ONE 172 is shaping up to be quite the card. Schedule for March 23, 2025, at the legendary Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan. The event will be headlined by Takeru Segawa vs. Rodtang Jitmuangnon.
Today, ONE Championship CEO Chatri Sityodtong confirmed more fights for the event, including two interim Kickboxing world title bouts. Tawanchai PK Saenchai will face Japanese superstar Masaaki Noiri for the Interim ONE Featherweight Kickboxing World Championship. The second title fight added will feature Jonathan Di Bella vs. Sam-A Gaiyanghadao for the Interim ONE Straweight Kickboxing World Championship.
Tawanchai enters the bouts with Noiri as the defending ONE Featherweight Muay Thai World Champion. He defended his title on January 24, 2025, at ONE 170 with a TKO win over Superbon. Noiri’s latest victory also came at ONE 170 when he stopped Shakir Al-Tekreeti with low kicks.
Di Bella was last in action at ONE Fight Night 26 in December of 2024. The 28-year-old picked up a unanimous decision win over Rui Botelho. Sam-A last competed in November of 2024 at ONE 169, winning a unanimous decision against Zhang Peimian.
Also confirmed for ONE 171 was Marat Grigorian vs. Kaito Ono, Hiroki Akimoto vs. John Lineker, and Rak Erawan vs. Nadaka Yoshinari.
Fight Card:
Kickboxing
Takeru Segawa vs. Rodtang Jitmuangnon
Tawanchai PK Saenchai vs. Masaaki Noiri (For Interim ONE Featherweight Kickboxing World Championship)
Jonathan Di Bella vs. Sam-A Gaiyanghadao (For Interim ONE Straweight Kickboxing World Championship)
Hiroki Akimoto vs. John Lineker
Marat Grigorian vs. Kaito Ono
Suriyanlek Por Yenying vs. Ryusei Kumagai
Muay Thai
Superlek Kiatmoo9 (c) vs. Nabil Anane (ic) (For ONE Bantamweight Muay Thai World Championship)
Rak Erawan vs. Nadaka Yoshinari