Two unbeaten fighters, five wins each in ONE Championship, and one contract at stake. The main event of ONE Friday Fights 151 this Friday, April 24, is straightforward in its stakes and compelling in its matchup. Ubaid “Bad” Hussain meets Panpadej NF Looksuan in flyweight Muay Thai at Lumpinee Stadium in Bangkok, Thailand, live in […]
While their older brothers were supposed to settle a score at ONE 173 last November, a shoulder injury forced Jonathan Haggerty to withdraw from his title defence against Nabil Anane before a single punch was thrown. The siblings never got their fight. The younger brothers will get theirs first. Yonis Anane, 18, faces Freddie Haggerty,
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Most fighters arrive at a major bout with months of camp behind them. Kaito Ono arrives at ONE SAMURAI 1 on April 29 with closer to a year of preparation, because the fight with Marat Grigorian was first announced in 2024 before falling apart over a weight dispute. The father-son coaching team never stopped working.
Jonathan Haggerty was supposed to defend his ONE Bantamweight Kickboxing World Title in Tokyo last November. A torn rotator cuff, confirmed by the doctor just weeks before ONE 173, ended that camp the worst way a camp can end — with nothing to show for the work and months of recovery ahead. Five months later,
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Yuki Yoza told Jonathan Haggerty he was coming for him before he had even signed with ONE Championship. He was a cornerman at a ONE event, spotted Haggerty ringside, walked over, and made his intentions plain. Haggerty said yes. The conversation was brief. The preparation that followed was not. The 28-year-old Japanese kickboxer challenges ONE
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There is a version of Rodtang Jitmuangnon that the public rarely sees. Not the relentless forward-marcher who absorbs punishment and keeps coming, but the fighter who carries the weight of national expectation into every bout and understands exactly what it means when things go wrong in front of the world. That version has been thinking
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Ayaka “Zombie” Miura started martial arts late, has never been naturally athletic by her own admission, and has never finished first at anything. She is now one submission away from a shot at the ONE Atomweight MMA World Title. The 35-year-old faces fellow Japanese fighter Chihiro Sawada in an all-Japan atomweight MMA showdown at ONE
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Two unbeaten fighters, two origin stories built on adversity, one fight worth watching. That is the main event framing at ONE Friday Fights 151 this Friday, April 24, live in Asia primetime from Lumpinee Stadium in Bangkok, Thailand. Panpadej NF Looksuan puts a five-fight winning streak on the line against British-Pakistani flyweight Ubaid Hussain in
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Takeru Segawa could have chosen an easier farewell. A lighter opponent, a softer stage, a more comfortable exit. He chose none of those things. He chose Rodtang Jitmuangnon, the ONE Interim Flyweight Kickboxing World Title, and the opening night of Japan’s biggest new martial arts platform. The former three-division K-1 Champion headlines ONE SAMURAI 1
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A win on May 22 at Lumpinee Stadium could mean a shot at ONE World Title gold. Both fighters know it, and that makes this one worth watching closely. Former Lethwei Champion Vero “The Kayan Leopard” meets former K-1 Champion Kana “Krusher Queen” Morimoto in an atomweight kickboxing clash at The Inner Circle on Friday,
