ONE Fighting Championship held its eagerly anticipated press conference in Singapore this morning and the big news was that the March 31st card at the Singapore Indoor Stadium would be headlined by a fight between Renato 'Babalu' Sobral and Melvin Manhoef.

The co main event will see Kevin Belingon put his undefeated record on the line against Japanese veteran Masakazu Imanari. The Filipino is 9-0 in professional MMA and has fought against good level opponents outside of the Philippines but he has never faced anyone of the calibre or experience of 'The Master of Leglocks' who has fought 36 times in his 12 year career.

Also on the card will be Eduard Folayang, Zorobabel Moreira, Eddie Ng and a female Singaporean fighter called Nicole Chua who will be making her MMA debut. Their opponents will be revealed at a later date but the Singapore card already looks set to be the best yet by ONE FC.

Yesterday it was announced that ONE FC had signed a ten year partnership with ESPN Star Sports (full story here) and some more details about that deal were revealed today...

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