Two more bouts have been confirmed for ONE Fight Night 43: Tang vs. Gasanov, live in U.S. primetime from Bangkok’s Lumpinee Stadium on Friday, May 15. ONE Flyweight Submission Grappling World Champion Diogo “Baby Shark” Reis steps up a division to strawweight to face Yuki Takahashi in a high-level grappling matchup that tests the Brazilian […]
The full card for ONE SAMURAI 1 is now set, and it is headlined by four World Title fights at Tokyo’s Ariake Arena on Wednesday, April 29. Former ONE Bantamweight Kickboxing World Champion Hiroki Akimoto has been added to the bill, taking on 20-year-old Taimu Hisai in an all-Japanese bantamweight kickboxing showdown to complete the
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Avazbek “Ninzya” Kholmirzaev has moved through ONE Championship’s flyweight MMA division at a pace that has surprised almost everyone. He is not one of them. The 25-year-old Uzbek contender challenges ONE Flyweight MMA World Champion Yuya “Little Piranha” Wakamatsu at ONE SAMURAI 1, live from Tokyo’s Ariake Arena on Wednesday, April 29. Nine wins in
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Chase Mann had Dzhabir Dzhabrailov hurt, on the canvas, and on the wrong end of a frenzied finish. He still could not put him away. That is the part Dzhabrailov already knew about himself, even if nobody else did yet. The 21-year-old Turkish welterweight knocked out Mann with a thunderous left hand and follow-up ground
Regian Eersel got his baby back. Seven years after claiming the inaugural ONE Lightweight Kickboxing World Title, the Surinamese-Dutch superstar reclaimed the belt he never lost in the ring, defeating Rungrawee “Legatron” Sitsongpeenong by unanimous decision in the main event of The Inner Circle on April 10 at Bangkok’s Lumpinee Stadium. It was a hard-earned
Sam-A Gaiyanghadao had already knocked Elmehdi El Jamari down twice when the Moroccan turned the fight on its head and sent the 42-year-old legend crashing to the canvas at ONE Fight Night 42. What happened next is the part nobody will forget. Sam-A regrouped, waited, and when El Jamari charged in looking to finish, the
The first fight between these two men lasted 25 minutes, ended in a split decision, and sent shockwaves through the heavyweight division. The rematch is now confirmed, and it will be every bit as significant. ONE Heavyweight MMA World Champion “Reug Reug” Oumar Kane will defend his title against former divisional king Anatoly “Sladkiy” Malykhin
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Kompet Sitsarawatsuer has been here long enough to know what a losing run costs. Five straight wins in the ONE Friday Fights series built genuine momentum toward a main roster contract. Then three losses in his last five bouts eroded it. Friday night at Lumpinee Stadium is where he intends to start putting that right.
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Rungrawee “Legatron” Sitsongpeenong has spent years building toward a moment like this. When the call came through in early March confirming he would face Regian “The Immortal” Eersel for the vacant ONE Lightweight Kickboxing World Title, the emotion hit him immediately. “I was shocked and stoked at the same time to finally get a shot
Tokyo’s Ariake Arena already had four ONE World Title fights locked in for April 29. Now it has two more reasons to watch. A pair of all-Japanese MMA bouts have been added to ONE SAMURAI 1, the inaugural event in ONE Championship’s new monthly series in Japan. The headline addition pits divisional stalwart Tatsumitsu “The
