After years of visualization, after countless rounds imagining this exact moment, Nico Carrillo finally wrapped his hands around championship gold at ONE Fight Night 40 – and the first person he thought about wasn’t standing in his corner. “Yeah, it’s been a dream of mine to have my wife here. I told my wife, one […]
Nico Carrillo has spent previous training camps in Thailand without the one thing that made home truly feel like home — his five-year-old Springer Spaniel, Cali. The grueling sessions at Bangtao Muay Thai & MMA in Phuket produced results, sharpened his devastating striking, built the foundation for six consecutive ONE Championship finishes. But something was
Jihin Radzuan carries the weight of consecutive losses into Friday night, the kind of setbacks that force fighters to confront uncomfortable truths about where their skills truly stand. The 27-year-old Malaysian has hit a rough patch since submitting Jenelyn Olsim at ONE Friday Fights 35, falling to Chihiro Sawada and Macarena Aragon in succession. Those
Black Panther spent nearly two years watching opportunities pass while leg and knee injuries kept him sidelined, interrupting what should have been a steady climb through ONE Championship’s flyweight Muay Thai division. The setbacks tested his patience and fueled a deeper hunger that manifested explosively when he stepped in on short notice last November —
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Nico Carrillo has built his career on what his explosive fists can accomplish in seconds — six promotional victories, six finishes, just over 30 minutes of total fight time to dispatch almost every opponent who’s stood across from him. The Scottish knockout artist earned his fearsome reputation through sheer destructive power, but as another world
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Shozo Isojima sees what everyone else watching Adrian Lee misses — a 19-year-old phenom whose explosive finishing ability masks critical weaknesses in technical development. The rest of the MMA world marvels at three consecutive submission victories in increasingly faster times, culminating in a 63-second demolition of Takeharu Ogawa. The 28-year-old Japanese judoka studies those same
Lumpinee Stadium in Bangkok hosts ONE Friday Fights 142 on February 13, kicking off a massive doubleheader weekend before ONE Fight Night 40: Buntan vs. Hemetsberger II on Prime Video takes over the same venue later that evening. The 14-bout card showcases international stars battling for life-changing $100,000 contracts with ONE Championship across Muay Thai,
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Danny Kingad was once on the cusp of flyweight gold. A decade of elite competition earned him victories over division kingpins, positioned him for championship opportunities, and established him among the promotion’s most durable warriors. Then back-to-back defeats arrived for the first time in his career — losses to Yuya Wakamatsu and Adriano Moraes that
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Joao Pedro Bueno Mendes spent 16 years dreaming about becoming an IBJJF World Champion, visualizing that moment since he first stepped onto the mats at 11 years old. When he finally achieved it in 2025, the emotional significance required two weeks to fully process — the realization that his childhood obsession had materialized into black
Magomed Akaev has waited long enough. Two postponements. Months of unfinished business. The 29-year-old Dagestani standout finally gets his chance to prove he belongs among ONE Championship’s lightweight elite when he faces Brazilian grappling specialist Lucas Gabriel at ONE Fight Night 40: Buntan vs. Hemetsberger II on Prime Video on Friday, February 13, live from
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