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Nicolas Atkin

ONE Championship’s Only The Brave card has seen a second main event fall through in the space of a week because of Covid-19.
A source told the Post Marat Grigorian was out of next Friday’s featherweight kick-boxing grand prix semi-finals after returning a positive test in Thailand.
The Armenian-born Belgian’s bout with Chingiz Allazov had been bumped up to top billing on January 28, after his Tiger Muay Thai teammate Anatoly Malykhin also contracted Covid-19.
The undefeated Russian Malykhin was set to fight Kirill Grishenko for the interim heavyweight MMA title, but the card’s original main event has been postponed until ONE: Bad Blood on February 11.


Grigorian will not get to postpone his semi-final, however, with Thailand’s Smokin’ Jo Nattawut replacing him against Allazov.
Nattawut had been set for an alternative bout with Dovydas Rimkus on the main card. The other grand prix semi-final sees Sitthichai Sitsongpeenong face Davit Kyria.
ONE: Malykhin tests positive for Covid-19, title fight postponed
Asian martial arts promotion ONE has been putting plans in place for each card on the presumption that fights will fall off because of Covid-19.
“What we’re doing now for every event, just because of what happened at [the Heavy Hitters event] – we originally had 12 fights scheduled, four got knocked out because of Covid-related reasons – we are actually going to be increasing the number of bouts per event by about 30-40 per cent, on every single show,” Chatri Sityodtong, ONE chairman and CEO, said last week.
“So if there are dropouts, we can still end up at 12 [fights].”


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ONE: Only The Brave card sees a second main event fall through in space of a week because of Covid-19
Smokin’ Jo Nattawut will face Chingiz Allazov in featherweight kick-boxing grand prix semi-final on January 28



ONE: Only The Brave card sees a second main event fall through in the space of a week because of Covid-19.


Kickboxing

ONE Championship: Marat Grigorian out of kick-boxing grand prix semi after positive Covid-19 test

ONE: Only The Brave card sees a second main event fall through in space of a week because of Covid-19 Smokin’ Jo Nattawut will face Chingiz Allazov in featherweight kick-boxing grand prix semi-final on January 28

ONE: Only The Brave card sees a second main event fall through in space of a week because of Covid-19

Smokin’ Jo Nattawut will face Chingiz Allazov in featherweight kick-boxing grand prix semi-final on January 28