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ONE Championship Announces ONE Friday Fights 142 Full Card

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 Returns To ONE Fight Night 40 With Redemption On Mind

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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IBJJF World Champion Joao Pedro Bueno Mendes Chases Redemption Against Fabricio Andrey At ONE Fight Night 40

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

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Magomed Akaev Stakes Title Shot Against Unbeaten Lucas Gabriel After Months Of Delays

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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Japanese Knockout Artist Ryugo Takeuchi Promises “Intense Battle” Against Ben Tynan At ONE Fight Night 40

Ryugo Takeuchi has carried the weight of his November first-round TKO loss to Shamil Erdogan at ONE 173 for months now, the frustration building with each passing day. The 22-year-old Japanese knockout artist finally gets his chance to unleash that accumulated rage when he faces Canadian wrestler Ben Tynan in a heavyweight MMA clash at

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Chinese Striker Hu Yong Hunts Historic Knockout Against Iron-Chinned Danny Kingad

Hu Yong has studied every second of Danny Kingad’s nine-year ONE Championship career, analyzing each punch absorbed and every strike that failed to drop the Filipino veteran. The Chinese knockout artist believes he’s found the pattern nobody else discovered — a critical weakness hiding behind extensive experience that’s kept Kingad competitive but never delivered signature

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Adrian Lee Seeks First-Round Redemption At ONE Fight Night 40 After Tye Ruotolo Reality Check

Adrian Lee never experienced losing positions in fights before last September, never felt the desperation of being taken down and controlled by superior grappling, never questioned whether he was losing worse than the reality suggested. Then Tye Ruotolo submitted him via rear-naked choke in the second round, shattering the 19-year-old’s perfect 3-0 start and teaching

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Stella Hemetsberger Chases Two-Sport Glory Against Jackie Buntan In World Title Rematch

Stella Hemetsberger became Austria’s first ONE World Champion last September when she edged Jackie Buntan across five brutal rounds to claim the vacant Strawweight Muay Thai World Title at ONE Fight Night 35. The unanimous decision victory proved her striking credentials translated against elite American competition, establishing her as legitimate championship material on the global

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Samingdam Sees Contract Opportunity In Facing Komawut At Career Crossroads

Samingdam NF Looksuan struggled through a rocky 4-3 start in ONE Friday Fights. But 2025 revealed a transformed striker who finally cracked the code. Dominant victories over Moe Htet Aung and Amir Naseri preceded a tactical decision win over Sonrak Fairtex at ONE Friday Fights 119, the three-fight winning streak proving consistency wasn’t myth but

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Jackie Buntan Vows Patient Approach After Learning Costly Lessons in First Stella Hemetsberger War

Jackie Buntan absorbed two knockdowns in the opening round at ONE Fight Night 35 last September, weathered momentum shifts across five brutal rounds, and believed she landed the heavier shots throughout their strawweight Muay Thai war. The scorecards disagreed. Stella Hemetsberger edged her by unanimous decision to claim the vacant ONE World Title, forcing the

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