When you think of famous North American strikers, who comes to mind? Up until very recently, that answer may have given you a bit of head scratching. But in the past few years the Canada has produced some of the best stand-up martial artists in the game today, whether it be world ranked #1 Simon […]

If you know Phil Baroni at all, you also know he’s not the type of guy to hold back on punches or words. With a big fight coming up on ONE FC: “Rise to Power” on May 31 against Karate expert Nobutatsu Suzuki, Baroni is at a point in his career where it’s time to […]

Sunday afternoon, with live Muay Thai on the television before me, one long succession of youthful fighters slinging the heat rocks, most of whom I’ve never seen before, many whom I probably/possibly wont see again. Some great stuff amongst the hardly-pronouncable names, and it got me thinking about fights that could potentially be brilliant, or […]

Here’s a little trip down memory lane – I’m in a nostalgic mood, so here’s some nostalgic pseudo journalism. We all need a bit of entertainment from time to time. Get ready for three memorable tapout manoeuvres seen on Asian shores, and given the author of this piece, do not be surprised if there is […]

CEO, founder and owner of One Fighting Championships Victor Cui is the first man to bring everyone in Asia MMA together for one talking shop. Promoters, sponsors, advertisers, gym owners, and several of the more handsome journalists were invited and flown to Singapore and housed in unbelievably luxurious surroundings in the Marina Bay Sands, in […]

Will Chope was once 1 win, 4 losses in his Mixed Martial Arts career. Quite the remarkable career-turnaround aye? The Phuket Top Team/Muay Fit competitor now boasts an eleven wins, five losses ledger having embarked on a 10-1 tear, and in his fight last night he won the F-3 championship belt. F-3 are a Malaysian […]

Pac is back, and his dance partner this time is the former long-time WBC and current WBO Light-welterweight world champion and Junior Witter’s conqueror, the awkward Tim Bradley. Judging from the Face-to-Face, Face-Off, or whatever that waste of time was called, Pacquaio doesn’t care about this one, and will speak about, prepare for and probably […]

“It is God’s Will”, says Fedor, the greatest Mixed Martial Arts fighter to have ever competed professionally. That was how he justified his fall from the top, as his decade of destruction and 32-fight-unbeaten streak of terror was finally ended by Fabricio Werdum. And so it is now, as he prepares to end his career […]

Two juicy matchups for Phuket Top Team stars at One FC IV: Destiny of Warriors! It is heavily rumoured that the fights to be signed for Messrs Adam Kayoom and Rodrigo Praxedes are to be all-black-belt affairs. Kayoom, from Malaysia, is a former WPMF middleweight World Muay Thai champion, and a decorated Brazilian Jiu Jitsu […]

Destiny of Warriors. One FC’s Kuala Lumpur event scheduled for June 23rd. Such titles are synonymous with Asian MMA, and Victor Cui’s Singaporean organisation are no different. What does mark them apart from the rest of the flock is their understanding of the need for good international marketing in order to grow as a product, […]