Thailand is staking claim to host a Formula One race, with Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin pitching Bangkok as a circuit for a street race that will help burnish the Southeast Asian nation’s status as a major tourism hub. Srettha, whose administration has focused on entertainment and sports events to draw high-spending tourists, met F1 chief …
ONE Fight Night 22 will have a distinctly Chinese feel, with kickboxing legend Wei Rui one of three fighters from the country to have been added to the card for Bangkok on May 4. Wei Rui is set to take on Hiroki Akimoto in a bantamweight kickboxing bout. The Japanese fighter is a former champion …
If 2023 was the year in which ONE Championship became synonymous with Thailand’s historic Stadium, then 2024 looks set to be notable for an international expansion. “I think of it as chapters in a book. Last year was the chapter of making sure we had the world’s greatest striking product at Lumpinee and we did …
The battle for supremacy at ONE Fight Night 21 pitted Nicolas, unbeaten in 23 outings against a Dutch opponent who was taking a perfect 22-fight record into the encounter. In the end, the decisive moment came at the start of the second round, when Eersel walked into a right hand which seemed to glance off …
“I don’t think I am at my peak, I think there is still a lot of room for improvement. Becoming a champion is not necessarily a peak, because defending the title and staying as champion is more difficult.” Prajanchai faces Jonathan Di Bella (left) in a unification bout on Friday. Photo: ONE Championship At ONE …
Before that ONE 165 is set for Tokyo on January 28th, and Marat Grigorian and Sitthichai Sitsongpeenong will face off in a catchweight kickboxing contest in what will be a sixth fight between the pair. Another kickboxing bout added to this event pits two heavyweights together. Rade Opacic has been matched with Iraj Azizpour in …
Superbon came on strong in the fourth, landing a series of punches and kicks that drew a broad grin from his opponent. He tried to sweep Tawanchai but failed in his attempt to unbalance the champion. At the start of the fifth Superbon landed an accidental low blow that caused the furiously paced fight to …
A rising star on ONE Championship’s roster, Phetjeeja Lukjaoporongtom has already won four fights this year, earning her a title shot this week. The Thai fighter will battle Anissa Meksen for the interim atomweight kickboxing belt at ONE Friday Fights 46, and Phetjeeja is the first to acknowledge she will be facing an opponent with …
There are more offerings, of flowers, incense, candles, sweet treats fit for the gods, aubergine blooms, knives and ornately carved foods. All have their own precise symbolism. Everything has a role. And although David has explained it all in great detail, I give up trying to empirically understand and abandon myself to the primal thump …
Stamp Fairtex recently became the first fighter to secure ‘the trinity’, winning ONE Championship atomweight titles in kickboxing, Muay Thai and MMA. While it is an achievement which might never be replicated, former UFC flyweight champion and reigning ONE Championship flyweight king Demetrious Johnson thinks there is one man on the roster who could do …