Roy Doliguez battles Japanese contender on ONE FC card in China

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Roy Doliguez battles Japanese contender on ONE FC card in China
The 34-year-old native of Malungon, Sarangani faces Japanese flyweight Asuka “Riku Shibuya” Mikami on January 23 in Changsa, China

MANILA, Philippines – Another Filipino fighter has been booked to compete on ONE Championship’s “Dynasty of Champions” card in Changsa, China on January 23 as Roy Doliguez squares off with Japanese flyweight Asuka “Riku Shibuya” Mikami.

Doliguez (6-2) fell short in his bid to take home the inaugural ONE strawweight championship in May 2015 when he yielded to Dejdamrong Sor Amnuaysirichoke via technical unanimous decision.

The 34-year-old native of Malungon, Sarangani is a retired professional boxer who captured the WBO Asia Pacific light flyweight belt in September 2002 and unsuccessfully challenged Fernando Montiel for the WBO super flyweight title in January 2003.

Doliguez made the transition to mixed martial arts (MMA) in 2011 and had his first 5 bouts under the Universal Reality Combat Championship banner, where he defeated the likes of Leo Occena, Alvin Ramirez, Lito Adiwang and Franklin Donglay.

The 5-foot-5 representative of Erwin Tagle’s Submission Sports Philippines had a brief run with Pacific Xtreme Combat in 2014, edging out Team Lakay’s Jerome Wanawan via split decision in March before settling the score with Dennis Salazar by unanimous verdict 8 months later.

Doliguez is moving up to the 125-pound weight class to face Mikami (11-3-2), who is coming off a lopsided decision victory over Pinoy crowd-favorite Eugene Toquero in October 2015.

Mikami had an unsuccessful promotional debut in March 2015, losing to then-flyweight titleholder Adriano Moraes by way of unanimous decision before bouncing back on a strong note against Toquero.

Aside from the 3-round bout between Doliguez and Mikami, Asia’s largest MMA organization officially confirmed the bantamweight championship clash between Kevin Belingon and reigning champion Bibiano Fernandes.

The aforementioned title tilt is slated to headline ONE: Dynasty of Champions, which takes place at He Long Stadium in Changsha, China. – Rappler.com

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