ONE Championship continues to snap up talent from Japanese kickboxing promotion K-1 with the addition of Masaaki Noiri, who follows in the footsteps of fellow champions Takeru and Wei Rui. Noiri is a former K-1 super lightweight and welterweight champion, claiming the latter title by winning an eight-man tournament and stopping three separate opponents in …
Reigning flyweight Muay Thai champion Rodtang Jitmuangnon’s will return to kickboxing in June to face the Bosnian Denis Puric in a non-title fight at ONE 167. The bout gives Puric the fight he said he wanted after his decision win over Jacob Smith at ONE Fight Night 21 earlier this month. “I think stylistically that …
“I signed a contract to fight her and I was looking forward to fighting her before she retired but I wish her a happy retirement,” Sundell told the Post. Sundell also saw a title fight with Jackie Buntan fall through at the last minute last year. On that occasion, ONE Championship was able to find …
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 …
Ruotolo points out that he has not exactly been an overnight success, as he was already an International Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Federation (IBJJF) World Championship winner when he signed for ONE Championship. “I’m happy with where I’m at but it’s been a lifetime of hard work and dedication. I’m really stoked and grateful.” While Michell recently …
The ONE Fight Night 21 card is coming together with seven fights confirmed, including two title matches, and headlined by Dutch stand-up specialist Regian Eersel. Eersel, who holds the ONE Championship lightweight kickboxing and Muay Thai titles, will be putting the latter on the line when he faces Alexis Nicolas in the main event at …
Stamp Fairtex’s ability to compete in three different sports means she will never be short of prospective opponents. The Thai currently holds the atomweight MMA belt and previously held the kickboxing and Muay Thai titles in the same division. At ONE 167 on June 8, she will defend her MMA belt against Denice Zamboanga in …
Janet Todd’s final fight was not the sunset ending she might have scripted for herself, but then with an atomweight kickboxing belt on the line opponent Phetjeeja Lukjaoporongtom was never going to take it easy. In the end, the Thai fighter had too much for the her 39-year-old rival, outpointing the American in their unification …