Jingnan Xiong Defends Strawweight Crown vs. Ayaka Miura at One ‘Heavy Hitters’ on Jan. 14

Reigning strawweight queen Jingnan Xiong will defend her belt against Ayaka Miura in the main event of One Championship “Heavy Hitters” on Jan. 14.

The Singapore-based promotion recently confirmed the booking, which will be contested at 125 pounds according to One’s weight class rules. One “Heavy Hitters” takes place at Singapore Indoor Stadium in Kallang, Singapore and will also see light heavyweight kickboxing champion Roman Kryklia defend his title against Murat Aygun in the co-main event.

The rest of the card will include a mix of combat sports disciplines, including the following MMA matchups: James Nakashima vs. Saygid Izagakhmaev at lightweight; Senzo Ikeda vs. Jeremy Miado at strawweight; Yushin Okami vs. Leandro Ataides at middleweight; Shuya Kamikubo vs. Troy Worthen at bantamweight; Tiffany Teo vs. Meng Bo at strawweight and Robin Catalan vs. Elipitua Siregar at strawweight.

The 33-year-old Xiong has been victorious in 11 of her last 12 professional outings, with her only setback during that time coming via submission to Angela Lee in a bid to become a two-division champion in October 2019. Since then, Xiong has authored successful strawweight title defenses against Teo and Michelle Nicolini.

A veteran of the Pancrase and Deep promotions, Miura enters the matchup with Xiong having won seven of her last eight professional outings. She is 4-1 under the One Championship banner and is coming off a first-round submission victory over Rayane Marques Bastos on May 15.