‘Reug Reug’ to Face Influencer Boucher Ketchup in Kickboxing at July 5 ONE Card

ONE Championship fan-favorite “Reug Reug” will still be vying for the heavyweight title in November.

Per sources close to the situation, Oumar Kane (6-1 MMA, 0-0 KB) will be adding another matchup to his calendar this year. At ONE Fight Night 23 on July 5, “Reug Reug” will be battling Senegalese influence Boucher Ketchup under kickboxing rules. The two big men, who share a history with one another as popular laamb wrestlers, will duke it out for three three-minute rounds at Lumpinee Stadium in Bangkok. As first reported by Sportskeeda , the heavyweights challenged one another on a live broadcast of 221 Live on Tuesday, a show about laamb wrestling.

This will be the kickboxing debut for the 32-year-old training out of 971 MMA. “Reug Reug” entered into MMA in 2019, where he crushed Sofiane Boukichou early into the second round. This lone win propelled him into the roster of ONE Championship, where he went on to crush Alain Ngalani and Patrick Schmid in 2021 to put himself on the map. While he fell short to Kirill Grishenko three weeks after bludgeoning Schmid, Kane has rattled off three straight wins to earn a crack at gold. Most recently, the former wrestler claimed a unanimous decision over grappling star Marcus Almeida . Regardless of the outcome against Ketchup, Kane will still be facing Anatoly Malykhin for the ONE heavyweight MMA strap.

Like his opponent, this will be the first appearance in a kickboxing ring for Ketchup. The social media influencer born in Dakar, Senegal, and now living in the Bronx, New York, is no stranger to combat sports. Ketchup started in the Senegalese national sport of wrestling, as did Kane. In 2022, Ketchup engaged in an amateur MMA bout against a competitor with the given name of Dieuf-Dieul, and he picked up the decision victory.