Aslanbek Zikreev

Russian-born Aslanbek Zikreev began his journey through martial arts when he took up Muay Thai in his home city of Kemerovo at the age of 15. After a few years of training and competing on the local circuit, his hard work paid off. In 2017, Zikreev earned the bronze medal in Muay Thai for his country at the World Games.

Zikreev was later crowned champion in the senior male elite A 54-kg category at the 2018 and 2019 European Muay Thai Championships. He also earned multiple awards at the IFMA World Championships, including four gold medals. His time on the Russian National Team took him from his home country to Thailand and everywhere in between.

In 2020, though, Zikreev found himself in Singapore for his ONE Championship debut, where he battled Wang Junguang under kickboxing rules in the main event of ONE: INSIDE THE MATRIX IV. He went on to earn a hard-fought split-decision victory over the Chinese prodigy on that night. And since then, Zikreev has accepted only the toughest of challenges inside the Circle, where he hopes to one day win the ONE Strawweight Kickboxing World Championship.