MMA: Inaugural welterweight and Malaysian featherweight champs to be crowned at ONE FC: Warrior Spirit

ONE Fighting Championship (ONE FC) has added four fights to the Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia card set to take place on November 15 at the Stadium Putra.

The Malaysian National Featherweight Champion will be crowned when Melvin Yeoh meets AJ “Pyro” Lias Mansor in the tournament final. Also, rising stars Gianni Subba and Chen Yun Ting will meet in a showdown of flyweight contenders. The main event of the evening will feature an inaugural ONE FC welterweight world championship battle between Malaysia’s own Adam Kayoom and Japanese veteran Nobutatsu Suzuki.

Yeoh is a pioneer in mixed martial arts  (MMA) in Malaysia. He possesses deadly kicks from his Muay Thai background and has a very underrated submission game. Yeoh was originally slated to face Jian Kai Chee in the final of the tournament, but Jian was forced to pull out after suffering an injury.

Lias Mansor a national Silat champion and a powerful grappler will be stepping up to challenge Yeoh.

Gianni Subba is considered an emerging prospect in the flyweight division and one of the best prospects in the whole of Malaysia. His first MMA bout ended when he pulled off one of the most impressive debut performances in ONE FC history as he knocked Singaporean Bruce Loh out with a perfectly timed left hook in the opening seconds of the fight. Subba went on to defeat Saiful Merican at ONE FC: Return of Warriors via submission. At the age of 21, he has showcased immediate potential and has already established himself as the most dangerous flyweight in Malaysia.

Subba now faces a heavy handed brawler in Chen Yun Ting. Chen is coming off an impressive win over Singaporean Ronald Loh at ONE FC: Kings and Champions, finishing the fight in the first round with a well timed hook. As one of the most highly touted prospects coming out of Malaysia, he is looking to extend his winning streak by emerging victorious in this bout that will determine who the top flyweight in Malaysia really is.

Exciting Malaysian welterweight Nik Harris will also make his much-anticipated ONE FC debut on November 15 when he battles Indonesian veteran Zuli Silawanto. The young Malaysian is relentless in going for the finish, having never gone to a decision in all his victories.

Silawanto, on the other hand, is a veteran who has more than 10 years of professional MMA experience. After losing in his last fight, The Indonesian aims to score an upset victory against the hometown bet.

Another fight added to the card is between Samir Mrabet and Steve Durr. Mrabet is a Brazilian jiu jitsu purple belt originally from Brussels, Belgium, who trained in three continents before deciding to reside in Malaysia. Durr, originally from Tennessee in the United States, relocated to Malaysia to pursue a MMA career. A self-professed trouble maker while growing up, MMA helped him to find an avenue to express himself. He has an impressive amateur record, winning 22 bouts with only four losses.

The main event of the evening will crown the inaugural ONE FC welterweight world champion. The bout features a battle between the top MMA to ever come out of Malaysia, Adam “Shogun” Shahir Kayoom, against Japanese slugger Nobutatsu Suzuki. - CLP, GMA News