ONE In The Media

KUALA LUMPUR: It was a glorious night for Malaysia as all six home mixed martial arts exponents triumphed in the ONE Championships Throne of Tigers at Stadium Negara. Ev Ting, Agilan “Aligator” Thani, Ann “Athena” Osman, Keanu Subha, Muhd Aiman Raziz Affendy and Saiful “The Vampire” Merican did the country proud last night.

MANILA, Philippines – Two homegrown Filipino talents will try to make the Philippines proud when they compete in the undercard of ONE: Throne of Tigers at Stadium Negara in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on Friday. Burn “The Hitman” Soriano locks horns against Malaysia’s Saiful “The Vampire” Merican in a 3-round bantamweight contest, while former boxing champion Roy Doliguez takes on Alex “Little Rock” Silva in a strawweight battle.

TAIPEI: Taiwanese welterweight MMA fighter Jeff “The Machine” Huang will be taking on undefeated Malaysian prospect Agilan Thani in an upcoming fight on February 10. Huang is widely considered the Taiwan’s top welterweight fighter and will represent Chinese Taipei with his ferocity at “ONE Championship: THRONE OF TIGERS” at the 12,000-seater Stadium Negara in Kuala Lumpur.

MANILA, Philippines – Malaysian standout Saiful “The Vampire” Merican will face another exciting Filipino fighter when he makes his much-awaited return to ONE Championship on February 10, as he is set to lock horns with Burn Soriano in a three-round bantamweight match.

One Championship lightweight champion Eduard “The Landslide” Folayang said that Iranian Kamal Shalorous needs to defeat first Malaysian Ev Ting on February 10 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia before arranging a rematch with him.

Mixed martial arts (MMA) world champion Angela “Unstoppable” Lee is brimming with confidence ahead of her first title defence in Thailand next month. The 20-year-old atomweight title-holder’s bout against Taiwan’s Jenny Huang is the headline act for the ONE: Warrior Kingdom event at Bangkok’s Impact Arena on March 11.

SINGAPORE – Defeat is always hard to take – let alone the first of your professional career. One Championship’s Christian Lee, who tasted the first loss of his six-fight professional career last year, admitted that losing to Martin Nguyen last August was especially hard to take.

PETALING JAYA: Malaysian Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) fighter Keanu Subba reckons that there will be a Malaysian champion in the ONE Championship by the end of this year. The 22-year-old believes that the undefeated welterweight exponent Agilan “Alligator” Thani and lightweight class frontrunner Ev Ting are among the best fighters in the country right now.

Skyrocketing social media numbers have translated into rising revenues for Asian martial arts promoter One Championship, Chatri Sityodtong said. The founder and chair of One Championship told SBD Global that the company’s growth has exceeded his wildest expectations. Over the past two years, One Championship expanded its total reach on Facebook from 75 million in ’14 to 926 million in ’16, which represents a 1,134% increase.

CHATRI Sityodtong has a singular vision. He wants to unite all of Asia with ONE Championship a homegrown sports media property. “Every region in the world has a multi-billion sports media property. North America has NBA, NFL, MLB, NASCAR and UFC. They’re worth four to 30 billion dollars. You go to Europe it’s the same thing. There’s EPL, Formula 1, Bundesliga, Spanish La Liga. All worth two to 20 billion dollars each,” said Sityodtong Founder and Chairman of ONE Championship.

In an interview with BusinessWorld recently, ONE Chairman Sityodtong said that the exponential growth of ONE across various levels is attributed to their recognition of the kind of market they have and its vast potential, and staying true to what they are as a group.

WITH ONE Championship returning to Manila, Philippines on April 21, Asia’s largest mixed martial arts (MMA) organization seeks to electrify the 20,000-seater SM Mall of Asia Arena once again. Company chairman Chatri Sityodtong revealed that ONE Championship is preparing a blockbuster event for its tenth venture on Philippine shores.