Middleweight Title Fight Headlining One Championships 51

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The One Championships Middleweight Title will be defended at One Championships 51 as champion Vitaly Bigdash defends the gold against Marcin Prachnio.

Bigdash (7-0-0) will be making the first defense of his championship, which he won by defeating Igor Svirid at One Championships: Tigers Of Asia in 2015. Bigdash has also competed five times under the Pro Fighting Championships banner, earning victories over Davrbek Isakov, Yuriy Shtenbulyak, Pavel Pokatilov, Charles Andrade and Magomed Magomedkerimov. Bigdash will be competing for the first time in well over a year, as his last bout took place in October of 2015 and that was the fight he won the middleweight belt.

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Prachnio (8-1-0) is currently undefeated in One Championships, having defeated Leandro Ataides at One Championships: Kingdom Of Champions. Prachnio also competed five times in the Final Fight Championships promotion, with four of those five fights ending in the opening round. Prachnio will enter the fight riding a five fight winning streak, his lone defeat came to Aleksandar Rakic in December of 2014.

One Championships 51 takes place on Saturday, January 14 from the Jakarta Convention Center in Jakarta, Indonesia with Vitaly Bigdash and Marcin Prachnio headlining.

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