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ONE Championship Announces Full Card For ONE Fight Night 11

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ONE Championship may be busy with final preparations for its inaugural U.S. show next week, but the Singapore-based promotion has made it clear that it has no plans to kick back and relax once they put ONE Fight Night 10: Johnson vs. Moraes III in the books. 

The Home Of Martial Arts will return to Bangkok, Thailand, just over a month later when it brings ONE Fight Night 11 to the Thai capital’s famous Lumpinee Boxing Stadium on Saturday, June 10th.

Two-sport kingpin Regian Eersel will defend his ONE Lightweight Muay Thai World Championship against Russia’s Dmitry Menshikov in the evening’s headliner, and it promises to be a barnburner.

The Surinamese superstar owns a 60-4 record and is currently on a 21-fight winning streak while holding both the ONE Lightweight Muay Thai and Kickboxing World Titles. He has been on fire since he arrived in ONE in 2018, and has won all nine of his outings in the Circle.

In his last bout, at ONE Friday Fights 9 in March, “The Immortal” set the record straight in his rematch against Sinsamut Klinmee. He defeated the Thai striking star five months earlier to win the lightweight Muay Thai strap, but the victory came by a narrow split decision, so there was somewhat of an asterisk beside it. 

But Eersel left no doubt the second time around, stopping the Thai standout with a body shot in the fourth round to retain the divisional crown. 

He now looks to move on from that rivalry and cement his status as one of the greats of the sport. But his upcoming opponent will offer a stiff challenge in that mission. 

Menshikov rides an 11-fight winning streak into his promotional debut and has 19 knockouts in his 27 career victories. The Russian star has firepower that will, undoubtedly, keep the champion on his toes, meaning their showdown should be fireworks.

Just before that striking battle goes down, another World Title tussle will take place when ONE Lightweight Submission Grappling World Champion Kade Ruotolo defends his belt against Norwegian powerhouse Tommy Langaker.

When these two meet, it won’t just be the American star’s World Title on the line but also his unbeaten run in ONE.

Ruotolo is 3-0 inside the Circle, having earned dominant decisions against Shinya Aoki and Matheus Gabriel and dynamic heel hook finish over sambo specialist Uali Kurzhev to claim the inaugural ONE Lightweight Submission Grappling World Title last October. 

Langaker has an impressive resume of his own, and his grappling acumen has earned him a reputation as one of Europe’s top practitioners. 

Elsewhere on the card, former ONE Featherweight Kickboxing World Champion Superbon Singha Mawynn will return to the global stage to take on #5-ranked contender Tayfun Ozcan in the hopes of working his way back toward a shot at the World Title he once held.

Full Card For ONE Fight Night 11: Eersel Vs. Menshikov

  • Regian Eersel vs. Dmitry Menshikov (ONE Lightweight Muay Thai World Title)
  • Kade Ruotolo vs. Tommy Langaker (ONE Lightweight Submission Grappling World Title)
  • Ilya Freymanov vs. Shinechagtga Zoltsetseg (MMA – featherweight)
  • Superbon Singha Mawynn vs. Tayfun Ozcan (kickboxing – featherweight)
  • Mansur Malachiev vs. Jeremy Miado (MMA – strawweight)
  • Nieky Holzken vs. Arian Sadikovic (Kickboxing – lightweight)
  • Artem Belakh vs. Kwon Won Il (MMA – bantamweight)
  • Martine Michieletto vs. Amber Kitchen (Muay Thai – strawweight)
  • Hu Yong vs. Woo Sung Hoon (MMA – flyweight)
  • Rade Opacic vs. Guto Inocente (kickboxing – heavyweight)