ONE 171
| ONE 171: Qatar | ||||
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| Promotion | ONE Championship | |||
| Date | February 20, 2025 | |||
| Venue | Lusail Sports Arena | |||
| City | Lusail, Qatar | |||
| Event chronology | ||||
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ONE 171: Qatar is an upcoming combat sports event produced by ONE Championship that will take place on February 20, 2025, at Lusail Sports Arena in Lusail, Qatar.[1][2][3]
Background
[edit]The event will mark the promotion's second visit to Qatar and first since the country's much anticipated debut at ONE 166 in March 2024.[4]
A ONE Bantamweight Kickboxing World Championship bout between current champion Jonathan Haggerty (also former ONE Bantamweight and Flyweight Muay Thai World Champion) and former K-1 Lightweight Champion Wei Rui is expected to headline the event.[5]
A ONE Strawweight World Championship unification bout and trilogy between current champion Joshua Pacio and former champion (also a current interim champion) Jarred Brooks is expected to serve as the co-main event.[6] The pairing previously met at ONE 164, where Brooks captured the title by unanimous decision.[7] The second time met at ONE 166 in March 2024, which Pacio capture back the title by disqualification.[8]
A featherweight bout between former ONE Featherweight and Lightweight Champion Martin Nguyen and Shamil Gasanov is scheduled at the event.[9] The pair was previously scheduled to meet at ONE Fight Night 7 in February 2023, but Gasanov was forced to withdraw due to an infection that stemmed from an injury.[10]
Fight card
[edit]| Fight card (Amazon Prime Video) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
| Bantamweight Kickboxing | Jonathan Haggerty (c) | vs. | Wei Rui | [a] | |||
| Strawweight | Joshua Pacio (c) | vs. | Jarred Brooks (ic) | [b] | |||
| Welterweight | Roberto Soldić | vs. | Saygid Guseyn Arslanaliev | ||||
| Featherweight | Shamil Gasanov | vs. | Martin Nguyen | ||||
| Bantamweight | Bibiano Fernandes | vs. | Kevin Belingon | ||||
- ^ For the ONE Bantamweight Kickboxing World Championship.
- ^ For the ONE Strawweight World Championship.
See also
[edit]
- 2025 in ONE Championship
- List of ONE Championship events
- List of current ONE fighters
- ONE Championship Rankings
References
[edit]- ^ "ONE Championship Announces Qatar Return For ONE 171 On February 20". Fighters Only. 2024-12-05. Retrieved 2024-12-06.
- ^ "ONE Championship Returns to Qatar with a Bang: ONE 171 Set for February 2025!". Black Belt Magazine. 2024-12-05. Retrieved 2024-12-05.
- ^ "ONE Championship Announces February 20 Return To Qatar For ONE 171". MMA Sucka. 2024-12-05. Retrieved 2024-12-06.
- ^ "ONE Championship Returns to Lusail Sports Arena for ONE 171: Qatar on February 20". ONE Championship – The Home Of Martial Arts. 2024-12-05. Retrieved 2024-12-06.
- ^ Strobel, Kevin (2024-12-09). "Jonathan Haggerty Defends his ONE Bantamweight Kickboxing Title Against Wei Rui in Qatar on February 20". Beyond Kickboxing. Retrieved 2024-12-09.
- ^ Beaupre, Drew (2024-12-09). "Joshua Pacio vs. Jarred Brooks Trilogy Fight Booked for ONE 171: Qatar". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved 2024-12-09.
- ^ "ONE Championship 164: Brooks out-strikes Pacio to take strawweight title". South China Morning Post. 2022-12-03. Retrieved 2023-12-18.
- ^ Anderson, Jay (2024-03-01). "Joshua Pacio Regains Strawweight Title After Jarred Brooks DQ'd for Spike at ONE 166". Cageside Press. Retrieved 2024-12-09.
- ^ "ONE Championship's Qatar return set to see Shamil Gasanov fight Martin Nguyen". Bangkok Post. 2024-12-09. Retrieved 2024-12-10.
- ^ Patrick, Joseph (2023-02-17). "Shamil Gasanov Out Of ONE Fight Night 7 Bout vs. Martin Nguyen". International Business Times. Retrieved 2024-12-10.
- ^ "ONE 171: Qatar". ONE Championship – The Home of Martial Arts. Retrieved 2024-12-09.