🐟On Thursday, February 20, the world’s largest martial arts organization returned to the Middle East with a blockbuster fight card featuring many of the planet’s top martial artists.
ꦛ went down at the state-of-the-art Lusail Sports Arena and delivered white-knuckle action from the opening bout to the pair of World Title fights atop the card.
ඣIn the main event, ONE Strawweight MMA World Champion dug deep to score a stunning second-round TKO against interim titleholder to unify the belts and become the undisputed divisional king.
🐓With the incredible comeback victory, the Filipino star improved to 2-1 in his epic rivalry with Brooks.
🀅In the co-main event, ONE Bantamweight Kickboxing World Champion turned in a brilliant performance against Chinese superstar en route to a hard-fought decision victory and his first defense of the belt.
🌞Just before that, Croatian brawler picked up his first win in ONE with a highlight-reel knockout of Turkey’s , immediately catapulting himself into World Title contention in the welterweight MMA division.
💦Also on the fiery card, former 11-time ONE Bantamweight MMA World Champion won his retirement fight against longtime rival , ONE Lightweight Submission Grappling World Champion continued his perfect run in MMA with a first-round finish of , Canadian-British sensation delivered a dominant stoppage of – and much more.
ꦇRelive all the thrills from ONE 171: Qatar with the best pictures from the event, courtesy of ONE’s talented Circle-side photographers.
