Eddie Alvarez has headed to Japan to make his promotional debut for ONE Championship, and the star will be hoping to duplicate the success he’s had competing there before.
The former UFC and Bellator lightweight champ competed in Dream’s lightweight grand prix ten years ago, which went down in the Asian nation. Alvarez went on to defeat Andre “Dida”, Joachim Hansen and Tatsuya Kawajiri en route to winning the GP.
Recently ONE posted the video below, which features Alvarez reflecting on the success he’s had fighting in Japan. At ONE’s “A New Era” on Sunday, Alvarez will face Timofey Nastyukhin in the opening round of ONE’s lightweight grand prix.
Here is the complete line-up for “A New Era”.
ONE: A NEW ERA
Sunday, 31 March
Ryogoku Kokugikan, Tokyo, Japan
Main Event
ONE Lightweight World Championship
Eduard Folayang (C) vs Shinya Aoki
Mixed Martial Arts: 77.1kg
Co-Main Event
ONE Women’s Strawweight World Championship
Xiong Jing Nan (C) vs Angela Lee
Mixed Martial Arts: 56.7kg
Co-Main Event
ONE Middleweight World Championship
Aung La N Sang (C) vs Ken Hasegawa
Mixed Martial Arts: 93.0kg
Co-Main Event
ONE Bantamweight World Championship
Kevin Belingon (C) vs Bibiano Fernandes
Mixed Martial Arts: 65.8kg
ONE Flyweight World Grand Prix (Quarter-Final)
Demetrious Johnson vs Yuya Wakamatsu
Mixed Martial Arts: 61.2kg
ONE Lightweight World Grand Prix (Quarter-Final)
Eddie Alvarez vs Timofey Nastyukhin
Mixed Martial Arts: 77.1kg
Andy Souwer vs Yodsanklai IWE Fairtex
ONE Super Series Kickboxing (4oz. Gloves): 72.0kg
ONE Flyweight World Grand Prix (Quarter-Final)
Danny Kingad vs Andrew Leone
Mixed Martial Arts: 61.2kg
ONE Flyweight World Grand Prix (Quarter-Final)
Tatsumitsu Wada vs Ivanildo Delfino
Mixed Martial Arts: 61.2kg
ONE Flyweight World Grand Prix (Quarter-Final)
Kairat Akhmetov vs Reece McLaren
Mixed Martial Arts: 61.2kg
Mei Yamaguchi vs Kseniya Lachkova
Mixed Martial Arts: 52.2kg
Anthony Engelen vs Garry Tonon
Mixed Martial Arts: 70.3kg
Rodtang Jitmuangnon vs Hakim Hamech
ONE Super Series Muay Thai (4oz. Gloves): 61.2kg
Panicos Yusuf vs Mohammed Bin Mahmoud
ONE Super Series Muay Thai (4oz. Gloves): 65.8kg
Hiroki Akimoto vs Joseph Lasiri
ONE Super Series Kickboxing (4oz. Gloves): 61.2kg
Yoon Chang Min vs Bala Shetty
Mixed Martial Arts: 77.1kg