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ONE Championship is a Singapore-based mixed martial arts (MMA) promotion which was launched on 14 July 2011 by multimillionaire entrepreneur Chatri Sityodtong and former ESPN Star Sports senior executive Victor Cui. According to CNBC, ONE Championship is Asia's largest sports media property with a global broadcasting reach of over one billion homes in 118 countries. It is widely recognised as the biggest MMA promotion in Asia.
- The Kyrgyz, who is set to be ranked in the top five, has fought three times for ONE Championship and earned a US$50k performance bonus each time
- The 26-year-old says the ‘economic difficulties’ of his country have helped produced hungry fighters with a winning mentality
Chinese fighter Wei Rui was awarded unanimous decision win on his ONE debut, but promotion’s CEO Chatri Sityodtong says ‘cloud of controversy’ hangs over outcome.
Swedish fighter missed weight ahead of the bout, tipping the scales at 1.5lbs (0.68kg) over and so missed out on prize money of US$50,000.
The Swedish 19-year-old – who headlines Fight Night 22 – is growing in size, and ONE Championship does not currently have any female flyweights.
The 35-year-old, part of a three-man Chinese contingent at the ONE Championship event, still dreams of winning the lightweight title this year.
Buntan has been competing in this division for her entire professional career and previously fought while Meksen is moving up in weight.
The 34-year-old, who will appear in a bantamweight kickboxing contest at ONE Fight Night 22, has tasted just three defeats, the last one in 2018.
Their meeting on September 6, booked for the 18,000-capacity Ball Arena, will be ONE Championship’s second event in the US.
The 30-year-old Japanese, who will compete in the promotion’s stacked featherweight division, said on social media he had ‘finally arrived’.
Ben Tynan is two for two in ONE Championship after finishing Duke Didier inside a round, while Mauro Cerilli has had mixed results since signing in 2018.
Hu Yong hopes ‘heavy punches and great physical strength and fitness’ will see him past Australian opponent in fight at Lumpinee Stadium in Bangkok.
Christian Lee holds lightweight and welterweight titles, while Angela Lee was reigning atomweight champion but retired at 27.
Clash gives Bosnian Puric the fight he called for after beating Jacob Smith at ONE Fight Night 21.
Victory came off the back of successive defeats as the 37-year-old took the opportunity to hit back at critics and now seeks title shot.
The strawweight Muay Thai title-holder was to fight England’s Iman Barlow, but she retired instead, while a bout against Jackie Buntan also fell through.
After comfortably beating Kohei Shinjo, the Englishman is looking to build on his momentum and ready for bigger challenges in the bantamweight division.
Kickboxing legend one of three fighters from China on the night, with Hu Yong facing Reece McLaren in MMA bout and Zhang Lipeng facing Maurice Abevi.
This year will see more events away from Thailand’s Lumpinee Stadium, and numbered nights featuring combat sports other than Muay Thai.
Two-sport champion Regian Eersel loses lightweight kickboxing title to Alexis Nicolas at ONE Fight Night 21.
Italian-Canadian Jonathan Di Bella had been expected to defending hi strawweight crown against Prajanchai PKSanchaigym.
The Swedish teenager will face the 29-year-old Russian at ONE Fight Night 22 in Bangkok on May 4.
The Thai had expected to face Canada’s Jonathan Di Bella at ONE Friday Fights 58 for the strawweight kickboxing crown.
The American makes the first defence of his belt at ONE Fight Night 21 on Saturday, against an opponent who has won his past six matches.
The Canadian has won all his 18 fights, but says he will be the underdog against one of the best Muay Thai fighters in the world.
Stamp Fairtex will battle MMA strawweight champion Xiong Jing Nan, while Superlek Kiatmoo9 takes on Jonathan Haggerty for British fighter’s bantamweight Muay Thai crown.
The 33-year-old Thai is the headline act at ONE Friday Fights 58, where he faces the Armenian for the interim featherweight kickboxing world title.
Sinsamut Klinmee and Dmitry Menshikov are top two contenders in lightweight Muay Thai division, and have both previously lost title fights against champion Regian Eersel.
Thai legend faces compatriot Kulabdam Sor Jor Piek Uthai at ONE Friday Fights 58, and wants to clear out the bantamweight division one last time and recapture the title.
Featherweight champion had to wait almost two years to defend his title after a knee injury cost him all of 2023, and the 28-year-old now hopes to fight in his homeland.
The two champions headline the seven fights confirmed so far for the event at Bangkok’s Lumpinee Stadium on April 6, along with fighters from Japan, Brazil and others.
