ONE Championship will hit U.S. primetime for the first time in 2024 with ONE Fight Night 18. The action comes your way on Friday, January 12, and another exciting mixed martial arts bout has been added. On Wednesday, it was revealed Mark Abelardo will welcome Ibragim Dauev to the promotion.
It's a brand new year of fights. After some MMA action occurred during the UFC's annual winter break, the 2024 calendar of events started immediately this Saturday night.
While the UFC and ONE Championship will not resume regular cards until next weekend, fans of competitive violence must wait only six days from the start of the year to get their fix on the action. Stop one of MMA's world tours in 2024, which sees the sport arrive in Long Beach, CA, and Thunder Studios for the first fight night of what will be many over the next 12 months.
Lights Out Xtreme Fighting, founded by former San Diego Chargers linebacker Shawne Merriman, whose nickname is the inspiration for the promotion's moniker, returns to live action with LXF 13. Live coverage of this card begins Saturday at 7:55 pm ET/ 4:55 pm PT for free on Fubo Sports Network and YouTube. Fubo will undoubtedly be looking to build off its recent gains, as LXF 12 in November represented a 90 percent increase in viewership.
LXF 13 will also be available with ads on Freevee, a service of Amazon Prime Video. Barring any late postponements between now and the weekend, the final version of LXF 13 will feature seven bouts to kick the year off right.
It's finally here. After 12 months of excitement and controversy inside and outside the cage, another year of MMA has come and gone. With the passage...
