Latest news, fight announcements, and coverage for ONE Championship.
Yoshihiro “Sexyama” Akiyama and the BTS Army have come together. The South Korean-Japanese star was able to meet up with BTS megastar Jungkook and get some training in recently. The meeting began with an Instagram post showing the BTS member hitting mitts. Upon seeing the post, the ONE Championsh...
American Independence Day and the conclusion to International Fight Week might on be on the horizon, but today, those holidays take a back seat to Canada Day, a day for our brothers and sisters up north to recognize and celebrate their home and native land. 5 Canadian MMA Standouts and Legends In...
ONE Championship will get an interim ONE Atomweight Muay Thai World Champion at ONE 159: De Ridder vs. Bigdash on Friday, July 22. One of the women vying for the crown is reigning ONE Atomweight Kickboxing World Champion Janet Todd. The American has been going after the Muay Thai title since arri...
On Friday, August 26, Demetrious Johnson steps back inside the ONE Championship Circle in an attempt to add another World Championship to his legendary resume. However, the last attempt did not go as he had hoped. ONE Flyweight World Champion Adriano Moraes finished “Mighty Mouse” in the second r...
ONE Middleweight and Light Heavyweight World Champion Reinier De Ridder has a full plate. The Dutchman is in full control of two separate weight divisions, competed against Andre Galvao in a submission grappling contest, and has been eyeing a move to heavyweight with repeated callouts of ONE Heav...
If you love knockouts, the ONE 160 main event is for you. In a virtual media call on Friday, ONE Championship announced ONE Featherweight…
Thanh Le has his next adversary set. The reigning ONE featherweight champion will fight Tang Kai in the main event of ONE 160, which takes place on August 26th in Singapore. The fight was announced on a media conference call with ONE Championship this morning. Thanh Le fights Tang Kai in ONE 160 ...
Kade and Tye Ruotolo took the world by storm when they debuted in ONE Championship at ONE X with wins over Shinya Aoki and Garry Tonon. The brothers flashed their brilliant submission grappling game and established their star power right out of the gate. Christian Lee Predicts Ruotolos Will Be St...
Adriano Moraes shocked the martial arts world in 2021 with a stunning finish of Demetrious Johnson to retain the ONE Flyweight World Championship. He will get the opportunity to reaffirm his superiority over the American on August 26 at ONE 161. None of that surprise came from the American Top Te...
Group ONE Holdings (ONE), the parent company of ONE Championship, announced a long-term partnership in the region with Media City Qatar at the Qatar Economic Forum on July 22. ONE Holdings Partners With Media City Qatar Per the press release, the organizations signed a Memorandum of Understanding...
The full lineup for ONE 159: De Ridder vs. Bigdash has been set for Friday, July 22. ONE 159 Fight Card Announced Two title tilts had already been announced for the evening’s two headlining bouts. ONE Atomweight Kickboxing World Champion Janet Todd and Lara Fernandez will compete for the ONE Inte...
As the world has begun opening back up, 2022 has sailed by in a flash. Six months have already gone, and ONE Championship has already had an entire year’s worth of action inside of its Circle walls. New champions have been crowned, fresh faces have staked their claim for title shots, young guns h...
One of the sport’s most exciting young athletes is on the mend. ONE Championship strawweight Lito Adiwang received surgery to repair a torn ACL, and now he is beginning his road back to the Circle. The injury happened at ONE X in March. In the second round, Adiwang stepped backwards and immediate...
Former ONE Championship Middleweight and Light Heavyweight World Champion Aung La N Sang will be an interested spectator on Friday, July 22, when two of his biggest foes square off in the night’s main event at ONE 159. Reinier De Ridder, the man who dethroned “The Burmese Python” for both belts, ...
Reinier De Ridder will return to the ONE Championship Circle at ONE 159 to defend the ONE Middleweight World Championship against Vitaly Bigdash on Friday, July 22. However, the two-division World Champion is also keeping tabs on his recent submission grappling opponent, Andre Galvao. After battl...
ONE Championship has released its latest official athlete rankings following ONE 158: Tawanchai vs. Larsen. Two of the event’s marquee names used their finishes to elevate them to contender status. In the evening’s main event, Tawanchai PK.Saenchai defeated Niclas Larsen by knockout in the second...