One of many all-time finest submission artist in MMA is returning to grappling on Dec. 6, as Japanese icon Shinya Aoki faces Cole Abate in a submission grappling contest at ONE’s upcoming present in Singapore, the corporate introduced Tuesday.
Aoki final entered the ONE cage in January, tapping out John Lineker in a last-minute openweight bout, after the Brazilian changed Sage Northcutt.
“Tobikan Judan” misplaced 4 in a row previous to that, twice in MMA — knockouts to Saygid Izagakhmaev and Yoshihiro Akiyama —, and twice underneath grappling guidelines, to younger jiu-jitsu stars Kade Ruotolo and Mikey Musumeci.
Abate, 22 years youthful than Aoki, is a black belt underneath Guilherme Lemos. He received the ADCC East Coast Trials in 2021 at age 16 — and as a blue belt —, and not too long ago received the 2024 IBJJF Pan Championship No-Gi.
ONE Struggle Evening 26 card will air dwell on Amazon Prime and have a MMA title bout between Christian Lee and Alibeg Rasulov in the primary occasion.
