Few would have bet on Masaaki Noiri after he lost his first two ONE Championship fights. The Japanese superstar clawed his way back to claim interim gold anyway, and every detour since has only sharpened his resolve. The former ONE Interim Featherweight Kickboxing World Champion now faces Mohammad Siasarani in a semifinal of the ONE
As a boy in Pattaya, Nabil Anane actually preferred boxing. He spent roughly 18 months learning the sport before Muay Thai offered a clearer path, and that path eventually made him a ONE World Champion. Now the 22-year-old Algerian-Thai sensation is circling back, chasing Olympic boxing gold for Thailand at Los Angeles 2028. First comes
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After Ilias Ennahachi beat him at ONE Friday Fights 81, Hiroki Akimoto had not won since 2022. One more defeat, he told himself, and it might be over. Remarkably, the former ONE Bantamweight Kickboxing World Champion now challenges Jonathan “The General” Haggerty for that same title in the main event of ONE SAMURAI 4 on
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Yuki Yoza stands 5-foot-7. Nabil Anane stands 6-foot-4, and that gap is exactly why fans have spent so long demanding to see them share the ring. The former K-1 Champion finally meets the former ONE Bantamweight Muay Thai World Champion in bantamweight kickboxing at ONE SAMURAI 4 on Saturday, October 17, at Ariake Arena in
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Out of every setback Itsuki “Android 18” Hirata has absorbed, one has never really faded. More than four years after Jihin “Shadow Cat” Radzuan handed her the first loss of her career, the Japanese star finally gets her rematch in front of a home crowd. The pair meet in an atomweight MMA rematch at ONE
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Few fighters on the weekly series win rounds through timing and ring IQ quite like Mongkoldetlek Por Pim-on and Dedduanglek Torfunfarm. Tonight, both insist they are done leaving it to the judges. The Thai rivals meet in the bantamweight Muay Thai main event of ONE Friday Fights 174 on Friday, October 9, live in Asia
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One man spent a year sharpening his tools in Thailand. The other spent months rebuilding his defense after a single costly mistake. Tyson “John Wayne Noi” Harrison and Linus Bylander both have plenty to prove when they meet tonight. The pair collide in the bantamweight Muay Thai co-main event of The Inner Circle 34 on
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One of the year’s most anticipated cards just gained some serious local flavor. Three all-Japan matchups have been officially added to ONE SAMURAI 4 on Saturday, October 17, at Tokyo’s Ariake Arena. The new bouts join a lineup already headlined by a pair of World Title fights and the semifinals of the ONE SAMURAI Featherweight
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Every morning, Marat Grigorian looks in the mirror and asks who the ugly guy staring back at him is. It is a rare glimpse of humor from a fighter whose war face has become his trademark. The 35-year-old Armenian, a three-time Glory Kickboxing World Champion, faces “The Handsome White Dragon” Luo Chao in a semifinal
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When the post-fight verdict began, Dzhamil “Curly Ninja” Osmanov braced himself for the usual advice to keep building his streak. Instead, the 21-year-old Russian walked away with a US$100,000 main roster contract. Osmanov earned it with a first-round knockout of British veteran Ben “The Problem” Woolliss in bantamweight kickboxing at The Inner Circle 33 on
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