If the prospect of a new two-sport champion being crowned, along with one of grappling\u2019s biggest prospects chasing his first gold wasn\u2019t enough, fight fans in the MENA region have extra reason to be excited.
\nWhile all eyes might be on Jonathan Haggerty and Fabricio Andrade battling for the ONE Championship bantamweight world title, and Tye Ruotolo looking to make welterweight submission grappling history – but there are some great storylines a little closer to home.
\nHere are two fighters on the card for fans in the region to look out for;
\nKarim Bennoui
\nAt 35, Bennoui is something of a veteran of the sport with more than 20 years\u2019 experience behind him – and 15 of those in the professional ranks. He may have been born in France, but is of Algerian descent, and is determined to make a big impact on his ONE debut this weekend.
\nHe will take on Thai legend Seksan Or Kwanmuang. In reality this could not be a tougher debut for Bennoui, with Seksan unbeaten in ONE with a perfect 6-0 record – and a list of victims that reads like a who\u2019s who of professional combat sport.
\nA tough task it is, but if Bennoui comes through it, the world could be at his feet in ONE\u2019s Muay Thai class.\u00a0\u00a0
\nMouhcine Chafi
\nAnother debutant to look out for on Saturday will be Mouhcine Chafi who is Spanish of Moroccan descent.\u00a0
\nLike Bennoui, Chafi will be experiencing a tough test when he steps in against Thailand\u2019s Sinsamut Klinmee.\u00a0
\nKlinmee has a fearsome record – with his only two defeats in ONE coming at the hands of two weight world champion Regian Eersel.\u00a0
\nFor 26-year-old Chafi this is an opportunity to test himself against one of the best – and put the lightweight Muay Thai division on notice if he can pull off a big win.
\nONE Fight Night 16 comes live from the Lumpinee Boxing Stadium, Thailand on Saturday November 4. Fight fans in the MENA region can watch action BeINSPORTS from 3.00am MECCA, or on watch.onefc.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
If the prospect of a new two-sport champion being crowned, along with one of grappling\u2019s biggest prospects chasing his first gold wasn\u2019t enough, fight fans in the MENA region have extra reason to be excited.
\nWhile all eyes might be on Jonathan Haggerty and Fabricio Andrade battling for the ONE Championship bantamweight world title, and Tye Ruotolo looking to make welterweight submission grappling history \u2013 but there are some great storylines a little closer to home.
\nHere are two fighters on the card for fans in the region to look out for;
\nKarim Bennoui
\nAt 35, Bennoui is something of a veteran of the sport with more than 20 years\u2019 experience behind him \u2013 and 15 of those in the professional ranks. He may have been born in France, but is of Algerian descent, and is determined to make a big impact on his ONE debut this weekend.
\nHe will take on Thai legend Seksan Or Kwanmuang. In reality this could not be a tougher debut for Bennoui, with Seksan unbeaten in ONE with a perfect 6-0 record \u2013 and a list of victims that reads like a who\u2019s who of professional combat sport.
\nA tough task it is, but if Bennoui comes through it, the world could be at his feet in ONE\u2019s Muay Thai class.\u00a0\u00a0
\nMouhcine Chafi
\nAnother debutant to look out for on Saturday will be Mouhcine Chafi who is Spanish of Moroccan descent.\u00a0
\nLike Bennoui, Chafi will be experiencing a tough test when he steps in against Thailand\u2019s Sinsamut Klinmee.\u00a0
\nKlinmee has a fearsome record \u2013 with his only two defeats in ONE coming at the hands of two weight world champion Regian Eersel.\u00a0
\nFor 26-year-old Chafi this is an opportunity to test himself against one of the best \u2013 and put the lightweight Muay Thai division on notice if he can pull off a big win.
\nONE Fight Night 16 comes live from the Lumpinee Boxing Stadium, Thailand on Saturday November 4. Fight fans in the MENA region can watch action BeINSPORTS from 3.00am MECCA, or on watch.onefc.com<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"image","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/343807"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=343807"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/343807\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":343808,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/343807\/revisions\/343808"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=343807"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=343807"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=343807"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}