ONE Championship will be on TNT this spring, beginning with the returns of a pair of former UFC champions.
The promotion has announced that it will hold a “ONE on TNT” series, which will feature events every Wednesday for four consecutive weeks beginning April 7. Each event will feature prelims streamed on B/R Live at 9 p.m. ET, with a three-fight main card beginning at 10 p.m. ET on TNT.
The series is highlighted by two titles fights and the returns of former UFC champs [autotag]Demetrious Johnson[/autotag] and [autotag]Eddie Alvarez[/autotag], who will compete in the first event April 7. Both men missed all of 2020 because of travel bans caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Johnson (30-3-1) last fought Oct. 13, 2019 when he defeated Danny Kingad to win the ONE flyweight grand prix, making him 3-0 with the promotion. Alvarez (30-7), meanwhile, submitted Eduard Folayang in his last fight on Aug. 2, 2019 to bounce back from a TKO loss to Timofey Nastyukhin in his promotional debut.
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The slate of shows and current fights booked includes:
ONE on TNT 1, April 7
- Champ [autotag]Adriano Moraes[/autotag] vs. Demetrious Johnson – for flyweight title
- Eddie Alvarez vs. Iuri Lapicus
ONE on TNT 2, April 14
- Champ [autotag]Christian Lee[/autotag] vs. [autotag]Timofey Nastyukhin[/autotag]– for lightweight title
ONE on TNT 3, April 21
- [autotag]Aung La N Sang[/autotag] vs. [autotag]Vitaly Bigdash[/autotag]
ONE on TNT 4, April 28
- No fights booked at this time
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