Overview
- ONE SAMURAI 2 is set for Saturday, August 8 at Tokyo’s EBARA WAVE Arena Ota and will feature the quarterfinals of the ONE SAMURAI Featherweight Kickboxing Tournament.
- Masaaki Noiri meets Liu Mengyang in an opening rematch that Liu says he will win again and that effectively blocks Noiri’s direct route back toward Superbon.
- Kaito Ono and Mohammad Siasarani collide in a co‑main event rematch that Ono frames as personal revenge while Siasarani treats it as a necessary step toward the tournament final and a title shot.
- The undercard highlights three domestic matchups—Keito Yamakita vs. Koyuru Tanoue, Hiroki Kasahara vs. Ryuto Shiokawa, and Shoma Okumura vs. Reiji—each billed as a potential breakout performance that could rapidly elevate a fighter’s ONE standing.
- Because the tournament winner earns a guaranteed title fight, results from these Tokyo bouts could reshape the featherweight pecking order and determine who faces Superbon next.