BAGUIO
CITY – Former ONE featherweight king Honorio Banario left
with Team Lakay head coach Mark Sangiao on Monday for Singapore hoping to break
his three-game losing skid.
“We
will be there,” said Sangiao on Feb. 23, prior to their departure to Singapore
for Banario’s fight against Shannon Wiratchai in the ONE: King of the Jungle on
Friday at the Singapore Indoor Stadium.
“Hopefully
we will be safe and come home victorious,” Sangiao said.
Banario
expressed confidence in getting past the Thai, who is also on a three-game
losing streak.
Wiratchai, who has nine wins and five losses, lost in succession to Shinya Aoki on July 27, 2018; to Amarsanaa Tsogookhu on Feb. 16 last year; and Luri Lapicus on May 17 also last year.
Wiratchai, who has nine wins and five losses, lost in succession to Shinya Aoki on July 27, 2018; to Amarsanaa Tsogookhu on Feb. 16 last year; and Luri Lapicus on May 17 also last year.
He has
since then gone down a weight division lower.
Banario
had a bad 2019 losing all his three fights starting with Lowen Tynanes on Jan.
25; to Dae Song Park on Aug. 2; and Aoki on Oct. 13.
I’m getting back to the win
column,” he said.
It will be the first time that
ONE will hold a locked out competition for Asia’s top mixed martial arts
promotions
that rival that of the UFC.
“It is kind of weird that we
will be fighting with no one to watch it live,” Banario said.
As a
precautionary measure against the spread of the coronavirus disease 2019
(Covid-19), watching live games at the venue was closed and tickets refunded to
ONE fans.
Singapore
has 89 confirmed cases of Covid-19 as of Feb. 24 and the country has been
declared DORSCON (Disease Outbreak Response System Condition) Orange, the third
level and one short of Red, the highest level.
Due to the continuous threat of Covid-19, ONE chairman and CEO Chatri Sityodtong closed the Feb. 28 live events to the public.
Due to the continuous threat of Covid-19, ONE chairman and CEO Chatri Sityodtong closed the Feb. 28 live events to the public.
“In
light of the coronavirus situation in Singapore, I have made the decision to
convert ONE: King of the Jungle on February 28 into a closed event for
broadcast only. The Singapore Indoor Stadium will not be open to the general
public, but the event will proceed behind closed doors as scheduled on all TV
and digital platforms across 150+ countries around the world,” Sityodtong wrote
on his Facebook page.
The
main event of the Feb. 28 offering is the ONE Atomweight Kickboxing World title
fight of reigning ONE champion Stamp Fairtex against Janet Todd, a rematch
of
their epic fight last year.
The
co-main event features ONE Strawweight Kickboxing World Champion Sam-A
Gaiyanghadao defending his crown against Aussie phenom Rocky Ogden.
Other
matches include Amir Khan facing Kimihiro Eto in a lightweight match;
welterweight Yoshihiro Akiyama facing Sherif Mohamed; Mei Yamaguchi and Meng Bo
in a women’s atomweight fight; bantamweight Troy Worthen tangling with Mark
Fairtex Abelardo; Tiffany Teo and Ayaka Miura in women’s strawweight; Ritu
Phogat and Wu Chiao Chen in another women’s atomweight feature; Hiroki Akimoto
and Azwan Che Wil in a ONE Super Series kickboxing – bantamweight; Adrian
Mattheis and Hexigetu in men’s strawweight; and Radeem Rahman and Jeff Chan in
a bantamweight showdown. (PNA)
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