ONE In The Media

BANGKOK (Reuters) – As someone who has practiced Thai boxing (Muay Thai) for 30 years, Chatri Sityodtong knows very well the challenges he faces as he tries to bring his version of Mixed Martial Arts to the Southeast Asian nation.

Echoes from Alain “The Panther’ Ngalani’s thunderous legs kicks can still be heard across Bangkok after his latest One Championship win in Thailand on Saturday, and the top brass appear to have been listening to the Hong Kong-based fighter.

Chatri Sityodtong says he is content with ‘only’ dominating an Asian market made up of 4.4 billion people.

24 March 2018 – Bangkok, Thailand: The largest global sports media property in Asian history, ONE Championship™ (ONE), held a historic evening in Bangkok as the capacity crowd at the Impact Arena witnessed an amazing display of heart-pounding martial arts action.

In a night packed with memorable entrances, action, and finishes from the Impact Arena in Bangkok, ONE Championship bantamweight champion Bibiano Fernandes earned a split-decision victory over lightweight and featherweight titleholder Martin Nguyen.

ONE featherweight and lightweight champion Martin Nguyen is hungry to make history and end Bibiano Fernandes’ bantamweight reign when they meet inside the cage in the main event of ‘ONE: Iron Will’ on March 24 at Impact Arena in Bangkok, Thailand.

Like many great things in this world, it all started with an idea. ONE Championship now considers itself “Asia’s largest global sports media property in history and the largest martial arts organization in the world,” and now encompasses multiple disciplines such as Muay Thai, Kickboxing, Karate, Kung Fu, Silat, Sanda, Lethwei, Mixed Martial Arts, Tae Kwon Do, Submission Grappling, and more.

MMA fans in the United States came apart at the seams when Conor McGregor became the first man in Ultimate Fighting Championship history to hold two world title simultaneously. On Saturday in Thailand, ONE Championship’s Martin Nguyen will go for his third.

ONE Championship’s celebration of what Chairman Chatri Sityodtong describes as “real martial arts” has proven to be exciting and profitable.

Kevin Belingon will be back in the cage on April 20 as he takes on American fighter Andrew Leone in the main event of ONE: Heroes of Honor at Mall of Asia Arena. A win against Leone will keep him in line for a ONE bantamweight title shot.

Angela Lee is set to make another emotional return to the Singapore Indoor Stadium, when she defends her One Championship atomweight (47.7-52.2kg) title against Japan’s Mei Yamaguchi on May 18.

Angela “Unstoppable” Lee says she has shaken the nightmares that haunted her after a car crash last November that could well have taken the MMA superstar’s life and now she’s ready to get back in the cage to defend her One Championship world atomweight title.