Watch The Official Press Conference For ONE 166: Qatar 

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ONE Championship has returned to the Middle East for the first time in a decade, and the promotion is kicking off event week in grand fashion.

The world’s largest martial arts organization will broadcast the official press conference for ONE 166: Qatar live at the extravagant Mondrian Doha Hall on Tuesday, February 27.

It begins at 8 p.m. Indochina Time (ICT)/8 a.m. Eastern Time (ET), and fans can watch it by clicking play on the video below.

The press conference will feature ONE Chairman and CEO Chatri Sityodtong, as well as 10 of the athletes who are scheduled to compete at ONE 166: Qatar on Friday, March 1.

Reigning ONE Middleweight MMA World Champion Reinier de Ridder and two-division king Anatoly Malykhin will speak to the media about their main event showdown, and ONE Featherweight MMA World Title participants Tang Kai and Thanh Le will also be on hand to discuss their unification bout.

Defending ONE Strawweight MMA World Champion Jarred Brooks will rock the mic and entertain as he always does, and former titleholder Joshua Pacio will answer any questions that are thrown his way.

In addition to the stars competing in the three World Title rematches that top the bill, the Middle East’s finest combat sports athletes will be in attendance.

Greco-Roman Wrestling World Champion Amir Aliakbari, his opponent Arjan Bhullar, WBC Middle East Champion Zuhayr Al-Qahtani, and the Middle East’s first IBJJF World Champion, Osamah Almarwai, will round out the panel.

This is just the first of several event-week activities that will go down ahead of ONE 166: Qatar, so don’t miss a second of the action and watch the press conference live.

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