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. […]
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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Yuki Yoza told Jonathan Haggerty he was coming for him before he had even signed with ONE Championship. He was a cornerman at a ONE event, spotted Haggerty ringside, walked over, and made his intentions plain. Haggerty said yes. The conversation was brief. The preparation that followed was not. The 28-year-old Japanese kickboxer challenges ONE
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There is a version of Rodtang Jitmuangnon that the public rarely sees. Not the relentless forward-marcher who absorbs punishment and keeps coming, but the fighter who carries the weight of national expectation into every bout and understands exactly what it means when things go wrong in front of the world. That version has been thinking
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Takeru Segawa could have chosen an easier farewell. A lighter opponent, a softer stage, a more comfortable exit. He chose none of those things. He chose Rodtang Jitmuangnon, the ONE Interim Flyweight Kickboxing World Title, and the opening night of Japan’s biggest new martial arts platform. The former three-division K-1 Champion headlines ONE SAMURAI 1
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A win on May 22 at Lumpinee Stadium could mean a shot at ONE World Title gold. Both fighters know it, and that makes this one worth watching closely. Former Lethwei Champion Vero “The Kayan Leopard” meets former K-1 Champion Kana “Krusher Queen” Morimoto in an atomweight kickboxing clash at The Inner Circle on Friday,
Takeru Segawa had his choice of opponent for the final fight of his career. He chose Rodtang Jitmuangnon. That decision carries its own meaning for the Thai fighter heading into April 29. Rodtang defends the ONE Interim Flyweight Kickboxing World Title against the retiring Japanese icon in the headline bout of ONE SAMURAI 1, live
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Two more bouts have been confirmed for ONE Fight Night 43: Tang vs. Gasanov, live in U.S. primetime from Bangkok’s Lumpinee Stadium on Friday, May 15. ONE Flyweight Submission Grappling World Champion Diogo “Baby Shark” Reis steps up a division to strawweight to face Yuki Takahashi in a high-level grappling matchup that tests the Brazilian
The full card for ONE SAMURAI 1 is now set, and it is headlined by four World Title fights at Tokyo’s Ariake Arena on Wednesday, April 29. Former ONE Bantamweight Kickboxing World Champion Hiroki Akimoto has been added to the bill, taking on 20-year-old Taimu Hisai in an all-Japanese bantamweight kickboxing showdown to complete the
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Regian Eersel got his baby back. Seven years after claiming the inaugural ONE Lightweight Kickboxing World Title, the Surinamese-Dutch superstar reclaimed the belt he never lost in the ring, defeating Rungrawee “Legatron” Sitsongpeenong by unanimous decision in the main event of The Inner Circle on April 10 at Bangkok’s Lumpinee Stadium. It was a hard-earned
