{"id":596763,"date":"2026-04-10T00:11:10","date_gmt":"2026-04-10T00:11:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/596763\/"},"modified":"2026-04-10T00:11:10","modified_gmt":"2026-04-10T00:11:10","slug":"two-all-japanese-mma-bouts-added-to-one-samurai-1-card-on-april-29-in-tokyo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/596763\/","title":{"rendered":"Two all-Japanese MMA bouts added to ONE SAMURAI 1 card on April 29 in Tokyo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.onefc.com\/events\/one-samurai-1\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">ONE SAMURAI 1<\/a> keeps building. Two all-Japanese MMA bouts have been added to the inaugural edition of ONE Championship\u2019s new monthly Japan series, which takes place April 29 at Ariake Arena in Tokyo.<\/p>\n<p>The card already carries four World Title fights, and the additions deepen a lineup designed to celebrate Japanese martial arts at the highest level.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bjpenn.com\/mma-news\/one-championship\/tatsumitsu-wada-claims-hes-spotted-demetrious-johnson-weakness-predicts-tko-win\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Tatsumitsu \u201cThe Sweeper\u201d Wada<\/a> makes his return in flyweight MMA against Pancrase Champion Seiichiro Ito. The 37-year-old Wada is one of the most experienced flyweights on ONE\u2019s roster. He has 26 career wins and a promotional history that includes bouts against Demetrious Johnson and Danny Kingad.<\/p>\n<p>He comes in off back-to-back losses to Sanzhar Zakirov and Avazbek Kholmirzaev and is looking to re-establish himself on home soil.<\/p>\n<p>Ito steps onto the global stage for the first time carrying an 18-4 record and a 79 percent finish rate built across the Pancrase circuit. The 27-year-old Shooto Gym Tokyo fighter blends sharp striking with a tight grappling game. He also brings serious stopping power into his ONE debut against one of the division\u2019s most battle-tested veterans.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Nagai and Kanbe represent the next wave of Japanese MMA talent at ONE SAMURAI 1<\/p>\n<p>The second new addition is a bantamweight MMA clash between two unbeaten debutants. Kanata Nagai enters with a spotless 9-0 record built entirely on the Japanese regional circuit. The VOS Gym Tokyo fighter brings precise boxing and accurate bodywork. These have made him a consistent finisher at every level he has competed.<\/p>\n<p>Atsuya Kanbe is equally dangerous. The 26-year-old Hachioji native carries an 8-1 record and an instinctive finishing ability backed by a well-rounded grappling base. He takes the fight to opponents from the opening bell and has shown the tools to end bouts the moment an opportunity arises.<\/p>\n<p>Both fighters are stepping onto the biggest stage of their careers on April 29. Only one walks away with the momentum to launch what they hope will be a long run in ONE Championship.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ONE SAMURAI 1 keeps building. Two all-Japanese MMA bouts have been added to the inaugural edition of ONE&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":596764,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[570],"tags":[64,63,786,785,2843,258332,85],"class_list":["post-596763","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mma","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-fighting","tag-mma","tag-one-championship","tag-one-samurai-1","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/596763","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=596763"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/596763\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/596764"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=596763"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=596763"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=596763"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}