ONE Championship™ (ONE) returned to Manila, the capital city of the Philippines, to kick off a massive event week with a live press conference for ONE on Prime Video 5: De Ridder vs. Malykhin, and ONE 164: Pacio vs. Brooks, held at The Theatre at Solaire on Wednesday night.

“This is going to be an explosive night for Filipino fans and our athletes are in for a treat. They have no idea what’s coming. The Filipino fans are not only the loudest but they are some of the greatest fans on the planet. Two undefeated World Champions with a massive finish rate -- I want to say that both [with an] 80-90 percent finish rate. This will be an epic fight to see who’s the best in the world. I already believe that Reinier de Ridder is the best middleweight in the world, by far. He would smoke anybody in the other divisions. Anatoly, I believe, is the greatest heavyweight on the planet. I’m telling you that RDR’s going to get knocked out or Anatoly’s going to get choked out. That’s my prediction." -Chairman and CEO Chatri Sityodtong,

ONE Middleweight and Light Heavyweight World Champion Reinier de Ridder and his opponent, ONE Interim Heavyweight World Champion Anatoly Malykhin, as well as ONE Strawweight World Champion Joshua Pacio and his opponent, #1-ranked strawweight contender Jarred Brooks, among others.