{"id":29164,"date":"2026-09-22T00:46:34","date_gmt":"2026-09-22T00:46:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mmaallout.com\/?p=29164"},"modified":"2026-09-22T00:46:34","modified_gmt":"2026-09-22T00:46:34","slug":"superbons-next-title-defense-takes-shape-at-one-samurai-4-semifinals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mmaallout.com\/?p=29164","title":{"rendered":"Superbon&#8217;s next title defense takes shape at ONE SAMURAI 4 semifinals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<br \/><span class=\"exactmetrics-inline-popular-posts-label\">Trending:<\/span><span class=\"exactmetrics-inline-popular-posts-border\"\/><span class=\"exactmetrics-inline-popular-posts-border-2\"\/>Mike Perry speaks out after suffering injury during upset loss to Brandon Jenkins: \u201cHealth is wealth\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Superbon will soon know exactly who stands between him and his next World Title defense.<\/p>\n<p>The ONE Featherweight Kickboxing World Champion watches the semifinals of the ONE SAMURAI Featherweight Kickboxing Tournament unfold at ONE SAMURAI 4, live from Tokyo\u2019s Ariake Arena on Saturday, October 17. Armenian legend Marat Grigorian faces China\u2019s Luo Chao, who reached the final four by outpointing Kosuke Takagi, while Japan\u2019s Masaaki Noiri battles Iranian knockout artist Mohammad Siasarani, who remains unbeaten in ONE kickboxing after finishing Kaito Ono. The eventual tournament winner earns a shot at Superbon\u2019s crown.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think Marat takes his match. The other semifinal is a tough one to call \u2013 it\u2019s pure 50-50,\u201d Superbon said. \u201cBut if I had to pick, fighting on home turf gives Noiri a slight edge to pull off the win.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2>A Grigorian or Noiri final would carry real stakes for Superbon<\/h2>\n<p>Either outcome would carry significant legacy implications for Superbon\u2019s own r\u00e9sum\u00e9. A Grigorian tournament victory would set up a fourth career meeting between the two longtime rivals, following a rivalry that dates back to a 29-second knockout loss in 2018 before Superbon answered with consecutive decision wins at ONE X and ONE Friday Fights 58. A Noiri triumph would instead give the Japanese star a chance to avenge his own ONE 173 World Title loss this past November.<\/p>\n<p>Superbon has already fought through the drama of picking a side once this tournament, and he knows fans will hold him to it either way.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhenever I make a call, people just love to grill me. But if forced to pick, I\u2019m leaning toward Marat and Noiri as the final two.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-1 mt-0 os-source\">This article appeared first on BJPENN.COM<\/p>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bjpenn.com\/mma-news\/superbon\/superbons-next-title-defense-takes-shape-at-one-samurai-4-semifinals\/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=superbons-next-title-defense-takes-shape-at-one-samurai-4-semifinals\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trending:Mike Perry speaks out after suffering injury during upset loss to Brandon Jenkins: \u201cHealth is wealth\u201d Superbon will soon know exactly who stands between him and his next World Title defense. The ONE Featherweight Kickboxing World Champion watches the semifinals of the ONE SAMURAI Featherweight Kickboxing Tournament unfold at ONE SAMURAI 4, live from Tokyo\u2019s<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":29165,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[274,4583,9107,3003,13992,1419,43],"class_list":["post-29164","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fighters","tag-defense","tag-samurai","tag-semifinals","tag-shape","tag-superbons","tag-takes","tag-title"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmaallout.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29164","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmaallout.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmaallout.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmaallout.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmaallout.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=29164"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mmaallout.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29164\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmaallout.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/29165"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmaallout.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=29164"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmaallout.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=29164"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmaallout.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=29164"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}