ONE In The Media

PETALING JAYA: Malaysian Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) exponent Hisyam Shamsudin wants a perfect Malaysia Day celebration when he makes his return at the ONE Championship’s Total Victory in Jakarta.

SINGAPORE: Rising mixed martial arts (MMA) star Angela Lee is slated to fight Mei Yamaguchi again in a replay of their historic clash a year ago, said One Championship on Monday (Sep 4).

One Championship dropped a few bombshells Monday, announcing their November 24 card in Singapore would see the return of Angela Lee, the undisputed queen of MMA in Asia, to defend her atomweight crown in a much-anticipated rematch with Mei Yamaguchi while welterweight king Ben Askren will retire from the sport after a bout with one-time lightweight champion Shinya Aoki.

SINGAPORE – One Championship’s women’s atomweight champion Angela Lee will be taking on Mei Yamaguchi in Singapore on Nov 24 in a rematch of last year’s title fight.

After three years of competing on the undercard portion of his last five bouts in ONE Championship, Filipino standout Geje “Gravity” Eustaquio finds his name on the top bill of the organization’s upcoming event this September 16 in Jakarta, Indonesia.

ONE welterweight world champion Ben “Funky” Askren put on a dominant performance in the main event of ONE Championship: Shanghai against Zebaztian “The Bandit” Kadestam of Sweden to retain his belt on Saturday evening at the Shanghai Oriental Sports Center.

Ben “Funky” Askren’s reign over the One Championship’s welterweight division is set to continue for just as long as the American wants it to, given the way he cast aside the challenge of Sweden’s Zebaztian Kadestam at the Shanghai Oriental Sport Centre on Saturday night.

American Ben “Funky” Askren made short work of Zebaztian “The Bandit” Kadestam of Sweden, taking his younger foe down to the mat at will with an overpowering performance to retain his ONE welterweight championship at the 15,000-seater Shanghai Oriental Sports Center in Shanghai, China.

Former Olympic wrestler Ben “Funky” Askren has developed into arguably the most complete mixed martial arts fighter on the planet and the secret to his success inside the cage is simple.

Jack Lim, formerly the CCO of Singapore-based multimedia conglomerate Mediacorp, has joined ONE Championship as its new Chief Commercial Officer overseeing the promotion’s various revenue streams.

Chatri Sityodtong was nine years old when his father took him to Bangkok’s Lumpinee Stadium for a Thai-boxing fight. The fascination for rapid, hard-hitting martial arts never left him. The Muay Thai-mad boy grew into Asia’s foremost promoter of mixed martial arts. His One Championship is becoming Asia’s biggest competitor to Ultimate Fighting Championship, the combat mashup that has built a global fan base.

American stalwart Ben Askren needed less than four years to conquer ONE Championship and become the biggest star in the constantly-growing world of martial arts. Known by the moniker “Funky,” Askren made an impact in his first two assignments in ONE Championship, submitting Bakhtiyar Abbasov with an arm-triangle choke in his May 2014 promotional debut before thwarting Nobutatsu Suzuki in the first round to claim the organization’s coveted welterweight crown three months later.