Gilbert Nakatani spent his first two fights in ONE Championship losing close decisions while carrying a body that was not fully right. He knew what he was capable of. Nobody else could see it yet. Last November, he showed them. A first-round knockout of Eko Roni Saputra at ONE Fight Night 37 changed the conversation,
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Dante Leon has beaten almost everyone put in front of him across a career that spans multiple organisations and two IBJJF No-Gi World Championships. The one place his resume has a gap is the place he cares about most: a ONE Championship World Title. The 30-year-old Canadian returns to ONE Fight Night 42 on Prime
The welterweight MMA division is about to get a lot more interesting. Three new bouts have been added to ONE Fight Night 42 on Prime Video, airing live from Bangkok’s Lumpinee Stadium on Friday, April 10, headlined by a clash between two fighters who have never tasted defeat. American rising star Chase “Mannimal” Mann takes
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The belt stayed where it belonged, but Tye Ruotolo left Bangkok with unfinished business on his mind. The 23-year-old American successfully made the third defense of his ONE Welterweight Submission Grappling World Title against Polish IBJJF No-Gi World Champion Pawel Jaworski at ONE Fight Night 41: Sinsamut vs. Jarvis on Prime Video on Friday, March
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ONE Championship’s return to Japan is shaping up to be a historic one. Three all-Japan MMA matchups have been added to ONE Samurai 1, going down live on Wednesday, April 29, from Ariake Arena in Tokyo. Headline billing among the new additions belongs to submission specialist Ayaka “Zombie” Miura, who takes on Chihiro Sawada in
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There are fighters who go the distance, and there are fighters who simply do not let it get that far. Jeremy “The Jaguar” Miado has always been the second kind, and he intends to prove it again on Friday night. The Filipino veteran opens ONE Fight Night 41: Sinsamut vs. Jarvis on Prime Video in
The most decorated featherweight MMA champion China has ever produced puts his belt on the line again next month. Tang Kai will make his second defense of the ONE Featherweight MMA World Title against Russian contender Shamil “The Cobra” Gasanov in the main event of ONE Fight Night 42 on Prime Video on April 10,
Tokyo’s Ariake Arena will host one of the most emotionally loaded nights in recent ONE Championship history when ONE Samurai 1 takes place on April 29. Two of Japan’s finest warriors headline a card that carries the weight of an entire nation’s combat sports pride — and both men arrive carrying promises they intend to
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Yuya Wakamatsu has spent years fighting his way back from the brink. On April 29 in Tokyo, he defends the world title that made every setback worth it. ONE Championship has confirmed that “Little Piranha” will put his ONE Flyweight MMA World Championship on the line against Uzbek sensation Avazbek “Ninzya” Kholmirzaev at ONE Samurai
Before Ayaka Miura became one of MMA’s most feared submission hunters, she spent her days doing the opposite — putting people back together. The Japanese fighter known as “Zombie” worked as a clinical educator at an osteopathic center in Tokyo, studying joints, ligaments, and the precise mechanics of how the human body moves and fails.
