The ONE FC lightweight division crowned a new champion when Shinya Aoki submitted Kotetsu Boku in the second round of their championship bout. Aoki displayed superior grappling that knockout specialist Boku simply had no answer to. The finish came in round two when Shinya Aoki sunk in a rear naked choke that resulted in Boku […]

Much like the trio who visited the infant Christ in Israel, there will be three kings in Singapore on October 6th as One Fighting Championships are set to crown a trifecta of inaugural champions at the Rise of Kings event. Unlike two of those royal men of ancient times, the three combatants will not come […]

With a ban on professional Mixed Martial Arts in Thailand, the time is ripe! The progress of MMA in non-Japanese Asia has grown exponentially in recent years, as the spread of support combined with PRIDE’s death and the stagnation of the Japanese market, to the point where a relatively new promotion in One FC can […]

Empires, civilisations and countries rise and fall. So too do MMA promotions; it is nature of the beast. So as DREAM fade into memory, One Fighting Championships are presented with an even more seamless transition into Asian supremacy. The news that PRIDE’s erstwhile successor perished occurred during the summit, to which Sasahara was a guest, […]

Say what you will about Chatri, the Harvard educated fighting entrepreneur has carved a niche for himself in the annals of Asian MMA with his Evolve camp and involvement in the One FC network, in which he holds some obvious sway. He spoke articulately and at times combatively at the summit, outlining his own views […]

“A historic step for Asian Mixed Martial Arts”. So says Victor Cui, CEO and owner of One Fighting Championships, who are hosting a summit of movers and shakers in the Asian Mixed Martial Arts world. From sponsors to promoters to gym owners, the collective will network, talk and listen, and bear witness to a series […]

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 […]

Victor Cui has made waves during the short history of his One FC promotion, be it through his three events or via the latest sponsorship coup. With such world leaders backing his product as ESPN and Sony, he is well en route to achieving his aspirations for One FC and to push for dominance of […]

One FC will dominate the Asian market, and its name will become continentally synonymous with the sport of Mixed Martial Arts, as has the UFC in the western world. There are a plethora of reasons why the title of this article is as close to fact as speculative opinion can possibly be. One FC are riding […]

Her voice rang loud through 80k seater stadia in Japan, and was heard by millions around the world. More, she added to every PRIDE event, the eccentricity of her announcing delivery increasing the unique feel of what made PRIDE special and extraordinary. Her introductions of PRIDE champions Fedor Emelianenko, Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira and most of […]