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Kairat Akhmetov vs. Adriano Moraes 2 title fight targeted for summer ONE Championship event

Adriano Moraes will get his chance to avenge a controversial loss and recapture the ONE Championship belt this summer.

"Mikinho", who lost the flyweight championship in a close split decision loss to Kairat Akhmetov in November, will rematch "The Kazakh" when he returns to the cage later this year.

"We don’t have a date yet, but it’s on June or July," Moraes’ manager Alex Davis told MMAFighting.com.

Moraes (14-2) won the vacant ONE flyweight title in September 2014, and defended it once before losing to Akhmetov (23-0). The Brazilian bounced back to the win column with a thrilling win over Eugene Toquero in March.