On January 14, the ONE Championship will usher in the first "ONE: Strike Hard" major fighting event at the beginning of 2022. In this edition, Xiong Jingnan, China's only world champion in martial arts, will lead the headline main tournament for his sixth strawweight championship defense. Light heavyweight kickboxing world champion Roman Kryklia will also be fighting to defend his title. In addition to the young generation of fighters with unlimited scenery, there is also a legendary veteran whose name appears in the battle cards of the side, he is the Japanese fighting master Yushin Okami.
Back in 2006, Oka made his international debut, becoming a champion challenger with a score of 10 wins and 2 losses, challenging Anderson Silva, one of the greatest legends in the history of mixed martial arts, Spider-Man. Eventually Kennobu Oka was TKO in the second round, but he had become the Asian fighter who was then closest to the world's apex.
In 2013, the 32-year-old Kennobu Oka briefly withdrew from the international eye with a record of 13 wins and 5 losses. He was 36 when he returned to the ring, and even so he beat Dhiego Lima, who was only 27 at the time.
In 2019, Kennobu Oka officially signed for the ONE Championship, but in a highly competitive cage, the legendary veteran swallowed the bitter fruit of two consecutive defeats, losing to sub-midweight world champion Kiamrian Abbasov and American mixed martial arts star James Nakashima.
The legendary fighter's greatest asset lies in their spirit of never giving up, the 38-year-old Kennobu Oka chose to lower his weight to face Agilan Thani, a former champion challenger of ONE after a streak of defeats, and finally after three rounds of hard fighting, Oka Kennobu won a valuable victory.
The Japanese veteran did not choose to retreat proudly with this victory, and soon, the ONE Championship match again came to the news of his game. On January 14, 2022, "ONE: Strike Hard", Oka Kennobu will face "Wild Wolf" Leandro Ataides, who has reached the age of 40.
With a professional record of 11 wins and 5 losses and a 73% finishing percentage, Erteides is a veritable muscle behemoth. Although he has recently lost two consecutive games, the opponents are Reinier De Ridder, the lightweight & middleweight double world champion, and the former lightweight & middleweight double world champion Aung La N Sang, compared to the competitive state and the gold content of recent opponents, Erteides is better than Gun ken Yongxin.
Oka Kennobu has been fighting in the mixed martial arts arena for 20 years, and now he can still play at the age of 40 in the top arenas such as the ONE Championship, living up to the legendary name, and his spirit has inspired and inspired many young players. Regardless of whether it is won or lost, a legendary fighter who has witnessed the development of mixed martial arts for 20 years can once again be in the ring, which is enough to make this game stand out.