Brandon Vera (Photo : Hanz Lustre)
ONE Championship, Asia's largest MMA promotion, has announced a highly-anticipated match between top ranked heavyweight contenders Brandon "The Truth" Vera and Chi Lewis "Chopper" Parry at the Mall of Asia (MOA) Arena on 11 December 2015, with the winner set to be crowned the inaugural ONE Heavyweight World Champion.
Both Vera and Parry are big contenders, with the nearly seven foot Parry being a former English basketball player who has recently switched over to Kickboxing and mixed martial arts. Vera however, has been in martial arts his entire life, competing in Muay Thai and making it big in MMA in the United States as he was once considered among an elite group in the UFC.
The event dubbed ONE: SPIRIT OF CHAMPIONS, will play host to the titanic showdown, as world-renowned Muay Thai stylist and 8-time Grappler's Quest Champion Vera looks to claim the gold against unbeaten British kickboxing stalwart Parry, who challenged the Filipino-American Vera after both fighters recorded recent first round knockout wins.
Filipino mixed martial arts superstars Ana Julaton, Mark Striegl and Ruel Catalan also return to the ONE Cage to electrify Filipino fight fans who are expected to pack the rafters.
The owner of eight KO victories, Brandon Vera is one of the most recognizable figures in the game, as well as one of the most feared Muay Thai practitioners in the world.
Renowned for possessing outstanding striking technique, Vera devastated Ukrainian heavyweight Igor Subora with a straight left and a flurry of kicks in his ONE Championship debut to the delight of the fans in Manila.
Now, Vera looks to utilize his outstanding ability and vast experience fighting some of the very best fighters in the world to his advantage as he accepts the challenge of prospect Parry.
At six feet and nine inches tall, colossal British stand out Chi Lewis Parry has one of the most imposing frames in MMA today, with an outstanding professional record to match.
With five first round finishes to his credit, Parry remains undefeated in MMA competition and has immediately turned his attention to Brandon "The Truth" Vera in his quest for the heavyweight title.
At ONE: SPIRIT OF CHAMPIONS, Parry will get his wish as Vera steps into the cage to meet him head on.
Female boxing world champion Ana "Hurricane" Julaton also makes her much anticipated return to the ONE Championship cage, following a year-long training stint with world renowned grappling coach Ricky Lundell.
She has steadily been improving her ground game since then under the watchful guidance of a new grappling coach and cannot wait to show fight fans just how much she has learned in training.
Julaton finally gets her chance to showcase her wares in front of her passionate Filipino fan base against Russian kickboxer Irina Mazepa.
Irina Mazepa of St. Petersburg, Russia is a former kickboxing world champion who is just fresh off defeating the highly-regarded Ann "Athena" Osman in Kuala Lumpur earlier this month at ONE: TIGERS OF ASIA.
Mazepa stopped Osman via TKO in the very first round of her ONE Championship debut, shocking Osman's hometown crowd.
