE Fight Night 10 on May 5 at 1stBank Center in Colorado. The entire card is also available live and for free to all Prime Video subscribers in North America.

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#2. Martin Nguyen would love to fight Garry Tonon next

Martin Nguyen wants nothing more than to get back into world title contention, but he’s not going to rush into things.

The No.4-ranked featherweight fighter is coming off a dominant unanimous decision win over Leonardo Casotti at ONE Fight Night 7 on Prime Video, and he’s now looking at a potential match against submission specialist Garry Tonon.

In an interview with South China Morning Post after his bout, Nguyen said he’s all in for a potential fight against Tonon.

“I would love that, definitely love that. I know Garry loves that. So yeah let’s do it man, let’s do it and we’ll see what happens. Fighters fight man... It doesn’t matter who the opponent is.”

Tonon is ranked No.2 in the division and once fought for the ONE featherweight world title against then-holder Thanh Le at ONE: Lights Out in March 2022.

A match between the two ranked featherweights could quickly catapult the winner into a potential world title match against world champion Tang Kai down the road.

Catch the entire interview below:

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#1. John Lineker says Fabricio Andrade was able to take blows that "other athletes couldn’t"

John Lineker is one of the premier knockout artists in ONE Championship, which is why he was mightily impressed with how his rival Fabricio Andrade was able to absorb everything he threw during their match.

The Brazilian stars fought for the second time in the main event of ONE Fight Night 7 on Prime Video, with Andrade ultimately capturing the ONE bantamweight world title after Lineker’s corner called for a stop between the fourth and fifth rounds.

Though the end was decided on the stool, the fight itself was an absolute classic. Lineker and Andrade battered each other for 20 minutes, with each shot fully capable of knocking anyone out. Despite the loss, Lineker couldn’t help but praise Andrade for the resiliency he showed throughout the contest.

Lineker, who once held the ONE bantamweight world title, said in an interview with ONE Championship:

“Unfortunately I couldn't get the belt back, but I'm proud of myself. I gave my all in this fight. Fabricio is a very tough guy. He took blows that other athletes couldn't take.”