''ONE 163: Akimoto vs. Petchtanong'' was a

Combat sport A combat sport, or fighting sport, is a competitive contact sport that usually involves one-on-one combat. In many combat sports, a contestant wins by scoring more points than the opponent, submitting the opponent with a hold, disabling the oppon ...

event produced by

ONE Championship ONE Championship (formerly ONE Fighting Championship) is a Singaporean combat sports promotion. Founded on 14 July 2011 by entrepreneur Chatri Sityodtong and former ESPN Star Sports senior executive Victor Cui, its events have featured mixed ...

that took place on November 19, 2022, at the

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, Singapore.

Background

ONE Bantamweight Kickboxing World Championship This is a list of ONE Championship champions in each weight division of each sport. Current champions Men's championship history Heavyweight World Championship ::''Weight limit: '' Light Heavyweight World Championship ::''Weight lim ...

bout between current champion

Hiroki Akimoto is a Japanese martial artist and kickboxer. He competes in ONE Championship's bantamweight and flyweight division, where he is the former ONE Kickboxing Bantamweight World Champion. As of June 2022, he is ranked as the second-best featherwe ...

and

Petchtanong Petchfergus Petchtanong Petchfergus ( th, เพชรทนง เพชรเฟอร์กัส; born November 6, 1985) is a Thai Muay Thai kickboxer fighting out of Bangkok. He is currently signed to ONE Championship, where he is the reigning ONE Ba ...

served as the event headliner. The ONE Heavyweight Kickboxing World Grand Prix Tournament Final bout between current ONE Light Heavyweight Kickboxing Champion

Roman Kryklia Roman Olegovich Kryklia ( Ukrainian: Роман Олегович Крикля; born October 11, 1991) is a Ukrainian heavyweight kickboxer currently signed to ONE Championship when he completes both Light Heavyweight and Heavyweight divisio ...

and

Iraj Azizpour Iraj Azizpour ( fa, ایرج عزیزپور) is an Iranian heavyweight kickboxer. He is the former Kunlun Fight heavyweight kickboxing champion, and was ranked among the top 10 kickboxers in the world in 2018 by Liver Kick, as well as being ranke ...

served as the event's co-headliner. The pairing first met at Kunlun Fight 69 on February 4, 2018 for the 2018 Kunlun Fight +100kg Tournament, where Azizpour won by extra round majority decision. Their second meeting took place at Kunlun Fight 80 on February 24, 2019 for the 2019 Kunlun Fight +100kg Tournament, where Kryklia won by unanimous decision. The pairing was previously scheduled to headlined at ONE: NextGen for the inaugural ONE Heavyweight Kickboxing World Championship bout, but Kryklia withdraw due to an undisclosed medical issue. A middleweight bout between former ONE Middleweight and Light Heavyweight World Champion

Aung La Nsang Aung La Maung Nsang ( my, အောင်လအန်ဆန်း; born on May 21, 1985) is a Burmese-American mixed martial artist of ethnic Kachin descent currently signed to ONE Championship, competing in both the Middleweight and Light ...

and former UFC and WSOF Middleweight title contender

Yushin Okami is a Japanese mixed martial artist. A professional competitor since 2002, Okami has competed for the UFC, PRIDE, Pancrase, M-1 Global, World Series of Fighting, DEEP, Professional Fighters League, and ONE Championship. Mixed martial arts caree ...

was originally expected to take place at

ONE on Prime Video 4 ''ONE on Prime Video 4: Abbasov vs. Lee'' (also known as ''ONE Fight Night 4'') was a Combat sport event produced by ONE Championship that took place on November 19, 2022 at the Singapore Indoor Stadium in Kallang, Singapore. Background The or ...

, but was postponed to this event for unknown reasons.

Kwon Won Il Kwon Won-il (born June 24, 1995) is a South Korean mixed martial artist who competes in the Bantamweight division of ONE Championship. As of March 6, 2023, he is ranked #4 in the ONE Bantamweight rankings. Background Kwon was born on June 24, 1 ...

and Mark Abelardo were scheduled to meet in a bantamweight bout at

, but on November 4, it was announced that the bout will be moved to this event instead. At the weigh-ins,

Itsuki Hirata is a Japanese professional mixed martial artist. She is currently signed to ONE Championship, where she competes in the atomweight division. Hirata trained in judo throughout childhood before switching to mixed martial arts (MMA) upon graduati ...

, Yuya Wakamatsu and

Asahi Shinagawa Asahi Shinagawa is a Japanese Muay Thai fighter, also known as Asahi P.K.Saenchaimuaythaigym in Thailand. He is a former WBC Muaythai Super Bantamweight champion. Muay thai career Shinagawa won his first major title in May 2020, when he defeat ...

all failed hydration test and were forced to take catchweights. Wakamatsu weighed in at 139 lbs, 4 pounds over the limit, Shinagawa came in at 126 lbs, 1 pounds over the limit, and Hirata failed weight and hydration. The bout proceeded at catchweight with Wakamatsu being fined 40% of his purse, which went to his opponent Woo Sung Hoon; Shinagawa being fined 20% of his purse, which went to his opponent Rui Botelho. but Hirata was scheduled to face former Rizin Women's Super Atomweight Champion

Seo Hee Ham Seo Hee Ham ( ko, 함서희 ; born ), written Ham Seo-Hee in Korean order, is a South Korean professional mixed martial artist and kickboxer. She is currently signed to ONE Championship, where she is ranked #2 in the ONE Championship Women's Ato ...

was the bout scrapped due to Hirata failed weight and hydration, and Ham did not agree to compete.

Results

Bonus awards

The following fighters received $50,000 bonuses. *Performance of the Night: Roman Kryklia, Saygid Izagakhmaev, Woo Sung Hoon and Bianca Basilio

References

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Background

Results

Bonus awards

See also

References