[autotag]Brandon Vera[/autotag] will return to the cage for his first fight since the pandemic.
The ONE Championship heavyweight titleholder is set to defend his belt against former UFC heavyweight [autotag]Arjan Bhullar[/autotag] in the main event of ONE Championship: Dangal on May 15 in Singapore, the promotion announced.
Vera (16-8) hasn’t competed since October 2019, when he suffered a TKO loss to light heavyweight champion Aung La N Sang in an attempt to become a two-division champion. Prior to the defeat, Vera was on a four-fight winning streak, which included the capture of the ONE Championship heavyweight title and two title defenses.
Bhullar (10-1) gets his first opportunity at ONE Championship gold since joining the promotion in 2019. Bhullar only has one bout for the promotion – a win over Mauro Cerilli in 2019. Before joining ONE Championship, Bhullar went 4-1 in the UFC.
The ONE Dangal lineup includes:
- Champ Brandon Vera vs. Arjan Bhullar – for heavyweight title
- Bi Nguyen vs. Ritu Phogat
- Rayane Bastos vs. Ayaka Miura
- Roshan Mainam vs. Gurdarshan Mangat
- Anthony Do vs. Liang Hui
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