Historical past shall be witnessed on September 29 at ONE Battle Evening 14 because the world’s largest martial arts group will crown its first-ever ONE ladies’s atomweight submission grappling world champion.
Danielle Kelly will welcome acquainted foe Jessa Khan for her ONE Championship debut to find out the primary ladies’s grappling world champion of the division.
The 2 BJJ black belts are fairly aware of one another. Wwo years in the past, in February 2021, Khan scored a choice win over Kelly of their first assembly. Following that encounter, they went on totally different routes to stardom.
Kelly secured her roster spot in ONE and has since competed in three grappling bouts. Of these three matches, she gained two, one by submission in opposition to Mariia Molchanova and the opposite through choice versus Ayaka Miura.
The Silver Fox BJJ standout additionally fought to a draw in opposition to Mei Yamaguchi again in her promotional debut.
However, the youthful Khan continued to compete in varied tournaments till she gained gold medals within the 2022 IBJFF Pan American Championships and the 2023 IBJFF World Championships.
Due to that preliminary loss to Khan and her gold medal credentials, Kelly seems like she is the underdog heading into the world title struggle, however this doesn’t imply she is fazed by it.
Actually, in her latest ONE Championship interview, Kelly stated she is assured of her possibilities in opposition to the Cambodian-American by saying:
“She’s in all probability the favourite on this match, and I’m gonna show that , I’m not a World Champ, however I believe I can submit her. She’s beatable. In order that’s what I’m gonna show.”
Aside from turning into the primary ladies’s submission grappling world champion in ONE Championship, the 27-year-old eyes revenge from her former tormentor to even out their head-to-head matchup at one apiece.
ONE Battle Evening 14 is free for Prime Video subscribers in North America.