One Championship: Predictions and picks for Conquest of Champions

One: Conquest of Champions is one of the most awaited events in the Philippines taking place on the Mall of Asia Arena, taking place on Friday.

As such, it has an exciting fight as the headliner, and a couple of blockbuster fights lined up for it as well lower down the card.

In the main event, One Heavyweight World Champion Brandon Vera is set to fight against Cage Warriors Heavyweight Champion Mauro Cerilli.

The co-main event of the night is also a title fight, with the vacant One Lightweight World Championship being up for grabs, when former Champion Eduard Folayang takes on one of the stars with the best knockout records so far, Amir Khan.

While the rest of the card is still stacked, these two fights are sure to steal the show at the best level possible. Taking place on Friday, this Philippines pay-per-view event will be one that everyone is looking forward to.

In this article, we will be looking through the 6 fights on the main card, making our predictions and detailing our reasons behind them. We will also take a look at and give our predictions for the fights on the Preliminary Card:

Preliminary Card:

Samy Sana vs. Armen Petrosyan - Catchweight: Armen Petrosyan

Alexandre Machado vs. Hideki Sekine - Heavyweight: Hideki Sekine

Azwan Che Wil vs. Han Zi Hao - Bantamweight: Azwan Che Wil

Jeremy Miado vs. Peng Xue Wen - Strawweight: Jeremy Miado

Rockie Bactol vs. Akihiro Fujisawa - Flyweight: Rockie Bactol

Rudy Agustian vs. Asraful Islam - Flyweight: Rudy Agustian

Let's start with the Main Card:

#1 Deividas Danyla vs. Hiroaki Suzuki:

Taking place under the rules of kickboxing, the One: Super Series fight is going to start off the main card for Friday's event.

In this fight, former European Champion, Deividas Danyla is sure to have the advantage over the Hiraki Suzuki. With a record of 46-10, Danyla is all about his competence when he goes head to head with Suzuki who is no pushover himself, with a 12-6 record.

Prediction: Deividas Danyla

#2 Saemapetch Fairtex vs. Alaverdi Ramazanov:

Will Fairtex pick up another win in this fight against the Russian?

Thai Champion Saemapetch Fairtex will take on Alaverdi Ramazov by late notice in this One: Super Series - Muay Thai bout. While Saemapetch Fairtex had been supposed to take on UK Legend Liam Harrison, that fight, unfortunately, had to be canceled.

With upwards of 110 wins for Fairtex in his record, he seems to be the obvious choice in this bout.

Prediction: Saemapetch Fairtex

#3 Raimond Magomedaliev vs. James Nakashima:

Yet to be defeated in his professional Mixed Martial Arts career, Raimond Magmedaliev is one of those fighters whom a lot is expected from. His career lists five bouts as of now, and of those, he has three victories via Technical Knockout, one by decision, and finally one by submission as well.

His last win came earlier in 2018 when he defeated Valdir Araujo via TKO.

His opponent for the night is none other than James Nakashima, who is yet another fighter who is yet to be defeated. With a 9-fight undefeated streak going on, the only problem he has faced so far in his career is getting a stoppage finish. All nine of his wins have come due to decisions.

Predictions: Raimond Magomedaliev

#4 Honorio Banario vs. Dae Sung Park:

Banario will have his hands full in his fight against Dae Sung Park

At lightweight, this bout between Honorio Banario and Dae Sung Park is set to close off the non-title fights of the night for One Championship. With a record of 13 wins and 7 losses in his 20-fight career so far, Banario's future prospects are looking good. While he lost his last One Championship fight, he will be looking to make up for that with a win in this one.

Dae Sung Park is coming off the back of a 2-fight win streak. He has a record of 8 wins to the two losses he has suffered in his career, and his last win in the One Championship bout he was in, ensures that he is not a pushover.

Predictions: Dae Sung Park

#5 Eduard Folayang vs. Amir Khan - Lightweight World Championship:

One Championship Star, Amir Khan will be looking to make an impact in his co-main event clash

With the Lightweight Championship up for grabs, a fight has hardly ever meant so much to any fighters in One Championship.

Amir Khan will take on Eduard Folayang in the co-main event of One: Conquest of Champions as both fighters struggle to establish their claim to the vacant Lightweight Championship Title.

Khan has 11 wins recorded already, with 8 of those wins coming from Knockouts. Folayang better be careful, because it is rare that Amir Khan goes for anything except the KO.

Folayang is no green fighter himself. With a record of 20-6 in his MMA career, the former Champion is set to make quite the impact. He will definitely be targetting a quick win, but will have to remain alert so as not to give Khan the slight opening he needs to finish a bout.

Predictions: Amir Khan

#6 Brandon Vera vs. Mauro Cerilli - Heavyweight World Championship:

Vera will be in the fight of his life when he takes on Cerilli

In the main event of the night, two of the best heavyweight fighters and champions in the world are set to clash in what should be an amazing matchup.

With a three-fight win streak ongoing at the moment, Vera has somehow managed to recapture the vitality of his younger days. He has never looked better than he does now, and while the fight is still something that he should never take lightly, the One Heavyweight World Champion could be looking to extend the 3-fight win streak into a 4-fight one very soon.

However, going up against Mauro Cerilli of all people, Vera is sure to have his work cut out for him. In what has to be one of the biggest bouts of 2018, the Cage Warriors Heavyweight World Champion will look to defeat the One Heavyweight World Champion.

Cerilli has a record of 12 fights and 2 losses, and a win here could possibly make him a contender for one of the best fighters in the world at the moment.

Edited by Kishan Prasad