ONE 172: Takeru Vs. Rodtang Preview

LockerRoom Team

22 Mar 2025

ONE Championship hits the legendary Saitama Super Arena on Sunday, March 23, with one of the most stacked martial arts lineups in years. ONE 172: Takeru vs. Rodtang will light up Japan from start to finish.

After years of waiting, the flyweight kickboxing super-fight between Rodtang Jitmuangnon and Takeru Segawa will finally happen.

Both men promise nonstop action when the bell rings, and their history of putting on phenomenal firefights suggests that is exactly what will happen when the bell rings.

Takeru is coming off a comeback victory over Thant Zin last year, recovering from an early knockdown to score a second-round knockout. Rodtang had two standout showings in 2024 against Denis Puric in kickboxing and Jacob Smith in Muay Thai to recapture his rolling momentum.

With both men hitting their stride and peaking in the early going of the year, the main event is almost guaranteed to be a lasting memory for fans worldwide.

The co-main event will crown the ONE Interim Featherweight Kickboxing World Champion while Superbon recovers on the sidelines. Tawanchai PK Saenchai, coming off his blistering KO of Superbon at ONE 170, battles Japan’s own Masaaki Noiri.

Noiri’s rough start in ONE finally got put on the right track at ONE 170, with a knockout of Shakir Al-Tekreeti. The former two-division K-1 Champion has a prime opportunity to prove his doubters wrong and derail an oncoming freight train.

Tawanchai has looked the part of an unstoppable force, but entering hostile territory will test him just as much mentally as it will physically. The roaring crowd inside Saitama Super Arena must spur along its native son in a high-stakes title tilt.

Also in action, Adriano Moraes tries to resume his throne while Yuya Wakamatsu seeks his first ONE Flyweight MMA World Championship. Meanwhile, “The Queen” Phetjeeja defends her ONE Women’s Atomweight Kickboxing World Championship against Kana Morimoto, while Jonathan Di Bella meets Sam-A Gaiyanghado for the ONE Interim Strawweight Kickboxing World Title.

And that’s just the tip of the iceberg. ONE 172 is stacked and is a can’t-miss event for the ages.

ONE 172 broadcasts live on global pay-per-view at 12:30 p.m. India Standard Time (IST) on Sunday, March 23.