ONE Fight Night 23 has had a shakeup at the top of the card. Jackie Buntan withdrew from her title tilt with Anissa Meksen due to injury, leaving the July 5 main event slot open. The new top draw will be Ok Rae Yoon vs. Alibeg Rasulov for the ONE Interim Lightweight MMA World Championship.
Two thrilling World Championship matches have been added to ONE Championship’s Atlanta debut. The organization will arrive in Georgia on Friday, November 8, for ONE 169: Atlanta at the State Farm Arena. On Wednesday, the promotion revealed its first two matchups for the event.
For a long time, if you said Bellator MMA, you also said Jimmy Smith, broadcast extraordinaire who spent over seven years with the company through their rise in MMA. After a one-year run with the UFC, Smith would go on to become a radio host on Sirius XM and spent time broadcasting WWE matches which would see him also call a Wrestlemania event during his tenure there.
Rodtang Jitmuangnon returned from injury at ONE 167: Tawanchai vs. Nattawut II. In his first match back for ONE Championship, the Thai star squared off in a catchweight kickboxing affair against Denis Puric. After nine minutes, “The Iron Man” got his hand raised in victory.
But it was not all sunshine and smiles for the ONE Flyweight Muay Thai World Champion. After missing weight, he was the subject of much ridicule online. Those messages were felt by the talented Thai star, who wore his emotions on his sleeve after the show.
In a recent episode of the Couch Warrior Podcast, host Mike sat down with Shannon Clark, a rising star in mixed martial arts who is set to compete on this year's Dana White’s Contender series against fellow undefeated prospect Yuneisy Duben. Shannon’s journey from university soccer player to undefeated professional fighter is as unique as it is inspiring.
You may not know the name Tyler "Sugar Free" Scott quite yet, but the 34-year-old Midwesterner plans to change that this Friday night at LFA 185. Scott, who fights out of Dominion MMA, will square off against surging Joey Hart.
