ONE: 'Kingdom of Champions' preview (Pt. 1)

ONE ChampionshipONE: "Kingdom of Champions" is set for the Impact Arena in Bangkok this Friday night (May 27, 2016) and will be the first time that Asia's biggest mixed martial arts (MMA) promotion has held an event in Thailand.

Fortunately for ONE Championship there are already plenty of local fighters on the roster including reigning strawweight champion Dejdamrong Sor Amnuaysirichoke and all eyes will be on the Thai as he defends his belt against Yoshitaka Naito.

There is also a featherweight title fight with Marat Gafurov defending his strap against Japanese veteran Kazunori Yokota making this one of the best ONE Championship cards of the year. Here's my preview of the first half of the…