As a young fight fan in China, Luo Chao watched Marat Grigorian knock out Superbon at a tournament on Chinese soil. On Saturday, he has to stop admiring the Armenian and start trying to beat him. “The Handsome White Dragon” meets the three-time Glory Kickboxing World Champion in a semifinal of the ONE SAMURAI Featherweight
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Regian “The Immortal” Eersel has built a career that spans continents, from North America to Asia. Yet one martial arts hotbed remains missing from his resume, and the reigning two-sport king would quite like to fix that. The ONE Lightweight Muay Thai and Kickboxing World Champion will be watching closely when Rukiya “Demolition Man” Anpo
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Mohammad Siasarani needed 87 seconds to flatten Kaito with a head kick. Now, he says, another Japanese star has promised to finish him in round two. The 24-year-old faces former ONE Interim Featherweight Kickboxing World Champion Masaaki Noiri in a semifinal of the ONE SAMURAI Featherweight Kickboxing Tournament at ONE SAMURAI 4 on Saturday, October
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For years, fans called Wang Junguang “China’s Takeru.” On the eve of the Japanese icon’s Hall of Fame induction, the Chinese striker is ready to leave that label behind for good. The 31-year-old faces reigning ONE Strawweight Muay Thai World Champion Prajanchai Pongsuphan PK in a strawweight kickboxing main event at The Inner Circle 35
Sinsamut “Aquaman” Klinmee has grown out a beard, adopted a new nickname, and packed his bags for Japan alongside his closest friends. Now he needs the result to match the mood. The former ONE World Title challenger faces decorated Japanese kickboxer Shintaro Matsukura, who makes his promotional debut, in a lightweight kickboxing showdown at ONE
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Most fighters spend fight camp buried in their next opponent’s tape. Marat Grigorian has barely watched a minute of Luo Chao. The three-time Glory Kickboxing World Champion faces “The Handsome White Dragon” in a semifinal of the ONE SAMURAI Featherweight Kickboxing Tournament at ONE SAMURAI 4 on Saturday, October 17, from Tokyo’s Ariake Arena. The
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Two straight defeats might rattle most young stars. Nabil Anane says he moved on from the first one almost immediately, and the second barely stung at all. The 22-year-old former ONE Bantamweight Muay Thai World Champion returns to bantamweight kickboxing against Yuki Yoza at ONE SAMURAI 4 on Saturday, October 17, at Tokyo’s Ariake Arena.
No Japanese woman has ever claimed a ONE World Title. On Wednesday, December 2, Chihiro Sawada gets her chance to change that in front of a home crowd. The former Shooto Atomweight Champion faces undefeated Canadian Anastasia “Anniemale” Nikolakakos for the vacant ONE Women’s Atomweight MMA World Championship at ONE SAMURAI 6, inside Yokohama Buntai
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Johan “Jojo” Ghazali has never shied away from the deep end. At just 19, the Malaysian-American has absorbed tough defeats against elite opposition, and he insists every one of them made him better. He gets the chance to prove it against Diego Paez in a flyweight Muay Thai rematch at The Inner Circle 35 on
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Nearly six years have passed since “Golden Boy” Wang Junguang last stepped into a ONE Championship ring. He returns with a single, sobering thought driving him forward: there may never be another opportunity like this. The Chinese striker faces reigning ONE Strawweight Muay Thai World Champion Prajanchai Pongsuphan PK in a strawweight kickboxing main event
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