Sam-A Gaiyanghadao is 42 years old and has a 377-win career record spread across more than three decades of professional competition. He has held the inaugural ONE Flyweight Muay Thai, ONE Strawweight Muay Thai, and ONE Strawweight Kickboxing World Titles. And right now, he wants the belt back. The path to that runs through Moroccan
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ONE Friday Fights 150 lands at Lumpinee Stadium in Bangkok this Friday, April 10, as part of a triple-header evening that also features The Inner Circle and ONE Fight Night 42 on Prime Video, and behind the nine bouts on the card sit stories of sacrifice, hardship, and the drive to build something better. The
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The most decorated fighter in ONE Championship’s striking history returns to action this Friday, April 10, when Regian “The Immortal” Eersel headlines The Inner Circle against Rungrawee “Legatron” Sitsongpeenong for the vacant ONE Lightweight Kickboxing World Title, streaming exclusively for members at live.onefc.com from Lumpinee Stadium in Bangkok. Eersel is 33 years old and has
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Bejenuta “Gladiator” Maximus describes himself as a simple guy from the Republic of Moldova. He started martial arts at 13, began training professionally at 18 or 19, came to Thailand for the first time a year ago, and now finds himself in the main event of ONE Friday Fights 149 on April 3 at Lumpinee
Two losses back-to-back at the start of his ONE Championship career could have derailed Tomyamkoong Bhumjaithai before he had a chance to show what he was capable of. Instead, the 21-year-old from Surin went back to the gym and took his game apart. He returns to headline ONE Friday Fights 149 this April 3 at
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April 10 in Bangkok just got a significant reshuffle — and both cards are better for it. The vacant ONE Lightweight Kickboxing World Championship bout between Regian “The Immortal” Eersel and Rungrawee “Legatron” Sitsongpeenong has moved from ONE Fight Night 42 on Prime Video to headline The Inner Circle, streaming live at live.onefc.com in Asia
Rungrawee Sitsongpeenong did not pick his nickname. It was given to him by the son of his gym owner, a Transformers fan who watched one particular left kick land one too many times and could only reach one conclusion. “Legatron.” Leg plus Megatron. A name born in a training gym in Bangkok that has since
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Kaotaem Fairtex was building towards something when life interrupted. Three straight wins, including a vicious third-round TKO over Tuanthong Paesaisi, had established the 21-year-old Phetchabun native as one of the more compelling prospects on The Inner Circle circuit. Then a back injury forced him to the sidelines, and the demands of his final year at
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Takeru Segawa has been thinking about retirement for three or four years. Not because he was ready to stop, but because he wanted to choose the right moment before the sport chose it for him. For the former three-division K-1 Champion, the line between fighting at full strength and beginning a slow, public decline is
Yuki Yoza fights in a straight line. He is at his most dangerous when he closes the distance, slips into the pocket, and starts letting his rapid-fire combinations land. His 13-fight winning streak has been built on exactly that sequence, and he has made it work against world-class opponents including Petchtanong Petchfergus and reigning ONE
