By Jan Carlo Anolin
ONE Championship heavyweight king Brandon Vera puts his belt on the line against former Olympic wrestler Arjan Bhullar in ONE: Infinity 2 on May 29.
Brandon Vera (ONE Championship Images)
In a Facebook post Thursday, ONE Championship Chairman and CEO Chatri Sityodtong announced the upcoming fights for the ONE: Infinity Series which includes Vera’s headliner in Manila.
“A typical ONE Infinity Series event features three World Championship bouts, a minimum of 12 World Champions in action, Super Fights, A-list celebrities in attendance, and much more. BOOM! LET’S GOOOOO!!!” Sityodong wrote.
During the ONE: Fire & Fury last month, Vera teased the crowd after declaring his return to the Circle for the third world title defense in the promotion.
The 42-year-old Filipino-American hopes to bounce back from his loss against Myanmar’s Aung La N Sang, the middleweight and light heavyweight titleholder, via technical knockout last October.
Vera’s opponent, the Indo-Canadian Bhullar, a gold medalist in the 2010 Commonwealth Games, represented Canada in the 2012 London Summer Olympics in wrestling.
Bhullar made a successful ONE Championship debut by defeating Mauro Cerilli via unanimous decision in ONE: Century Part II last October.
Vera also knocked out Cerilli in the first round of ONE: Conquest of Champions in November 2018.
Other matches include Christian Lee (lightweight world and world grand prix champion) against Iuri Lapicus and Eddie Alvarez versus Saygid Guseyn Arslanaliev.
The first part of ONE: Infinity will take place in Jakarta in April.
Source: Manila Bulletin
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