ONE Championship appears to now not have contractual ties to former grappling titleholder Danielle Kelly in addition to a number of notable blended martial artists who had beforehand fought within the ONE Circle. This information got here from Nick Atkin of Bangkok Publish who talked about the data relating to Kelly in addition to the releases of blended martial arts opponents like Meng Bo, Shinechagtga Zoltsetseg, Xie Wei, and Antonio Mammarella.
The previous atomweight submission grappling champion, together with these referenced MMA fighters, had been launched with subtlety because the promotion didn’t make a proper announcement of this with up to date profiles on the group’s web site.
Danielle Kelly performed a significant position within the development of ONE Championship’s submission grappling department, receiving a number of the most widespread focus among the many crop of elite no-gi grapplers that they signed a number of years again. The 29-year-old would turn into the primary ever champion in her chosen weight class earlier than Kelly misplaced the strap to Mayssa Bastos in August of final yr.
This follows information of different large ONE grapplers now not plying their commerce within the Circle, with former ONE submission grappling darling Mikey Musumeci shifting to UFC BJJ the place he now holds gold.
As for Meng Bo, her launch shocked many who actively observe the ONE circuit, because the Chinese language combatant was beforehand the quantity four-ranked girls’s atomweight MMA contender and appeared nearer to receiving a title shot subsequent than receiving her strolling papers.
Bo additionally fought outdoors of her weight class in a valiant effort in opposition to ONE strawweight champion Xiong Jingnan, and likewise Bo has a notable win over present UFC strawweight champion Zhang Weili.
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As for Zoltsetseg, Wei, and Mammarella, they every have their very own tales in ONE which have now seemingly reached their endpoint. Zoltsetseg has posted a 5-4 file below the promotional banner since his debut in ONE Championship in 2019.
Wei was placed on the chopping block after accruign a 3 struggle dropping skid, albeit in opposition to a number of the promotion’s prime fighters. The Chinese language flyweight would lose to stalwart contender Reece McLaren, present titleholder Yuya Wakamatsu, and eventually Tatsumitsu Wada on July fifth.
As for Mammarella, he had a quick 0-2 run within the ONE Circle, together with a defeat to Adrian Lee who’s the youthful brother of Angela, Christian, and Victoria Lee.
There was no official assertion from ONE Championship relating to any of those athlete releases at this juncture.
