ONE: NEXTGEN Final Fight Card Announced With a New Main Event

Published 10/26/2021, 12:20 PM EDT

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ONE Championship wants to put on an exciting event on October 29, 2021, at ONE: NEXTGEN. However, the promotion recently had to make a few changes because of unavoidable circumstances. 

Initially, Roman Kryklia was going to defend his ONE Light Heavyweight Kickboxing World Title against Murat Aygun in the main event. However, Aygun pulled out of the fight, and Kryklia was going to face Iraj Azizpour for the inaugural ONE Kickboxing Heavyweight World Championship. 

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However, the changes in the main event didn’t stop at that. Later, Kryklia also pulled out of the fight due to an undisclosed medical condition. Thus, the main event, which was supposed to be a Kickboxing world title bout, got canceled.

Now, two women’s atomweight Grand Prix bouts will headline the event. The main event will feature Stamp Fairtex facing Julie Mezabarba in a ONE women’s atomweight World Grand Prix semifinals. Meanwhile, the other Grand Prix semifinal bout will serve as the co-main event.

‘She’s an Above Average Fighter’ – Stamp Fairtex Shares Her Thoughts on Her Next Opponent Julie Mezabarba

Last-minute changes in the co-main event

Initially, in the ONE: NEXTGEN co-main event, Ritu Phogat was going to face Itsuki Hirata in their ONE women’s atomweight World Grand Prix semifinals. However, Hirata withdrew from the bout due to a non-covid related fever. 

Now, Jenelyn Olsim will replace Hirata and face Ritu Phogat in the co-main event in a ONE women’s atomweight World Grand Prix semifinals. 

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Ritu Phogat Accepts a Short Notice Replacement in Her Atomweight Grand Prix Semi-Final at ONE: NEXT GEN

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The final fight card for ONE: NEXTGEN

Regardless of the several changes made in the ONE: NEXTGEN fight card, it is still a very intriguing event to look forward to. Below is the final official fight card announced by the promotion with a newly announced bout as of October 26, 2021.

  1. Stamp Fairtex vs. Julie Mezabarba (Women’s ONE Atomweight World Grand Prix Semifinals)
  2. Ritu Phogat vs. Jenelyn Olsim (Women’s ONE Atomweight World Grand Prix Semifinals)
  3. Anderson Silva vs. Iraj Azizpour (Heavyweight Kickboxing bout)
  4. Kirill Grishenko vs. Dustin Joynson (Heavyweight MMA bout)
  5. Miao Li Tao vs. Jeremy Miado (Strawweight MMA bout)
  6. Beybulat Isaev vs. Bogdan Stoica (Light Heavyweight Kickboxing bout)

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“I Think My Game Is More Complete Than Hers” – Julie Mezabarba All Set to Take On Stamp Fairtex in the Atomweight Grand Prix Semifinals

Are you excited about ONE: NEXTGEN? Share with us your picks for the women’s ONE Atom weight World Grand Prix Semifinals.

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