HONG KONG, HONG KONG - JULY 12: Chatri Sityodtong, founder of ONE Championship, attends the Day 2 of the RISE Conference 2017 at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre on July 12, 2017 in Hong Kong, Hong Kong. (Photo by studioEAST/Getty Images)

ONE Championship CEO Chatri Sityodtong on which ONE: ENTER THE DRAGON fight he’s most excited for, and it might not be who you think.

It’s hard to follow up the spectacular Tokyo card, but ONE Championship is trying and they might just deliver with ONE: ENTER THE DRAGON on Friday, May 17. The event boasts a plethora of world champions and also plays host to the promotional debut of former UFC good boy “Super” Sage Northcutt.

But when FanSided spoke to ONE Championship CEO Chatri Sityodtong that wasn’t the only fight he picked as his favorite.

“There are 22 world champions on this card,” he told to FanSided after the press conference. “Every single fight is a main event in every other promotion in the world. I’m super excited to see Sage Northcutt vs. Cosmo Alexandre, just because there’s a lot of intruige. ‘Young lion’ vs. ‘old lion’. Both phenomenal strikers, world-class strikers. There’s a lot of intrigue there.”

Sityodtong also mentioned the main event, a showdown between newly crowned lightweight champion Shinya Aoki and former teammate and friend, Christian Lee.

“I’m super excited for Shinya Aoki vs. Christian Lee,” he said. “Teammates and friends that have trained together, have a lot of love and respect for each other, and yet they’ve got to go to war. That’s going to be just, nail-biting and I don’t think that’s going to get out of the first or second round. The ONE Featherweight World Grand Prix, is the single greatest kickboxing tournament in the history of combat sports, ever. There’s so many great fights. Amir Khan vs. [Dagi Arslanaliev] that’s going to be a war as well.”

The acquisition of Northcutt didn’t come as a surprise to US fans as his squeaky clean image is the perfect fit for the Asian promotion who boasts values and honor and Sityodtong says it’s not an accident that they wanted Northcutt on their large roster.

“It’s not an accident that [Demetrious Johnson] and Sage … not only are they remarkable and extraordinary athletes, world championship caliber athletes in the cage. They are the kindest, gentle, humble human beings that you would be happy to take home and introduce to your parents. Or, take home and introduce to your kids as role models. That’s no mistake. We hand pick, cherry pick. We’ve had some fighters from other global organizations, top superstars, who reached out to us. But they weren’t with the right values, so we turned them down. We’re looking for the right values. Not only the right skill set but the right character traits.”

ONE: ENTER THE DRAGON takes place on Friday, May 17 from the Singapore Indoor Stadium in Singapore. Follow along with FanSided who will be cage side for the whole event.