Reigning ONE Flyweight World Champion Geje “Gravity” Eustaquio, with a professional record of 11-6-0, will be defending his title against Jiu jitsu black belter Adriano “Mikinho” Moraes (17-3-0) in a highly anticipated rubber match and first-ever trilogy for ONE: Hero’s Ascent on Friday at the Mall of Asia.
The 5’8’’ Brazilian forced a submission from Eustaquio by guillotine in the first-ever ONE FC 125-pound championship in Cambodia back in 2014, but “Gravity” won their second locking of horns in January last year in a split-decision victory for the One interim flyweight world title.
Team Lakay’s Wushu artist Eustaquio, 5’5”, said that after the results in his first match against Moraes, he trained even harder the following four years before ultimately avenging his initial defeat, establishing himself as the world champion in the flyweight division.
“I have proven to the world that ‘impossible’ is not really a word. On Jan. 25, it doesn’t matter who wins, Adriano or me. Adriano can knock me out, he can submit me or win by decision, I can also do the same. But the thing is, all of these athletes going to that cage or ring, are already winners. Come and witness one of the first trilogy in ONE Championship history,” said Eustaquio.
“We have 110 world champions in our roster. It is the most number of world champions of any organization in the world, 110 world champions across MMA, BJJ, submission grappling, boxing, muay thai, kickboxing, and the list goes on,” said ONE Championship CEO Chatri Sityodtong during the press conference held at the City of Dreams, Tuesday.
“As the world’s largest stage in martial arts, all ONE Championship wants to do is showcase the very best of martial arts not just in the cage, but outside of the cage,” Sityodtong added.
The ONE Championship cage matches will include a kickboxing, four Muay Thai, and six MMA bouts which include a match between ONE Athlete Honorio “The Rock” Banario against undefeated Lowen Tynanes of Hawaii in the co-main event and ONE Athlete Danny “The King” Kingad versus Japanese veteran Tatsumitsu ”The sweeper” Wada.
