ONE 171: Qatar is sort of right here, full of a superstar-filled card from the opening curtain to the headline attraction.
All of the motion involves a head this Thursday, February 20, inside Doha, Qatar’s Lusail Sports activities Area. There, over a dozen bouts throughout 4 fight sports activities disciplines take centerstage in ONE Championship’s return to the Center East.
So with that, let’s take a more in-depth have a look at three bouts you could watch at ONE 171.
In welterweight MMA motion, Dagi Arslanaliev returns to the fold to face revered knockout artist Roberto Soldic in a conflict that has all of the makings of an immediate traditional.
Arslanaliev’s earlier encounter noticed him amass a document of 9-2 total. All victories got here by stoppage, with seven of these being knockouts.
Throughout that run, he additionally reached the ONE Light-weight MMA World Grand Prix Last. That second included a 2021 Struggle of the 12 months with Timofey Nastuykhin. And when he strikes as much as welterweight, he’ll look to remind everybody why he’s so harmful. However Soldic has an analogous plan.
When signing with ONE, “Robocop” was the most well liked free agent within the sport. The previous two-weight KSW World Champion rose to superstardom in Europe with 17 knockouts in 20 wins – together with knocking out reigning UFC Middleweight World Champion Dricus du Plessis.
However after two underwhelming performances, Soldic hopes the third time’s a appeal as he seems to reignite his promotional run.
Additionally on the cardboard is a bantamweight Muay Thai showdown between Jake Peacock and Shinji Suzuki that guarantees to be entertaining from begin to end.
After successful Street to ONE: Canada, Peacock debuted at ONE Friday Fights 58 final April. He out-struck Kohei Shinjo in a one-sided masterclass.
In the meantime, Suzuki seems to upset the apple cart and present his veteran prowess. He lately gained momentum with a unanimous resolution over Han Zi Hao, and he’ll look to make the most of that dominant show to place Peacock’s momentum to mattress.
