Latest news, fight announcements, and coverage for ONE Championship.
Article originally written on 24hrs Vancouver. Local fighter Bibiano Fernandes (19-3) is the best bantamweight fighter that “isn’t in the UFC.” At least that’s how people keep describing him. The man they call “The Flash” lives a quiet life here in the Lower Mainland. He trains at Revolution Mart...
In December of last year, ONE Championship introduced a new weigh-in protocol, which will make fighters compete at their “walking-weight.” The first ONE card of the year takes place on January 23 and will be the first time the new weigh-in protocol is being utilized. In the main event, bantamweig...
ONE WUJIE: DYNASTY OF CHAMPIONS SET FOR CHANGSHA ON 23 JANUARY BIBIANO FERNANDES DEFENDS ONE BANTAMWEIGHT WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP TITLE AGAINST KEVIN BELINGON LI KAI WEN MEETS YANG SEN IN CHINA FEATHERWEIGHT WARRIOR BOUT ONE: DYNASTY OF CHAMPIONS SET FOR CHANGSHA ON 23 JANUARY 04 January 2016 – Changs...
During a drastic weight-cut, ONE Championship fighter Yang Jian Bing was hospitalized and later pronounced dead. Bing passed away on at just 21-years of age on December 11 2015 at 12.06 PM due to cardiopulmonary failure. On Wednesday, ONE Championship released the official autopsy results. ONE Ch...
Asia’s largest sports media property, ONE Championship™ (ONE), has announced that the organization will lead the global MMA industry by banning weight-cutting by dehydration and instituting a new set of regulations and policies governing the weigh-in procedures and contracted weight limits. The n...
Asia’s largest sports media property, ONE Championship™ (ONE) is thrilled to announce the dates for 14 upcoming events in 2016 that will be headlined by ONE’s roster of elite international world champions and local mixed martial arts heroes. ONE Championship announces 14 events for 2016 23 JANUAR...
During Rizin FF’s press conference on Thursday, a great bantamweight fight announcement from Sakakibara was overlooked. As he announced a big fight between two young prospects in Maike Linhares and Soo Chul Kim. Jungle Fight Champion Maike Linhares meets former ONE Champ Soo Chul Kim at RIZIN 2 B...
37-year-old Paul Cheng has decided to step away from the sport of mixed martial arts. Following a 26-second knockout loss to Brandon Vera in the main event of ONE Championship: Spirit of Champions, Cheng reflected on things and has made a decision. “Typhoon” made the official announcement on his ...
The ONE Championship (ONE) family suffered a tragic loss when Chinese flyweight Yang Jian Bing passed away on 11 December 2015 at 12.06 PM due to cardiopulmonary failure. The formal hospital medical reports and procedures are still being carried out. He was 21 years old. Yang, a native of China w...
The largest sports media property in Asian history, ONE Championship™ (ONE), announced today that the mixed martial artists competing at ONE: SPIRIT OF CHAMPIONS have made weight and are ready for all the action which takes place tomorrow evening, 11 December, at the state-of-the-art Mall of Asia...
Following a few days of questions, ONE Championship CEO, Victor Cui, has announced via Facebook that Brandon Vera will no longer be facing Chi Lewis-Parry, but will instead take on Taiwanese-Canadian Paul “Typhoon” Cheng this Friday. Victor Cui had this to say regarding the switch of opponents. B...
4 December 2015 – Phnom Penh, Cambodia: The largest sports media property in Asian history, ONE Championship™ (ONE), announced today that the mixed martial artists competing at ONE: KINGDOM OF KHMER have made weight and are ready for all the action which takes place tomorrow evening, 5 December, ...
ONE Championship 32 took place on Friday from the Singapore Indoor Stadium in Singapore. The main event was expected to be between welterweight champion Ben Askren and Luis Santos, however the challenger didn’t make weight and decided he didn’t want to accept the fight, even at 190-pounds. ONE Ch...
Since May 2014, ONE Championship Welterweight Champion Ben Askren has been fighting over seas. He has fought three times under the promotion’s banner and is about to fight for the fourth time on Friday, November 13 at ONE Championship: Pride of Lions. Having fought twelve of his fifteen fights in...
ONE Championship has announced a handful of bouts for their return to Phnom Penh on December 5. Undefeated Hawaiian lightweight standout Lowen Tynanes (7-0) has impressed in his time so far inside the ONE cage. He has used his world-class, relentless wrestling ability to amass a 3-0 record with t...
(More) bad news for the Irish fans. UFC Fight Night 76 headliner Joseph Duffy suffered a mild concussion during training earlier this week, and by doctors and the UFC, has been deemed un-fit to face Dustin Poirier this Saturday. UFC officials announced the injury on Wednesday. Duffy out of UFC Du...