Reigning ONE Bantamweight Muay Thai World Champion Nabil Anane was saddened after Jonathan Haggerty pulled out of their supposed title match at ONE 173: Superbon vs. Noiri.
However Hiromi Wajima stepped in to the rescue and agreed to take ‘The Normal’s’ place on brief discover.
Anane will now face the promotional debutant in a three-round featherweight kickboxing bout on Nov. 16 at Ariake Enviornment in Tokyo, Japan.
With 17 bouts of martial arts excellence throughout MMA, Muay Thai, kickboxing, and submission grappling, ONE 173 is undoubtedly probably the most historic card within the promotion’s historical past.
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Anane expressed how delighted he was that he received’t miss out on the largest martial arts occasion of 2025. The Thai-Algerian famous person mentioned throughout the ONE 173 last press convention:
“To start with, I wish to thank ONE Championship for giving me the chance to nonetheless combat at ONE 173. My unique opponent, [Jonathan] Haggerty, had some harm. He needed to pull out. I assumed to myself that I would miss out on ONE 173.”
The Crew Mehdi Zatout prodigy added:
“Now with this opponent, with this new alternative in featherweight kickboxing, I’m very excited as a result of I assumed that at some point I’ve to maneuver as much as featherweight anyway, and I wish to do this featherweight kickboxing. I feel it’s going to be attention-grabbing.”
Hiromi Wajima excited to match up towards Nabil Anane
Hiromi Wajima has been thrown into the lion’s den instantly after matching up with the reigning ONE bantamweight Muay Thai world champion in his promotional debut.
Nonetheless, the Japanese star is thrilled to match up with an exemplary opponent like Nabil Anane.
‘The Purple Comet’ mentioned throughout the ONE 173 last press convention:
“For Nabil, he’s very tall, after all. I feel he’s the tallest opponent of my profession, however it’s simply brief discover, however I studied properly sufficient to be victorious towards him. I’m trying ahead to combating him.”
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Edited by Aziel Karthak
