Latest news, fight announcements, and coverage for ONE Championship.
August is just around the corner. The eighth month of the calendar year brings with it some exciting times in sports, including the return of (American) gridiron football. While the NFL‘s exhibition season begins Thursday in Canton, OH with the AFC/NFC Hall of Fame Game between the Houston Texans...
Aaron Canarte did not have the ONE Championship debut he had hoped for last July at ONE Fight Night 12. The formerly unbeaten talent was stopped in the first round by Akbar Abdullaev. Now, Canarte returns at ONE Fight Night 24 on Friday, August 2, against Shamil Gasanov. “Now that my perfect reco...
Yu Yau Pui will welcome Amy Pirnie to ONE Championship on Friday, August 2, at ONE Fight Night 24. The Hong Kong native has been perfect thus far in her ONE tenure, but a matchup against the crafty Scottish vet could be her biggest test to date. Yu will not enter the atomweight Muay Thai […]
Jarred Brooks still believes he is the top dog at strawweight in ONE Championship. The American is on the road back to the top after losing the ONE Strawweight MMA World Championship by DQ to Joshua Pacio. The highly motivated Brooks returns at ONE Fight Night 24, taking on Gustavo Balart for the...
ONE Championship is bringing a stellar lineup to Denver on Friday, September 6. ONE 168 announced two more exciting martial arts contests to the docket. There will be more Muay Thai and MMA fun to be had inside the Ball Arena with the additions. Flyweights Sean Climaco and Johan Estupinan will do...
On Friday, September 6, ONE Championship returns to Colorado at the Ball Arena. A strawweight battle has been added to the lineup at ONE 168: Denver. #4-ranked contender Hiroba Minowa will battle Sanzhar Zakirov as both look to put themselves in position for title consideration. Minowa has long b...
Rodtang Jitmuangnon made an impression in his U.S. debut last May when ONE Championship arrived in Colorado, and “The Iron Man” is bringing his talents back stateside. On Friday, November 8, “The Iron Man” returns at ONE 169: Atlanta. He will put the ONE Flyweight Muay Thai World Title on the lin...
The Scottish takeover of ONE Championship will continue to ONE Fight Night 24 on Friday, August 2. 31-year-old Amy Pirnie squares off against Yu Yau Pui in an atomweight Muay Thai contest. Ahead of her promotional debut, Pirnie spoke with ONE about her rise from a small village to the global stag...
Gustavo Balart gets a shot at gold on Friday, August 2, when he meets Jarred Brooks for the ONE Interim Strawweight MMA World Title at ONE Fight Night 24. The main event match is the culmination of an impressive career turnaround in ONE Championship. The Cuban knows this is his chance to assume t...
Christian Lee will grace ONE Championship‘s Circle for the first time in nearly two years. The two-division World Champion has been absent since winning the welterweight crown in November 2022. On Friday, November 8, “The Warrior” returns to defend his ONE Lightweight MMA World Championship again...
Adrian Lee made a successful professional debut at ONE 167 in June. On Friday, September 6, the youngest member of the Lee family will return at ONE 168: Denver. The 18-year-old will face Nicholas Cornejo, who is 16 years his elder. Lee will not be concerned with that age gap. The talented Prodig...
Before Anatoly Malykhin makes his way to Atlanta to defend the ONE Heavyweight MMA World Title at ONE 169, he will be locked in for ONE Championship’s return to Denver. The Russian is amped for Jonathan Haggerty defending the ONE Bantamweight Muay Thai World Championship against Superlek Kiatmoo9...
ONE Welterweight Submission Grappling World Champion Tye Ruotolo defeated Jozef Chen at ONE Fight Night 23 on Friday, July 5. After the event, he was not celebrating the huge win. After the event, the Atos BJJ star revealed to ONE Championship that he felt disappointed in his performance. “I coul...
Nico Carrillo is known as “The King of the North,” but now stands one more match away from being the king of ONE Championship’s bantamweight Muay Thai division. The Scot reigned supreme at ONE Fight Night 23 on July 5. The second-round TKO over Saemapetch Fairtex cemented his status atop the cont...
Malaysian-American phenom Johan Ghazali will come stateside for the first time in his career as he joins the loaded lineup at ONE 168: Denver. After suffering the first defeat of his young career against Nguyen Tran Duy Nhat at ONE 167, the 17-year-old will try to bounce back against Josue Cruz i...
While there isn’t much in the way of action going on this weekend in combat sports, there’s still some competitive violence on the proverbial dinner plate tonight and tomorrow. It kicks off later this evening (US time) in Bangkok with ONE Championship holding ONE Fight Night 23 from Lumpinee Boxi...