Author name: One Championship Writer

There was a point where Itsuki Hirata stopped training altogether. The losses had piled up, the confidence had drained away, and the sport that had defined her life stopped feeling worth it. She walked away. Then she came back. The 26-year-old Japanese atomweight faces Ritu “The Indian Tigress” Phogat at ONE SAMURAI 1 on Wednesday, […]

Two compelling MMA matchups have been added to ONE Fight Night 43: Tang vs. Gasanov, live in U.S. primetime from Bangkok’s Lumpinee Stadium on Friday, May 15. Alibeg Rasulov faces Lucas Gabriel in a lightweight collision between a former title challenger desperate to rebuild and a rising contender with a perfect promotional record. Rasulov made

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

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

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