ONE 160: Ok vs. Lee 2 was a Combat sport event produced by ONE Championship that took place on August 26, 2022, at the Singapore Indoor Stadium in Kallang, Singapore.[1]

ONE 160: Ok vs. Lee 2
The poster for ONE 160: Ok vs. Lee 2
PromotionONE Championship
DateAugust 26, 2022 (2022-August-26)
VenueSingapore Indoor Stadium
CityKallang, Singapore
Event chronology
ONE 159: de Ridder vs. Bigdash ONE 160: Ok vs. Lee 2 ONE on Prime Video 1: Moraes vs. Johnson 2

Background

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A ONE Lightweight World Championship rematch between current champion Ok Rae-yoon and former champion (also 2019 ONE Lightweight World Grand Prix Champion) Christian Lee headlined the event.[2] The pairing previously met at ONE: Revolution in September 2021 where Ok defeated Lee by unanimous decision.[3]

A ONE Featherweight World Championship bout between current champion Thanh Le and Tang Kai at the co-main event.[4]

The event featured a semi-final of the ONE Flyweight Muay Thai World Grand Prix Tournament between Superlek Kiatmoo9 and former ONE Flyweight Muay Thai World Championship challenger Walter Goncalves.[5] The winner will advance to the World Grand Prix Tournament final. However, the bout was pushed back to ONE on Prime Video: Moraes vs. Johnson 2 for to compete together in tournaments.[6]

A Welterweight bout between former ONE Welterweight World Champion Zebaztian Kadestam and former ONE Lightweight World Championship challenger Iuri Lapicus was expected to take place at the event.[7] However, on August 10, it was announced that the bout will be moved to ONE on Prime Video 1: Moraes vs. Johnson 2.[8]

A lightweight submission grappling bout between Valdir Rodrigues and Renato Canuto was expected to take place at the event.[9] However, Rodrigues withdraw due to undisclosed reason and was replaced by Tommy Langaker.[10]

Results

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Main card (YouTube / Watch ONE)
Weight class Method Round Time Notes
Lightweight Christian Lee def. Ok Rae-yoon (c) TKO (knees) 2 1:00 [a]
Featherweight Tang Kai def. Thanh Le (c) Decision (unanimous) 5 5:00 [b]
Bantamweight Muay Thai Saemapetch Fairtex def. Rittewada Petchyindee KO (punch) 2 1:35
Featherweight Keanu Subba def. Amir Khan KO (punches) 1 3:29
Heavyweight Martin Batur vs. Paul Elliott No Contest (overturned) 1 3:38 [c]
Lightweight Submission Grappling Tommy Langaker def. Renato Canuto Decision (unanimous) 1 10:00
Bantamweight Kantharaj Agasa def. Thales Nakassu TKO (punches) 1 2:55
  1. ^ For the ONE Lightweight World Championship
  2. ^ For the ONE Featherweight World Championship
  3. ^ Originally a TKO (punches and elbows) win for Batur; later changed to no contest after Batur tested positive for an Anabolic steroid, which is a banned substance according to the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA).[11]

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Bonus awards

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The following fighters received $50,000 bonuses.[13]

  • Performance of the Night: Christian Lee, Saemapetch Fairtex, Martin Batur and Tommy Langaker

Aftermath

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On September 27, 2022, it was announced that Martin Batur's technical knockout against Paul Elliott was overturned by International Doping Tests & Management (IDTM) after Batur has tested positive for a performance enhancing drug (PED) and he tested positive for an Anabolic steroid, which is a banned substance according to the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA). He has been banned by ONE Championship for a year.[11]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ MMA Fighting Newswire (2022-07-05). "Ok Rae Yoon vs. Christian Lee 2, Thanh Le vs. Tang Kai highlights ONE Championship card on Aug. 26". mmafighting.com. Retrieved 2022-07-12.
  2. ^ MMA Junkie Staff (2022-07-07). "Rae Yoon Ok vs. Christian Lee rematch set for ONE Championship 160 main event". mmajunkie.usatoday.com. Retrieved 2022-07-09.
  3. ^ MMA Junkie Staff (2021-09-24). "ONE Championship: Revolution results – Rae Yoon Ok stuns Christian Lee to win title, Lee calls 'bullsh*t' on decision". mmajunike.usatoday.com. Retrieved 2022-07-09.
  4. ^ Bear Frazer (2022-04-24). "Thanh Le To Defend ONE Featherweight World Title Against Tang Kai At ONE 160". ONE Championship – The Home of Martial Arts. Retrieved 2022-06-25.
  5. ^ Richards, Vince (2022-07-05). "Several exciting Muay Thai bouts added to stacked ONE 160 card in August". sportskeeda.com. Retrieved 2022-07-09.
  6. ^ "เลื่อนโปรแกรม "ซุปเปอร์เล็ก-วอลเตอร์" เตรียมขึ้นศึกใหญ่ ONE Fight Night 1 27 ส.ค.นี้". thairath.co.th. 2022-08-10. Retrieved 2022-08-10.
  7. ^ "Iuri Lapicus vs. Zebaztian Kadestam agregada al ONE 160 - MMA.uno, #1 En noticias de Artes Marciales Mixtas (MMA) en Español". mma.uno (in Spanish). 2022-07-07. Retrieved 2022-08-18.
  8. ^ "Zebaztian Kadestam faces Iuri Lapicus at ONE on Amazon Prime 1". Asian MMA. 2022-08-10. Retrieved 2022-08-18.
  9. ^ "Renato Canuto booked for ONE Championship debut". grapplinginsider.com. 2022-07-10. Retrieved 2022-08-18.
  10. ^ "Renato Canuto vs. Tommy Langaker Booked for ONE 160". sensobjj.com. 2022-06-16. Retrieved 2022-08-18.
  11. ^ a b "Martin Batur popped for PED use, banned for a year". AsianMMA.com. 2022-09-27. Retrieved 2022-09-27.
  12. ^ "ONE 160: Ok vs. Lee 2". onefc.com. 7 February 2022. Retrieved 25 June 2022.
  13. ^ Vince Richards (2022-08-26). "Who went home $50,000 richer at ONE 160? Fight bonus winners". sportskeeda.com. Retrieved 2022-08-26.