Overview
- ONE SAMURAI 2 took place Saturday, August 8 at EBARA WAVE Arena Ota in Tokyo and staged three featherweight kickboxing quarterfinals that move fighters into the tournament bracket.
- The event is part of an eight-man ONE SAMURAI Featherweight Kickboxing Tournament in which the overall winner is guaranteed a shot at reigning ONE Featherweight Kickboxing World Champion Superbon.
- Quarterfinal matchups featured two rematches — Masaaki Noiri vs. Liu Mengyang and Kaito Ono vs. Mohammad Siasarani — plus SHOOT BOXING champion Kosuke Takagi making his ONE debut against Luo Chao.
- The fights carried strong personal narratives: Siasarani entered on a five-fight winning streak and aims to keep momentum toward a title shot, Kaito seeks his first ONE win and redemption, and Liu frames his rematch with Noiri as proof he belongs among the division’s elite.
- ONE confirmed the SAMURAI series will continue with SAMURAI 3 on September 12 and SAMURAI 4 on October 17, with SAMURAI 4 already scheduled to include world-title fights such as Superlek vs. Jonathan Di Bella and Nadaka vs. Rifdean Masdor.