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Cultural bridges build themselves through unexpected moments, and ONE Heavyweight MMA World Champion Oumar Kane welcomed internet sensation IShowSpeed to Senegal by sharing the ancient martial art that shaped him before global stardom arrived. The meeting between champion and content creator introduced Speed’s nearly 50 million subscribers to mbapatte — traditional Senegalese wrestling also known […]

Conviction shapes careers differently than talent alone ever could, and Marcos Aurelio credits divine intervention rather than personal ability for his undefeated journey into ONE Championship. The 21-year-old Brazilian faces Carlo Bumina-ang at ONE Fight Night 39: Rambolek vs. Dayakaev on Prime Video this Friday, carrying an 8-0 record built through knockout power and submission

Experience carries weight that no unblemished record can manufacture, and Isi Fitikefu believes Friday’s welterweight clash with Chase Mann will expose exactly that truth. The Tongan-Australian veteran faces the undefeated American newcomer at ONE Fight Night 39: Rambolek vs. Dayakaev on Prime Video, supremely confident the gap between promotional debut and established contender will reveal

Career crossroads demand definitive answers, and Bokang Masunyane knows exactly what a victory over Ryohei Kurosawa represents for his strawweight trajectory. The South African standout faces the surging Japanese fighter at ONE Fight Night 39: Rambolek vs. Dayakaev on Prime Video, seeking the performance that transforms potential into championship reality. Friday’s matchup inside Lumpinee Stadium

Chihiro Sawada enters Friday’s clash with undefeated American Natalie Salcedo carrying a simple assessment — the perfect record means nothing when skills don’t match experience. The 28-year-old Japanese grappler believes her time inside ONE Championship’s elite atomweight division has prepared her for this moment and everything that comes after. Victory at ONE Fight Night 39

Chihiro Sawada was 10 years old when she first stepped onto the mats under Megumi Fujii’s instruction, learning Brazilian jiu-jitsu and wrestling from a woman who had already become a legend in Japanese MMA. The encounters shaped everything that followed — a professional career built on suffocating grappling, a path toward ONE Championship gold, and

ONE Championship has released five athletes from its roster, cutting ties with veterans Denis Puric and Anissa Meksen alongside three others whose recent performances failed to meet organizational standards. The departures reflect the promotion’s increasingly competitive landscape, where limited roster spots and an expanding talent pipeline from ONE Friday Fights have created heightened performance expectations.

Ryohei Kurosawa has already visualized the ending — round three, Bokang Masunyane crumbling to the canvas, validation of six months spent dissecting every frame of fight film in preparation for the biggest test of his career. The 32-year-old Japanese striker carries a six-fight winning streak into ONE Fight Night 39 on Friday, January 23, facing

Carlo Bumina-ang’s momentum disappeared when his last fight hit the canvas. He had found success with dirty boxing in the opening round against undefeated Elbek Alyshov at ONE Fight Night 37 in November, but he had zero answers once the grappling started, ultimately tapping to a guillotine choke in the second frame after body shots

Ben “Vanilla Thunder” Tynan had entered his ONE Championship debut at ONE Fight Night 16 in November 2023 with an undefeated amateur run that included a Canadian Junior National Title and NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships experience, immediately capturing attention by submitting South Korea’s Kang Ji Won via arm-triangle choke in the third round while