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Ben Woolliss Ready To Prove His ONE Championship Debut Was No Fluke At ONE Fight Night 43

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 […]

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Ben Woolliss Looks Back On 11-Year Battle With Crohn’s Disease Before ONE Fight Night 43

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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Superbon Withdraws Through Injury As Liu Mengyang Faces Gabriel Pereira At The Inner Circle On May 22

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

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Marat Grigorian Calls Out Superbon After ONE SAMURAI 1 Victory Over Kaito Ono

Marat Grigorian had waited over a year for this fight and needed less than two minutes to finish it. The 34-year-old three-time Glory Kickboxing World Champion knocked out Kaito Ono at 1:51 of the first round in featherweight kickboxing at ONE SAMURAI 1 on April 29 at Ariake Arena in Tokyo, Japan, moving his record

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Takeru Segawa To Enter ONE Hall Of Fame After Stunning Retirement Win Over Rodtang At ONE SAMURAI 1

Takeru Segawa walked into Ariake Arena on April 29 as a 4-to-1 underdog in the final fight of his career. He walked out as an ONE Interim Flyweight Kickboxing World Champion, a retirement legend, and now, a future Hall of Famer. ONE Chairman and CEO Chatri Sityodtong has confirmed that Takeru will be inducted into

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ONE Boss Chatri Sityodtong Pays Tribute To Takeru And Sends Message To Rodtang After ONE SAMURAI 1

When Takeru Segawa stopped Rodtang Jitmuangnon in the fifth round to claim the ONE Interim Flyweight Kickboxing World Title at ONE SAMURAI 1 on April 29, it brought the curtain down on one of combat sports’ most decorated careers, and ONE Chairman and CEO Chatri Sityodtong was not shy about what he witnessed. Takeru finished

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Takeru Admits Greatest Fears Before Stopping Rodtang At ONE SAMURAI 1: “Every Day I Was Having Nightmares”

The nightmares were real. Every night in the weeks leading into ONE SAMURAI 1, Takeru Segawa woke up haunted by terrifying visions. The memory of the 80-second finish Rodtang Jitmuangnon had put on him at ONE 172 last March in front of his own country had not faded. If anything, it had grown. “Every day

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Marat Grigorian Ready To Settle His Feud With Kaito Ono At ONE SAMURAI 1

This fight has been building for over a year, and it has not been quiet. When Marat Grigorian missed the featherweight limit by 0.75 pounds at ONE 172 last March, Kaito Ono refused a catchweight bout and walked away. What followed was a prolonged war of words between two fighters who had genuinely gotten under

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Kaito Ono Praises Father As “Very Valuable Voice” Ahead Of Marat Grigorian Bout At ONE SAMURAI 1

Most fighters arrive at a major bout with months of camp behind them. Kaito Ono arrives at ONE SAMURAI 1 on April 29 with closer to a year of preparation, because the fight with Marat Grigorian was first announced in 2024 before falling apart over a weight dispute. The father-son coaching team never stopped working.

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Jonathan Haggerty Returns to South London Roots Ahead of Yuki Yoza Title Defense in Japan

Jonathan Haggerty Arrives In Tokyo Healthy, Hungry, And Ready To Silence Yuki Yoza

Jonathan Haggerty was supposed to defend his ONE Bantamweight Kickboxing World Title in Tokyo last November. A torn rotator cuff, confirmed by the doctor just weeks before ONE 173, ended that camp the worst way a camp can end — with nothing to show for the work and months of recovery ahead. Five months later,

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