John Lineker And Victoria Souza Added To ONE Fight Night 41 Card
Two fighters with unfinished business in ONE Championship have been added to a card that already bristles with ambition.
Former ONE Bantamweight MMA World Champion John “Hands of Stone” Lineker and Brazilian atomweight standout Victoria “Vick” Souza have both been confirmed for ONE Fight Night 41 on Prime Video, which broadcasts live in U.S. primetime on Friday, March 13, from Lumpinee Stadium in Bangkok, Thailand. Lineker meets Ben Woolliss in a featherweight kickboxing bout, while Souza takes on undefeated Canadian Anastasia Nikolakakos in atomweight MMA action.
Lineker’s transition from MMA to the striking arts has been one of the more compelling storylines in ONE Championship over the past few years. The 35-year-old Brazilian built his MMA legend on knockout power, finishing 22 of 37 victories, and those hands translated immediately. He scored a second-round KO of Asa Ten Pow at ONE 168: Denver in September 2024 was followed by a finish of Alexey Balyko in under three minutes, making Lineker the first fighter to stop the battle-tested Russian inside the promotion.
Defeats to Ratchasiesan and Hiroki Akimoto put a dent in that run, but the threat he carries into every exchange remains undiminished. Woolliss arrives for his promotional debut bringing an explosive yet technical featherweight kickboxing style that could test Lineker’s durability in a way few opponents have managed.
The Souza storyline, meanwhile, carries a different kind of weight entirely.
The three-time Brazilian Kickboxing Champion had been building serious momentum heading into 2025. She became the first fighter to submit Itsuki Hirata via guillotine in just 91 seconds, then outpointed Alyse Anderson across three rounds for a unanimous decision win. She stepped away from competition to welcome her firstborn daughter into the world in June 2025.
The fire, though, never went out. She returns now with a win streak to protect and a world title shot potentially within reach if she handles business against Nikolakakos, a composed and dangerous undefeated prospect carrying a 5-0 record with three finishes into her ONE debut.
Both matchups carry genuine stakes — a veteran seeking to reassert himself at the highest level and a mother stepping back onto the global stage with everything to prove.
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