Gianni Subba, Reece McLaren battle in crucial flyweight fight at ONE Championship 69

There won’t be a title on the line at ONE Championship 69 on Friday, but a pair of rising flyweights will battle for the next spot in line.

Reece McLaren (10-5) was supposed to meet champion Adriano Moraes (17-2) for the title before Moraes was forced out. Now he takes on Gianni Subba (9-2) in the headliner, instead.

ONE Championship 69 takes place Axiata Arena in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The card airs via online pay-per-view in North America.

Ahead of the main event, check out the headliners’ credentials in a pair of hype videos from the promotion.

McLaren is coming off a first-round submission win over Anatpong Bunrad in November. That snapped a two-fight skid and brought him to 3-2 under the ONE banner.

Subba has all 11 of his pro fights for ONE Championship, meaning he holds all kinds of flyweight records for the promotion. He’d love a win over McLaren to get to a title shot with Moraes.

Check out ONE Championship’s preview video on Subba above and McLaren below. In addition, don’t miss McLaren’s win over Bunrad in full below.

The ONE Championship 69 card includes:

• Reece McLaren vs. Gianni Subba
• Amitesh Chaubey vs. Agilan Thani
• Christian Lee vs. Kazunori Yokota
• Sotir Kichukov vs. Danny Kingad
• Kiamrian Abbasov vs. Luis Santos
• Iryna Kyselova vs. Michelle Nicolini
• Ahmed Mujtaba vs. Ma Jia Wen
• Muhammad Aiman vs. Rin Sarothv
• Jihin Radzuan vs. Puja Tomarv
• Khun Sichan vs. Riski Umar

For more on ONE Championship 69, check out the MMA Rumors section of the site.