11 July 2018 - Bangkok, Thailand : 22-year-old ONE Championship mixed martial arts star Pongsiri Mitsatit isn’t just one of Thailand’s most decorated athletes, he is also a member of the
Pingnakorn Rescue Chiang Mai volunteer group, where he offers his spare time to help out in situations when duty calls.
ONE Featherweight and Lightweight World Champion Martin “The Situ-Asian” Nguyen came incredibly close to making history yet again this past March when he valiantly challenged Bibiano Fernandes for his bantamweight crown.
The 29-year-old Vietnamese-Australian dynamo was attempting to become the only three-division world champion in the history of mixed martial arts and nearly pulled off the feat four months ago.
The largest global sports media property in Asian history, ONE Championship (ONE), recently held the ONE: BATTLE FOR THE HEAVENS Official Face-Off at the Roof Top Bar of the Park Hyatt on Wednesday, 4 July. ONE Championship athletes stood and faced off with each other for the first time ahead of all the action this Saturday night.
If making history as the first three-division world champion in mixed martial arts is what Martin Nguyen is after in his highly-anticipated encounter against Kevin Belingon, the Filipino spitfire could likewise establish a new record for the Philippines in ONE Championship should he win over his Vietnamese-Australian foe.
Both men are slated to face each other in the main event of ONE: REIGN OF KINGS, which takes place at the 20,000-seater SM Mall of Asia Arena in Manila, Philippines on July 27.
If she secures an impressive victory over former world title challenger Istela Nunes on Saturday, July 7, Filipina dynamo Gina “Conviction” Iniong might place herself on the verge of a shot at the ONE Women’s Atomweight World Championship.
Flying a little under the radar is a spectacular matchup between former ONE Lightweight World Champion Shinya “Tobikan Judan” Aoki (40-8, 1NC) and rising Thai superstar Shannon “OneShin” Wiratchai (9-2, 1NC).
The two lightweight contenders are set to do battle in a three round bout on the main card of ONE: REIGN OF KINGS, which takes place July 27 at the Mall of Asia Arena in Manila, Philippines.
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02 July 2018 – Guangzhou, China: The largest global sports media property in Asian history, ONE Championship™ (ONE), has just announced the complete card for ONE: BATTLE FOR THE HEAVENS, set for Saturday, 7 July at the Guangzhou Tianhe Gymnasium in Guangzhou, China.
13 July 2018 – Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia: The largest global sports media property in Asian history, ONE Championship™ (ONE), treated fans to yet another exciting evening of world-class martial arts action. The packed Axiata Arena in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia played host to ONE: PURSUIT OF POWER, which featured the absolute best in local and international martial arts talent. In the main event, Zebaztian “The Bandit” Kadestam of Sweden scored a rousing third-round TKO of hometown hero Agilan “Alligator” Thani of Malaysia.
29 June 2018 – Yangon, Myanmar: The largest global sports media property in Asian history, ONE Championship™ (ONE), once again electrified the Thuwunna Indoor Stadium in Yangon, Myanmar last Friday night, 29 June. ONE: SPIRIT OF A WARRIOR played host to another amazing evening of world-class martial arts action, as the world’s best martial arts talents took to the ONE Championship cage to showcase their incredible skills. In the main event, reigning ONE Middleweight World Champion “The Burmese Python” Aung La N Sang of Myanmar retained his title with a shock fifth round knockout of game challenger Ken Hasegawa of Japan.
