Ben “Vanilla Thunder” Tynan had entered his ONE Championship debut at ONE Fight Night 16 in November 2023 with an undefeated amateur run that included a Canadian Junior National Title and NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships experience, immediately capturing attention by submitting South Korea’s Kang Ji Won via arm-triangle choke in the third round while […]
The weight class decision proved correct. Nico Carrillo moved back up to featherweight Muay Thai after his January 2025 loss to 6-foot-4 Thai-Algerian skyscraper Nabil Anane at ONE 170, reassessing where he felt healthiest and strongest following the bantamweight title chase that came up short. The 27-year-old Glasgow native has been unstoppable ever since, knocking
The promotional debut loss in March 2023 feels like ancient history now for Black Panther, who has transformed that setback into a four-fight winning streak that’s seen the 26-year-old Thai striker grow more dangerous with every appearance inside ONE Championship. The resurgence began at ONE Friday Fights 24 in July 2023 with a split decision
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The momentum has been inconsistent for Pompet PongSuphan PK lately. The 27-year-old Thai veteran with 109 career victories has alternated between wins and losses across his past six fights, showing flashes of the dangerous finishing power that earned him four spectacular knockouts in his first five ONE Championship appearances while struggling to find consistency against
The transition to mixed martial arts couldn’t have gone smoother for Tye Ruotolo. Two fights, two first-round rear-naked chokes, two previously undefeated opponents now carrying losses on their records. Adrian Lee fell at ONE Fight Night 35 in September. Shozo Isojima followed at ONE 173 in November. The 22-year-old American had conquered a new discipline
Stamp Fairtex was scheduled to defend her ONE Women’s Atomweight MMA World Title against Denice Zamboanga at ONE 167 in June 2024, a defense against her friend and former training partner that carried emotional weight beyond the championship itself. Instead, a torn meniscus forced her to the sidelines for what anyone expected would be a
The high right kick Yod-IQ Or Pimolsri threw at 2:06 of the opening round didn’t arrive by chance. The 23-year-old Thai sensation had drilled that exact attack twice daily at PK Saenchai Muaythaigym alongside Ajarn Chanwit, Sia Khaek, and featherweight king Tawanchai PK Saenchai until the movement became pure instinct. Morning sessions, evening sessions, relentless
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Nabil Anane’s promotional debut lasted two minutes. Superlek stopped him in their flyweight Muay Thai encounter in 2023, and the loss carried more weight than any defeat should for someone who’d become the youngest fighter to win a WBC Muay Thai World Title. Rather than folding under the setback, the Algerian-Thai striker went back to
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Six months separated Stella “Always Hungry” Hemetsberger from anonymity and world championship gold. The Austrian striker entered 2025 still building her name through ONE Friday Fights, the weekly series where fighters battle for contracts and recognition. By September, she stood as ONE Women’s Strawweight Muay Thai World Champion, becoming Austria’s first-ever ONE titleholder through sheer
Patience defined Enkh-Orgil Baatarkhuu’s rise for years. The Mongolian striker accumulated victories through repetition and hard work, moving forward without fanfare or shortcuts. Then 2025 arrived and everything crystallized at once. The 36-year-old who’d spent his career building momentum without much noise suddenly stood as ONE Bantamweight MMA World Champion, following in the footsteps of
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