With only one crucial spot left to fill, ONE FC 5: “Pride of a Nation” is almost ready to roll with 11 announced bouts and one pending for the evening’s main event. It’s former DREAM lightweight champion Shinya Aoki (30-6) who finds himself currently looking at a question mark on the bill for his ONE FC debut.
Co-headlining the event is the promotional debut of former DREAM Featherweight and Bantamweight Champion Bibiano Fernandes as he faces off with Gustavo Falciroli (12-3).
A clash of former UFC Heavyweight Champions has also been added to the bill as Tim Sylvia (31-7) and Andrei Arlovski (17-9) will meet for the fourth time. Sylvia is currently up 2-1 on “The Pitbull”, and will look to put the coffin nails in what will likely be looked at as defining his career rivalry.
ONE FC 5: “Pride of a Nation” includes:
- Shinya Aoki vs. TBA
- Bibiano Fernandes vs. Gustavo Falciroli
- Felipe Enomoto vs. Eduard Folayang
- Andrei Arlovski vs. Tim Sylvia
- Eric Kelly vs. Jens Pulver
- Tony Bonello vs. Rolles Gracie
- Jung Hwan Cha vs. Igor Gracie
- Kevin Belingon vs. Soo Chul Kim
- Gregor Gracie vs. Nicholas Mann
- Phil Baroni vs. Rodrigo Ribeiro
- Mitch Chilson vs. Shannon Wiratchai
- Honorio Banario vs. Andrew Benibe
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Did I miss something? I thought Arlovski was fighting Soa “The Hulk”?
He got hurt and they put this dandy together . Aoki should fight kawajiri again
I remember hearing that Aoki and Kawajiri train together somewhat and therefore might not have any real interest in fighting each other again. And Kawajiri is now fighting at 145, not 155.
@Marvelknight4 contract dispute
the only other thing would be to borrow someone from BELLATOR ……