Indonesian Fighter Stefer Rahardian Expelled From ONE Championship

Indonesian MMA fighter, Stefer Rahardian, has been released by ONE Championship. (Doc. ONE Championship)

JAKARTA - Indonesian fighter, Stefer Rahardian, will definitely not appear again in ONE Championship. He became one of six fighters released in the MMA fighting event.

The departure of Stefer Rahardian was quite disappointing. This is because the fighter who was born in Jakarta 35 years ago had become a mainstay in ONE Championship.

As reported by Antara, Stefer Rahardian has set a 10-4 record in professional mixed martial arts, including eight wins in ONE Championship. He made two other victories in the national arena.

He competed in the flyweight class before moving down to strawweight – two divisions that offer fierce competition between world-class athletes.

When he started his career on the global stage of ONE Championship, Stefer Rahardian had made seven wins in a row. However, "The Lion" had to suffer four consecutive defeats afterwards including against two brothers from the Philippines, Rene and Robin Catalan.

Stefer Rahardian's last fight at ONE Championship was in October 2019 when he won over another Indonesian fighter, Adrian Mattheis, by jury verdict. The terror of injury also haunted the fighter, who trained a lot in Bali.

Based on data from ONE Championship, the fighters who were also released were Anthony Do, Yuri Simoes, Pieter Buist, Thomas Narmo, and Daniela Lopez.