ONE In The Media

Undefeated Taiwanese mixed martial artist Jenny Huang is to challenge women’s atomweight world champion Angela “Unstoppable” Lee for her title at the “ONE: Warrior Kingdom” event in Bangkok on March 11. Huang, 26, with a professional mixed martial arts record of five wins and no losses, crosses paths with the 20-year-old champion in the main event at the 12,000-capacity Impact Arena.

There is a reassuring normalcy about Angela Lee. Fresh and buoyant, athletic and photogenic, she walks through your world in a pleasant and unthreatening manner. Sporting the standard millennial fitness uniform, workout tights with a loose fitting training top, she could easily pass for a modern day yoga or Pilates junkie. But then she snaps on a pair of open finger grappling gloves and everything changes.

ONE Championship has already staged 9 events locally at massive stadiums such as Araneta Coliseum and SM Mall of Asia Arena in Pasay City, but the mixed-martial arts promotion wants to expand its reach beyond Metro Manila.

STUDENTS from SMK Sultan Abdul Samad received a once-in-a-lifetime chance to train with ONE Championship mixed-martial arts (MMA) athletes through a community initiative spearheaded by Caltex Havoline.

MANILA – Former strawweight title contender Joshua Pacio has been lined up for another tough fight this March in Bangkok, Thailand. Pacio, a member of the famed Team Lakay, will be pitted against former strawweight champion and 3-time Lumpinee Stadium Muay Thai king Dejdamrong Sor Amnuaysirichoke on March 11 in “ONE: Warrior Kingdom.”

As Pacquiao’s curtain call looms, ONE Championship chairman Chatri Sityodtong sees Filipino mixed martial arts (MMA) fighter Eduard Folayang as the perfect successor of the 38-year-old pugilist from the South Cotabato suburb of General Santos.

If you’ve never heard of the ONE Championship, then it’s not long before you will. In the six years since the series of Asia-wide MMA events launched, it has become one of the fastest growing sports properties in the world —with televised events beamed into over a billion homes and over 130 million video views across social media in 2016.

Sports entertainment brands are emerging as compelling investments for both individual and institutional investors given the rising middle class in Asia. ONE Championship, which closed an investment from Heliconia Capital Management, a unit of Singapore’s state investment fund Temasek Holdings, seeks to create a pan-Asian sports entertainment property centred around the rich tradition of martial arts in the entire region.

Chatri Sityodtong, founder of mixed martial arts promotion company ONE Championship, a 6-year-old start-up that is now Asia’s biggest sports media property, knows how to deliver a punch. More important, Chatri knows how to take a punch too.

MANILA, Philippines – ONE Championship chairman Chatri Sityodtong has tabbed Filipino mixed martial arts (MMA) star Eduard Folayang as the nation’s next global sports icon, following in the footsteps of boxer-turned-politician Manny Pacquiao.

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian MMA hero Ev Ting said on Friday that he aimed to take the ONE Lightweight World Championship title from Philippine fighter Eduard Folayang. In a post-fight interview, Ting called for a title shot against the reigning world champion who currently holds a record of 17 wins and five losses.

SINGAPORE – Tiffany Teo extended her perfect mixed martial arts (MMA) record to 5-0 after she beat Indonesia Priscilla Hertati via a unanimous decision in their strawweight bout at One Championship’s Throne of Tigers event in Kuala Lumpur on Friday (Feb 10).