Kade Ruotolo was 3-0 in MMA and building momentum when a routine training session ended with a sound he instantly recognised as serious. A scramble, a weird twist, and then a pop that told him everything before the doctor confirmed it — a full ACL tear that put him on the sideline for over a […]
Ben Woolliss stopped a former world champion in under two minutes on nine days’ notice in his promotional debut. Some fighters would take the reputation that earns and protect it carefully. Woolliss has done the opposite. He has walked straight toward another former world champion with a full camp behind him and the same unshakeable
Tang Kai has always been composed. The stillness he carries into fights, the precision he applies under pressure, the refusal to be drawn into emotion when the stakes are highest. These qualities defined his rise and they define his championship reign. Since last September, they have a new source. The ONE Featherweight MMA World Champion
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Ben Woolliss did not arrive in ONE Championship to ease his way in. He took his debut on nine days’ notice, stopped a former world champion in the first round, and then told anyone within earshot that he was here to be the best striker in the world. That is not the language of a
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Anatoly Malykhin has had a long time to think about what went wrong at ONE 169. He has spent the months since going back to the system that made him unbeatable and stripping out everything that was not working. On Friday, he gets to test those adjustments against the only man who has ever beaten
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ONE Friday Fights 154 lands at Lumpinee Stadium in Bangkok, Thailand, this Friday, May 15, live in Asia primetime. Nine bouts across Muay Thai and kickboxing fill the card, with every fighter on it chasing a US$100,000 contract and a permanent place on ONE’s global roster. Headlining is a bantamweight Muay Thai main event between
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Lebanese brothers Ramadan “The Scorpion” Ondash and Abdallah Ondash will share the same card at The Inner Circle on Friday, May 29, live in Asia primetime from Lumpinee Stadium in Bangkok, Thailand. Ramadan faces Suriyanlek Por Yenying in flyweight Muay Thai. Abdallah meets Denkriangkrai Mavinn Muaythai at strawweight. Both brothers are coming off setbacks and
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Tang Kai does not need a complicated argument for why he wins on Friday. He has one answer, and he has been landing it on elite competition for nearly four years. The ONE Featherweight MMA World Champion defends his title against challenger Shamil “The Cobra” Gasanov in the main event of ONE Fight Night 43:
The ONE Featherweight Kickboxing World Title fight is off. The division’s pecking order, however, is still very much up for debate. ONE Featherweight Kickboxing World Champion Superbon has been forced to withdraw from The Inner Circle on Friday, May 22 through injury, postponing his scheduled title defence against “Spirit Dragon” Liu Mengyang. Liu remains on
The world title fight Shamil Gasanov was supposed to have in April is finally happening in May, and the extra weeks made all the difference. The 30-year-old Russian challenger faces ONE Featherweight MMA World Champion Tang Kai in the main event of ONE Fight Night 43: Tang vs. Gasanov on Prime Video on Friday, May
