"Destined for success" - Fans loving the rise of ONE 168: Denver headliners from child prodigies to dominant world champs
The main stars of the upcoming ONE 168: Denver card on September 6 were highlighted in a recent Instagram post of ONE Championship, as they shared their old photos as child prodigies.
The promotion used a social media trend to feature the humble beginnings of Mikey Musumeci, Kade Ruotolo, Jonathan Haggerty, and Superlek Kiatmoo9 to become the superstar they are today.
They wrote the video's caption with:
"Same faces, but upgraded 💪 Which fight at ONE 168: Denver excites you the most? 🤩 @mikeymusumeci @ruotolobrothersjiujitsu, @jhaggerty_ @superlek789"
The aforementioned athletes will headline and co-headline the stacked card inside the Ball Arena in Colorado as Musumeci moves two divisions up to challenge Ruotolo for his ONE lightweight submission grappling world title.
Meanwhile, in the headliner, Superlek looks to become a two-division world champion and strip Haggerty's ONE bantamweight Muay Thai championship.
This video has pumped up the fans, as users @chuvi_bjj, @ovab2K, @im_running_out_of_names, @bragajiu_jitsukl, @_tooturntej, @amberinasia, and @red_forest_studio_llc showed their excitement through their comments:
"Destined for success 👏🔥"
"Kade lookin like the lil bad kid on the block"
"This is going to be so good!! I can't wait to see it"
"🙌👏 🔥 @onechampionship monsters 👏👏"
"Mikey shoulda stuck w the gloves 🤣"
"Superlek looks the same! :)"
"I'm gonna say @jhaggerty_ has got to be the fight that excites me most plenty of awesome fights on the card absolutely but this one is one I personally will enjoy no matter"
ONE 168: Denver card is loaded with other stars from the promotion's roster
Aside from Superlek, Haggerty, Ruotolo, and Musumeci, the world's largest martial arts organization brought other top stars from their roster to put up an incredibly stacked event in its return to American soil.
Other notable names seeing action in the card are Liam Harrison, Seksan Or Kwanmuang, Aung La N Sang, John Lineker, Alyse Anderson, Adrian Lee, and Johan Ghazali.
ONE 168: Denver will transpire at the Ball Arena during U.S. primetime on Sept. 6. Tickets for the event are available on Ticketmaster.