Two of ONE Championship's most established names return to the card on July 17 looking to remind the division what they are capable of.
Lito Adiwang meets Joshua Perreira at flyweight, and Jihin Radzuan faces Anastasia Nikolakakos at atomweight, in a pair of MMA additions to ONE Fight Night 45, airing live in U.S. primetime from Lumpinee Stadium in Bangkok on Amazon Prime Video.
Adiwang is one of the more compelling comeback stories in the promotion. The 33-year-old Filipino spent years working through a series of serious injuries before returning with something to prove.
The move to flyweight has suited him. He scored back-to-back TKO victories over Mauro Mastromarini and Eko Roni Saputra at ONE Fight Night 43 and demonstrated that the finishing instincts which made him a fan favourite are fully intact.
Five wins in his last six fights, healthy, and operating with a clarity of purpose that eluded him during his injury-interrupted run, Adiwang is building toward the upper tier of the flyweight division.
Perreira arrives having just added momentum of his own. The 29-year-old American scored a first-round finish over Gilbert Nakatani at ONE Fight Night 42 in April, backing up a professional record defined by well-rounded grappling and heavy hands.
He is not a name that carries the same global recognition as Adiwang yet, but he understands that beating a fighter of Adiwang's profile would change that quickly.
The atomweight bout carries similar stakes. Jihin Radzuan has been a consistent presence in ONE's women's division for years, with a submission game and striking arsenal that have produced wins over Itsuki Hirata and Mei Yamaguchi among others.
Her most recent result, a third-round TKO over previously unbeaten Gabriela Fujimoto at ONE Fight Night 40 in February, keeps her in the title picture conversation, but July 17 against a dangerous opponent in U.S. primetime is the kind of performance that either accelerates or stalls that case.
Nikolakakos made an immediate impression on her promotional debut, stopping Victoria Souza in the first round at ONE Fight Night 41 in March.
The Canadian is built on relentless pace, heavy clinch work, and the conditioning to make the third round as uncomfortable as the first. She is not a fighter who will allow Jihin to settle into her preferred rhythm, and a win over an established name would validate her as a genuine threat in the division rather than a fighter still being evaluated.
