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ONE Championship has just announced the complete card for “ONE: Kingdom of Heroes,” which is set to ignite the Impact Arena in Bangkok, Thailand on October 6, 2018. One of the mixed martial arts bouts is between Rika “Tinydoll” Ishige, 29, of Bangkok, Thailand and Bozhena “Toto” Antoniyar, 23, of Yangon, Myanmar, who will compete in the women’s atomweight division.

Rika Ishige vs Bozhena Antoniyar

Ishige, who is of mixed Japanese and Thai heritage, began her martial arts training at age nine with aikido and taekwondo. Heavily influenced by her late father who trained in judo, she went on to hone her skills as a martial artist.

Training out of Tiger Muay Thai and Bangkok Fight Lab, Ishige is considered one of Thailand’s martial arts pioneers. All of her victories have ended via impressive finish, showcasing her high-level grappling skills.

On the other hand, Antoniyar is a two-time Myanmar National Boxing Champion with fast and powerful hands. Representing Transcend Gym in Yangon, she will look to make waves in ONE Championship when she returns to action on the biggest global stage of martial arts competition.

“ONE: Kingdom of Heroes” marks Antoniyar’s second ONE Championship bout. In her promotional debut, she defeated her compatriot Shwe Sin via first-round technical knockout.

“ONE: Kingdom of Heroes”

Based in Singapore, ONE Championship was founded on July 14, 2011 by Chatri Sityodtong and Victor Cui. It was former called ONE Fighting Championship.

“ONE: Kingdom of Heroes” is the 79th event of the martial arts promotion. Aside from Thailand and Myanmar, 16 other countries are represented, which are Australia, Brazil, Cambodia, Cameroon, China, France, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, the Netherlands, Nigeria, the Philippines, Russia, Taiwan and Tajikistan.

In the main event, reigning World Boxing Council Super Flyweight World Champion Srisaket Sor Rungvisai, 31, of Thailand will defend his title against Iran “MagnifiKO” Diaz, 28, of Mexico. In the co-main event, Stamp Fairtex, 20, of Thailand will challenge reigning ONE Kickboxing Atomweight World Champion “Killer Bee” Kai Ting Chuang, 23, of Taiwan.