Although the weigh-ins did not go as planned on Thursday, with nak muay superstar Rodtang Jitmuangnon losing his belt on the scales, ONE 169 will continue with three title fights at the Lumpinee Stadium in Bangkok, Thailand on Friday night (Saturday morning). local time).

Although Rodtang will no longer be eligible to win his Muay Thai flyweight belt, challenger Jacob Smith will.

The main event features one of the best heavyweight mixed martial artists in the world, a three-weight champion Anatoly Malykhin. Despite being smaller than reigning MMA heavyweight champion Francis Ngannou, Malykhin has been touted as a potential opponent for him due to his well-rounded skills and ferocious finishing ability.

Having never lost or even taken a decision, Russia’s eclectic rising star will take on Senegalese-turned-MMA fighter ‘Reug Reug’, real name Oumar Kane.

Reug Reug may not possess the skills of the man he will try to dethrone, but his elite physical attributes and raw toughness, as seen when he derailed jiu-jitsu legend Marcus “Buchecha” Almeida in his MMA run . Oumar simply refused to be sidelined, fought like crazy due to his unique martial arts background and outclassed the elite fighter.

A multi-time BJJ gold medalist in both gi and no-gi, Buchecha will take on former title challenger Amir Aliakbari in the fourth fight of the night. Amir is another man with a wrestling background who can pose a challenge to the legend.

The third title fight on the card is GLORY Kickboxing legend Anissa Meksen taking on American Jackie Buntan for the inaugural Kickboxing Strawweight Championship.

Another big fight is the elimination of the title between Adriano Moraes and Danny Kingada rematch of the 2017 title fight that Moraes won. With the belt vacant at the moment, this almost guarantees a title shot down the line.

Also featured is Kongthoranee vs Tagir Khalilov in Muay Thai, Kade Ruotolo making his MMA debut against Ahmed Mujtaba and Muay Thai legend Sam-A vs Chinese Peimian Zhang in kickboxing.

The first three fights of the night starting at 8:00 PM EST leading up to the biggest are Aliff Sor.Dechapan vs. Walter Goncalves in Muay Thai, former MMA title challenger Ayaka Miura vs. Macarena Aragon and American farang Eddie Abasolo vs. Mohamed from Morocco. Younes Rabbah in Muay Thai.