ONE in November: Christian Lee vs. Tye Ruotolo and Pacio's title defense in Tokyo
ONE Championship has laid out its November schedule. Two MMA title fights are on tap: Christian Lee vs. Tye Ruotolo in Bangkok and Joshua Pacio vs. Keito Yamakita in Tokyo.
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The month's MMA highlight comes right at the start: on November 6, Christian Lee defends his lightweight MMA world title against Tye Ruotolo at The Inner Circle 37 at Lumpinee Stadium in Bangkok. Lee (18-4) currently holds the lightweight and welterweight titles and owns ONE's records for most wins and most finishes. The 23-year-old Ruotolo, whom ONE lists as its welterweight submission grappling world champion, is 2-0 in MMA – in his debut he beat Lee's younger brother Adrian by rear-naked choke.
The same day, ONE Fight Night 49 in Bangkok features a lightweight bout between Lucas Gabriel and unbeaten debutant Magomed Magomedov (15-0). On November 18, Joshua Pacio defends his strawweight MMA world title against Japan's Keito Yamakita at ONE SAMURAI 5 at the EBARA WAVE Arena Ota in Tokyo. The card also includes Ryujin Nasukawa vs. Elmehdi El Jamari and Jarred Brooks vs. Tatsumitsu Wada.
In addition, The Inner Circle 38 on November 13 opens the quarterfinals of the flyweight Muay Thai Grand Prix, including Rodtang vs. Nong-O Hama. According to ONE, The Inner Circle 37 streams exclusively for members on live.onefc.com.