Mililani alumna Angela Lee will make the second defense of her ONE atomweight world title in the headline bout of ONE Championship’s Dynasty of Heroes event on Friday at the Singapore Indoor Stadium.
Lee (7-0), who will face challenger Istela Nunes, is fighting just 76 days after defending her belt with a third-round TKO of Jenny Huang in March.
The 20-year-old Lee earned her first TKO win after submitting the first five opponents she faced as a professional. She became the organization’s first 115-pound world champion when she won a decision against Mei Yamaguchi in May 2016 in her only fight to go the distance.
Nunes is 5-0 with two victories by knockout and won a split decision in her last bout against Yamaguchi in August 2016.
The event will be televised online at onefc.com beginning at 1 a.m. on Friday.
Grove will fight in Bellator co-main event
Maui’s Kendall Grove will return to action for the first time in nine months when he fights John Salter in a middleweight co-main event bout at Bellator 181 on July 14 at WinStar Resort & Casino in Thackerville, Okla.
A Bellator official confirmed the bout Wednesday, which will be the first for Grove since a second-round TKO loss to Alexander Shlemenko in October 2016.
Grove (23-16, 4-3 Bellator), a former Ultimate Fighter reality show season winner in the UFC, had a fight against Mike Rhodes in March called off when Rhodes failed to make weight and a catchweight agreement could not be agreed upon.
The July event will be headlined by a lightweight fight between Derek Campos and Patricky “Pitbull” Freire.
Herrera named Ping All-American
BYU-Hawaii senior golfer Nicolas Herrera was named a NCAA Division II Ping First-Team All-American on Wednesday.
The announcement came at the conclusion of the stroke-play portion of final round of the NCAA Division II Championship. Herrera finished tied for 54th.
Herrera is also a finalist for the Jack Nicklaus Award that will be announced on June 1.
Gunter earns All-America honors
Hawaii Pacific senior pitcher Matthew Gunter earned honorable mention on the National Collegiate Baseball Writers of America 2017 All-America Teams, which were announced on Wednesday.
Gunter, the PacWest pitcher of the year, posted a 6-4 record for the Sharks with a 2.09 ERA, second among PacWest starting pitchers. He set a program record with 102 strikeouts, which led the conference, and was 15th in NCAA Division II baseball.
UH women’s sailing finishes 11th
The University of Hawaii women’s sailing team finished in 11th place in the 2017 ICSA Sperry Women’s National Championship on Wednesday in Charleston, S.C.
The Rainbow Wahine finished with 170 points, 20 points behind ninth-place UC Santa Barbara. The top nine teams advance to the finals.
Fried contributes to tennis title
Honolulu attorney Rick Fried and Fred Drilling of Florida won the men’s Super Senior 75 doubles at the USTA National Hard Court Championships.
Fried and Drilling defeated Allan Carter and John Popplewell, 6-3, 6-2 in the Sunday finals at the Laguna Woods Tennis Club in Laguna Hills, Calif.
Fried and Drilling were teammates at the University of Arizona but had not played together since 1963.
