ONE Championship

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ONE Championship
Current season, competition or edition:
Current sports event 2022 in ONE Championship
ONE Championship company logo.png
SportMixed martial arts
Founded14 July 2011; 10 years ago (14 July 2011)
Owner(s)Group One Holdings Pte. Ltd.
CEOChatri Sityodtong (Chairman and CEO)
DirectorSaurabh Mittal (Vice Chairman)
Hua Fung Teh (Group President)
Victor Cui (CEO International)
Rich Franklin (VP)
Matt Hume (SVP of Competition)
HeadquartersSingapore
Official websitehttp://www.onefc.com

ONE Championship (formerly known as ONE Fighting Championship or ONE FC) is a Singapore-based mixed martial arts (MMA), Muay Thai, kickboxing and grappling promotion which was founded on 14 July 2011 by entrepreneur Chatri Sityodtong and former ESPN Star Sports senior executive Victor Cui.[1] It is Asia's largest MMA promotion and is backed by Sequoia Capital, GIC, Temasek Holdings, ICONIQ Capital, Mission Holdings, and Greenoaks Capital.[2][3][4] According to Nielsen, ONE is amongst the world's top 10 biggest sports media properties in terms of viewership and engagement.[5]

The promotion's first event was held on 3 September 2011 at the Singapore Indoor Stadium; they have since gone on to hold over 100 events across the Asian region.[6]

Some of its notable athletes on the roster include: Demetrious Johnson, Eddie Alvarez, Adriano Moraes, Christian Lee, Nieky Holzken, Andy Souwer Angela Lee, Aung La N Sang, Eduard Folayang, Giorgio Petrosyan, Roman Kryklia, Rodtang Jitmuangnon, Andrei Stoica, Bogdan Stoica, Ismael Londt, Regian Eersel, Yodsanklai Fairtex, Kevin Belingon, Bibiano Fernandes, Roger Gracie, Brandon Vera, Shinya Aoki, Xiong Jingnan, Vitor Belfort, Alain Ngalani and Ilias Ennahachi.

History[]

Chatri Sityodtong, Founder, Chairman and CEO of ONE Championship.

Chatri Sityodtong stated his reasons for founding ONE was that he believed that martial arts was Asia's "cultural treasure", yet there was no Pan-Asian promotion to unite the continent.[7][8][9] Unlike western promotions, ONE's main goal was to promote "values of integrity, humility, honor, respect, courage, discipline, and compassion".[10]

On 26 October 2011, ONE announced the formation of the ONE FC network, an alliance of camps and promotions in the Asia and Oceania continents which enabled ONE to share fighters. The network includes kickboxing promotion GLORY, which allowed Dream 18 & Glory 4 Tokyo to feature ONE fighters Shinya Aoki, Bibiano Fernandes and Melvin Manhoef.[11]

On 31 March 2012, ONE FC held its first female fight during War of the Lions at the Singapore Indoor Stadium.[12]

On 13 January 2015, the promotion announced it would be changing its name to simply ONE Championship.[13] According to Victor Cui, the name change was made mostly for linguistic and cultural reasons.[14]

In August 2016, One Championship announced a grappling tournament that followed IBJJF no-gi rules with Shinya Aoki, Angela Lee and Michelle Nicolini among the participants[15]

In May 2017, a "grappling super fight" with submission-only rules was held between Shinya Aoki and Garry Tonon in Singapore.[16] Shortly after, Eddie Bravo announced that he had been contacted by One to take part in a similar grappling super fight against Sakuraba[17]

In November 2017, it was announced that ONE VP Rich Franklin would head up a competition called the ONE Warrior Series, searching for up-and-coming martial artists in Asia. The prize is a six-figure contract with the organization, with the winner determined based on their performance instead of victories.[18]

In January 2018, another submission-only "grappling super fight" was held between Shinya Aoki and Marat Gafurov.[19]

