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ONE Championship enters exclusive partnership with Shooto and Pancrase ONE Championship, just weeks before their massive Japan debut, has inked big-time partnerships with two of the country’s premiere mixed martial arts organizations. The partnership will see ONE work with both Shooto and Pancra...
Gurdarshan Mangat stormed onto the ONE Championship scene on Friday, March 8. It was the biggest fight of his career, but it almost didn’t happen. The 32-year-old British Columbia born flyweight took on former contender Toni Tauru. He utilized relentless pressure, including some nasty leg kicks t...
ONE Championship heads to Yangon, Myanmar on Friday, March 9, 2019, and we will have ONE Championship: Reign of Valor results for you all morning long. The main event pits champion Zebaztian Kadestam and Georgiy Kichigin against one another for the ONE World Welterweight Championship. There are a...
MMASucka’s ‘ONE Championship: Reign of Valor’ Staff Picks This weekend, live from the Thuwunna Indoor Stadium in Yangon, Myanmar, the powerhouse that is ONE Championship returns with a loaded fight card. Per usual, the staff here at MMASucka made picks for the four main fights taking place at ‘ON...
At the regional levels of MMA dreams are all that many have. Dreams motivate on the greyest of days and grimest of situations. For Gurdarshan Mangat, it has been a long time coming to achieve his. Mangat and his dreams are finally coming true at ONE: REIGN OF VALOR, on March 9, 2019, he makes his...
Amid a few days of rumors, speculation, and social media teasers, news broke Thursday that long-time MMA veteran, Vitor Belfort signed with ONE Championship. Belfort last competed for inside the octagon for the UFC. His last bout for the North American organization came at UFC 224 when he battled...
MMASucka’s staff picks are in for Friday’s ONE Championship: Call to Greatness event. This is the third ONE Championship card that we will be doing staff picks for, and it seems to be a card full of exciting fights. The most notable part of the card is the continuation of the lightweight grand pr...
ONE Championship has signed one of Canada’s hottest flyweight talents. Gurdarshan Mangat, also known as Gary, has been on the pro scene since 2011 and is worthy of this next step in his career. Mangat announced the signing on his official Instagram page. View this post on Instagram I am proud...
With traditional revenue models on the decline, over-the-top streaming might just be the future of Sports Entertainment. Nearly eight months after the announcement that the UFC and ESPN reached a five-year $1.5 billion media rights agreement, the largest MMA promotion in the world made its debut ...
Staff picks are in for ONE Championship‘s second card of 2019, ONE Championship: Hero’s Ascent. The fight card takes place Friday in Manila and will feature the first trilogy fight in the history of the company. The Fights ONE Championship: Hero’s Ascent is headlined by the highly anticipated tri...
Staff picks are in for the first ONE Championship fight card of 2019, ONE Championship: Eternal Glory. The event will be taking place in Jakarta, Indonesia. Also be sure to check out our staff picks for UFC‘s debut card on ESPN+, taking place Saturday in Brooklyn. The Fights This is the first tim...
2018 is in the rear-view mirror, which means it’s time to reflect on another whole year of mixed martial arts. Thousands of fights took place across the globe among the sport’s numerous promotions. MMASucka would like to recognize and award the sport’s fighters, promotions and personalities that ...
Are Exclusive Streaming Services Hurting or Helping MMA? Over the past year, many major mixed martial arts organizations have inked broadcast partnerships with exclusive online streaming services. The first domino to fall in North America was, of course, the UFC. ESPN+ Previously paired with FOX ...
On the Out One of the top young prospects in the MMA world and also a free agent, Sage Northcutt is reviewing his options. The highly-rated youngster was a topic of discussion as UFC president Dana White spoke to the UFC unfiltered podcast suggesting Northcutt would no longer re-sign with the pro...
As cuts continue to rain down from the offices of the UFC, one fighter shockingly squeaked through to free agency. The young and “marketable” Sage Northcutt will not re-sign with the UFC. For at least the immediate future. Dana White on Northcutt’s future with the UFC UFC president Dana White cle...
At first, we all thought that the UFC was just focusing on their younger talent. Then, we thought that they were reducing the flyweight division. But yet again, it seems the bottom line is that the UFC is just cleaning house by cutting fighters. And for good reasons. The UFC has been the benchmar...