ONE Kickboxing

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 […]

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

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

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

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

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

Rungrawee “Legatron” Sitsongpeenong has spent years building toward a moment like this. When the call came through in early March confirming he would face Regian “The Immortal” Eersel for the vacant ONE Lightweight Kickboxing World Title, the emotion hit him immediately. “I was shocked and stoked at the same time to finally get a shot

The last time Regian Eersel lost the ONE Lightweight Kickboxing World Title, he was not beaten for it. He won his fight, walked out of Lumpinee Stadium with his hand raised, but had the belt stripped anyway after failing to make weight while hydrated. That is the particular sting he has been carrying into every