ONE Championship

For the second time in his young career, Filipino strawweight contender Joshua “The Passion” Pacio will be challenging for the ONE Strawweight World Championship. 

Pacio will once again share the cage with reigning strawweight titleholder Yoshitaka “Nobita” Naito from Japan to determine who gets the right to call himself the king of ONE Championship’s 56.7-kilogram division at ONE: Conquest of Heroes on September 22 in Jakarta, Indonesia 

Getting to this point in his career was certainly no easy task for Team Lakay veteran Honorio “The Rock” Banario. Now that he finds himself resurgent in ONE Championship’s stacked lightweight division, the 28-year-old former ONE Featherweight World Champion wants to give credit where credit is due.

A huge factor in Banario’s re-emergence as an elite competitor is his time spent with his Team Lakay mentor, a man whom he considers as close as it gets to family.

Banario and former ONE Lightweight World Champion Eduard “Landslide” Folayang have been each other’s main sparring partner for the greater part of their careers, and together, they have been able to help each other become among the promotion’s top talents.

At ONE: BEYOND THE HORIZON in Shanghai, China this 8 September, ONE Championship will welcome one of the most decorated martial artists in the world in Daniel “The Rock” Dawson.

Kalgoorlie, Western Australia’s Dawson will be facing Mustapha “The Flying Dragon” Haida in a ONE Super Series 73.0-kilogram kickboxing bout that is sure to get the fans at the Baoshan Arena on their feet.

28 August 2018 – Bangkok, Thailand: The largest global sports media property in Asian history, ONE Championship™ (ONE), recently held the official ONE: KINGDOM OF HEROES Open Workout at Nakornloung Promotion Gym in Bangkok, Thailand. Set for the Impact Arena on 6 October, ONE: KINGDOM OF HEROES will feature The Ring and WBC Super Flyweight World Champion Srisaket Sor Rungvisai of Thailand, as he defends his title against challenger Iran “MagnifiKO” Diaz of Mexico.

Filipino contender Danny “The King” Kingad feels extra motivated in his return to action on September 22 as he and his girlfriend have welcomed a bouncing baby boy to their family.

His partner Jannine Vera Kate Dominguez gave birth to their first-born child named Gleuordan Adriel on Tuesday, August 14 at the Saint Louis University Hospital of the Sacred Heart in Baguio City, Benguet

Brazilian women’s strawweight contender Samara “Marituba” Santos will have the opportunity of a lifetime in her ONE Championship debut.

At ONE: BEYOND THE HORIZON on Saturday, 8 September at the Baoshan Arena in Shanghai, China, Santos will be challenging reigning titleholder and hometown favorite “The Panda” Xiong Jing Nan for the ONE Women’s Strawweight World Championship.

After mainly competing in her home country of Brazil, Santos is on the brink of making a name for herself on the international stage as capturing a world title will definitely be the highlight of her young career.

It did not take long for China’s own “The Panda” Xiong Jing Nan to reach the top of her division in ONE Championship.

In just her second fight with in the promotion back in January, Xiong captured the ONE Women’s Strawweight World Championship, dismantling erstwhile-unbeaten Tiffany Teo to become the first Chinese athlete to hold a world championship in mixed martial arts.

Danny “The King” Kingad is focused on becoming an elite mixed martial artist in ONE Championship as he has made enormous strides towards achieving his goal to be one of the top flyweights in the world today.

Following his heartbreaking defeat at the hands of then-ONE Flyweight World Champion Adriano “Mikinho” Moraes in November of last year, Kingad was determined to rebuild his self-confidence and further develop his grappling skills.