ONE In The Media

After defeating the legendary Shinya Aoki for the ONE Championship lightweight championship last year, Eduard Folayang is set to defend his title for the first time on April 21 against Ev Ting. The fight will take place at ONE: Kings of Destiny at the Mall of Asia in his home country of Manila.

SINGAPORE – Singapore-based mixed martial arts organisation (MMA) One Championship have announced their co-main event bout at One: Dynasty of Heroes. One welterweight world champion Ben Askren will defend his title against rising young Malaysian fighter Agilan Thani on May 26 at the Singapore Indoor Stadium.

ONE Championship superstar Angela Lee may have been grabbing all the headlines recently, but earlier today the promotion officially announced the return of arguably their biggest name – Ben Askren, who will make his comeback at ONE: Dynasty of Heroes on May 26.

Ideas are powerful. They can turn mere thought into something tangible. What’s even more beautiful is when ideas become dreams and dreams become reality. That’s when lives change. For multi-million dollar entrepreneur Chatri Sityodtong, his idea is one that sparked a revolution in Asia, and definitively influenced the way people watch sports.

Mixed martial arts (MMA) fighter Angela Lee is a sports figure who many have seen or heard of, even if they know nothing about the sport. She has more than 66,000 followers on her Instagram account (angelaleemma). A Facebook follower wants the champion to play Mulan in the live-action remake of the Disney animated movie.

MANILA – Undefeated Igorot warrior Danny Kingad isn’t bothered by the bigger Malaysian fighter he will be facing in the undercard of ONE: Kings of Destiny next month. Kingad, who campaigns as a flyweight, will be taking on a natural featherweight in Malaysian combatant Muhammad Aiman, who will be cutting weight to meet Kingad at 135 pounds.

SINGAPORE: A fight between fighters from Asia’s ONE Championship and the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC)? That could someday be a reality after ONE’s chairman Chatri Sityodtong called on his UFC counterpart Dana White for a cross-promotional Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) event.

ONE Championship chairman Chatri Sityodtong has opened the door to cross-promotional fights with UFC. While UFC rules in the West, ONE has cornered the MMA market in Asia, with the promotion growing into the continent’s biggest sports media property just six years on from its inception.

SINGAPORE: Rio 2016 Olympic champion Joseph Schooling will be returning to Singapore for ONE Championship’s Dynasty of Heroes on May 26. The University of Texas swimmer will walk alongside ONE Women’s Atomweight Champion Angela “Unstoppable” Lee, as part of her pre-fight entourage during the main event of the Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) tournament at the Singapore Indoor Stadium.

MANILA – Rising Malaysian-Kiwi star Ev “E.T.” Ting said he has nothing but respect for Filipino fighters despite beating quite a number of them in his 16-fight career so far. In his last seven fights, he finished three Filipinos via guillotine choke and knocked out another with a vicious head kick. However, he will be facing perhaps today’s best homegrown Pinoy fighter in ONE lightweight champion Eduard Folayang of Team Lakay. The two will square off at the main event of “ONE: Kings of Destiny” on April 21 at the Mall of Asia Arena.

MANILA – Team Lakay’s Kevin “The Silencer” Belingon has revenge on his mind ahead of his cage fight against Finland’s Toni “Dynamite” Tauru. Tauru defeated Belingon’s teammate Geje Eustaquio last December, using a rear naked choke to snuff out “Gravity.” Belingon is confident that Tauru will have an even match this time when they meet at the Mall of Asia Arena on April 21 in the undercard of ONE: Kings of Destiny.

Angela Lee giggles the sort of laugh you’d expect to hear from a shy college student who is too polite to say something that could come off as boastful. But while she’s just two years removed from high school, the 20-year-old Hawaiian also happens to be a butt-kicker of the highest order, the youngest mixed martial arts world champion for a major promotion in the sport’s history.