The internationally acclaimed sport IP-ONE Championship will host the ONE163 major martial arts event on 19 November, which will be broadcast live at the Singapore Indoor Stadium. The main event of the night was a title defense between bantamweight world champion Hiroki Akimoto and his second largest disciple, Petchtanong Banchamek.
In addition, ONE 163 has two women's battles, the most watched of which is the showdown between Itsuki "Cyborg 18" Hirata and current second-ranked South Korean female player Ham Seo Hee. The bout is the first step toward the atomweight world title for Hirata, who may have a chance to challenge world champion Angle Lee if she can defeat Han this time.
Hirata is officially nicknamed "Ambition Fighter", and everyone can indeed feel her strong fighting spirit to go forward with all her strength and courage in her competition. At last year's Atomweight Women's World Grand Prix, Hirata was also a high-profile favorite to win the championship as a grappling master with an overall winning record. In the quarterfinals, she defeated American Alyse Anderson and in the semifinals she was about to face the famous "Wrestle, Daddy" prototype and Indian national treasure wrestler Ritu Phogat.
Originally, Hirata wanted to take his career to the next level by playing with Ritto, but withdrew due to illness, she said: "I continue to have a high fever, I will miss the next matches, I have reached the semifinals, I really regret it." I'm very sorry to the fans and sponsors who have supported me to the end. I can't even walk now, and I must get back to the cage early. ”
In the grand ONE 10th anniversary event ONE X, Hirata returned to the ring, but faced Jihin Radzuan, Hirata lost by split decision, and has since dropped out of the top five of the ONE atomweight rankings.
In the last battle, Hirata Shu's opponent was Lin Heqin, the Chinese "martial arts sister". Since both sides have a very strong sense of winning, it is not very pleasant before and after the game. In the match, Lin Ho-qin was knocked out by Hirata Shu in the final 30 seconds of the game with the advantage of the game, and finally lost the points. After the match, Lin Heqin expressed his dissatisfaction, revealing that Hirata Shu would do anything to win, and was even willing to give up 50% of the appearance fee without losing weight to gain the advantage of the game.
Putting aside the moral accusations off the court, Hirata's move is undoubtedly to sprint to the ranking as soon as possible and return to the peak of his career. But this time her opponent is Han Seo-hee, an experienced and spicy Korean boxer.
Han Seo-hee's brilliance is that after signing for ONE Championship as the champion of ROAD FC, Korea's largest MMA event, and the famous Japanese tournament organization RAZIN, she parachuted straight into the Grand Prix and directly defeated Denice Zamboanga, who was ranked first in the weight division at the time. Since then, Han Seo-hee has performed well all the way, not only defeating Zamboanga here in the rematch, but also once receiving praise from Angela Lee as a worthy opponent.
Facing such a top master, Hirata Shu seems to have little chance of winning. I don't know if this time, the Japanese female player with a strong desire to win can turn over against the wind and successfully defeat Han Ruixi?