ONE SAMURAI 4 in Tokyo: Haggerty defends against Akimoto, Hirata in MMA rematch
ONE Championship heads to the Ariake Arena on Saturday. Jonathan Haggerty defends his kickboxing title against former champion Hiroki Akimoto, with three MMA bouts also on the card.
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ONE Championship stages ONE SAMURAI 4 at the Ariake Arena in Tokyo on Saturday, October 17. The headline attraction is Englishman Jonathan Haggerty's third defence of his bantamweight kickboxing title against Hiroki Akimoto. The Japanese fighter won the title at ONE X in March 2022 and, according to ONE, has beaten John Lineker and Wei Rui among others since returning in 2025.
Nadaka Yoshinari also defends his atomweight Muay Thai title against Malaysia's Rifdean Masdor; according to ONE, Nadaka has won 42 fights in a row. The featherweight kickboxing tournament reaches the semi-finals: Marat Grigorian meets Luo Chao, and Masaaki Noiri faces Mohammad Siasarani.
In MMA, Itsuki Hirata and Jihin Radzuan meet in an atomweight rematch. Shozo Isojima and Kota Abe also clash at lightweight, and Yu Takeuchi faces Ryoto Nishiyama at flyweight. Retired K-1 champion Takeru Segawa will be inducted into the ONE Hall of Fame at the event.