On 12 February 2018, ONE Championship announced the establishment of the "ONE Super Series", which would feature kickboxing and Muay Thai bouts.[20] The first event that featured bouts under Muay Thai and kickboxing rules was ONE: Heroes of Honor in Manila on 20 April 2018.[21] The promotion signed notable names such as Giorgio Petrosyan, Nong-O Gaiyanghadao and Fabio Pinca to feature on the bill. Since the inception of ONE Super Series, some events have used a five-roped ring, instead of the ONE circular cage, which had been used exclusively up until 2018. The One Super Series kickboxing bouts adopt the oriental ruleset.[22] In ONE Super Series Muay Thai bouts, open-finger 4 oz gloves are used.[23]

In July 2018, WBC Super flyweight world champion Srisaket Sor Rungvisai would make the next defense of his belt at a ONE Championship event in his home city of Bangkok, Thailand.[24] In what would be their first boxing match to be promoted, ONE collaborated with Nakornloung Promotion to put the matchup together with Iran Diaz. The match would headline ONE Championship: Kingdom of Heroes on 6 October 2018.

In November of the same year, ONE announced a partnership with Dentsu, Razer, and Singtel to launch its new esports series in 2019.[25] ONE Esports was then officially introduced later that year with Carlos Alimurung as its CEO.[26][27]

On January 2019, ONE entered into a partnership with Shooto, according to which Shooto champions would be give a contract with ONE Championship.[28] They entered into a similar partnership with One Pride MMA in December 2020.[29]

On 13 February 2020, ONE announced the launch of the "Infinity" series, events consisting of at least three championship fights and a minimum of 12 world champions.[30]

In November 2020, ONE announced a partnership with Facebook to distribute ONE Championship content on Facebook Watch and IGTV.[31]

In May 2021 One Championship announced that Gordon Ryan was due to debut in One Championship in a grappling match with Shinya Aoki to be held in August, the match was later postponed by Ryan due to health issues[32]

In June 2021, ONE announced a new partnership with Tinder to matchmake gamers to each other.[33] The new partnership included a slew of content offerings, as well as new features on Tinder's app for esports and gaming fans.[34]

Broadcast[]

It has been broadcast by RCTI (2015–2017), GTV (2012, repeat only for 2020–present), iNews (2015–2017, repeat only for 2020–present), Indosiar (delayed in 2013–2014), SCTV (delayed in 2018–present), Vidio (live in 2018–present), and NET. (repeat only in 2020–present) in Indonesia,[35] MediaCorp Channel 5 (temporarily) in Singapore,[36] ABS-CBN S+A/TV5/One Sports/LIGA Channel in the Philippines,[37] MyTV in Cambodia,[38] Astro Arena, TV9[39] and RTM[40] in Malaysia, Workpoint TV and Thairath TV in Thailand, TV Tokyo and AbemaTV in Japan.

On 30 January 2012, they signed a 10-year deal with ESPN Star Sports.[41] ONE made its PPV debut at ONE Fighting Championship: Rise of Kings via iN DEMAND, Avail-TVN, DirecTV and Dish.[42]

Since May 2018, ONE events have been broadcast live and free on both their dedicated apps and YouTube channel in select locations.[43]

On 11 December 2018, ONE announced a three-year broadcast deal with Turner Sports, a division of WarnerMedia, in the United States that will bring live events to streaming service B/R Live and recap shows on TNT.[44][45]

On 19 September 2019, it was announced that sports streaming service FITE TV would broadcast the promotion's two-part, 100th numbered event, Century.[46]

Weight divisions[]

ONE Championship currently uses ten different weight classes:[47]

Weight class name Upper limit Gender
in pounds (lb) in kilograms (kg) in stone (st)
Atomweight 115 52.2 8.2 Female
Strawweight 125 56.7 8.9 Male / Female
Flyweight 135 61.2 9.6 Male / Female
Bantamweight 145 65.8 10.4 Male / Female
Featherweight 155 70.3 11.1 Male
Lightweight 170 77.1 12.1 Male
Welterweight 185 83.9 13.2 Male
Middleweight 205 93 14.6 Male
Light Heavyweight 225 102.1 16.1 Male
Heavyweight 265 120.2 18.9 Male

Unlike most MMA organizations, these weight limits are based on a competitor's "walking weight", rather than pre-fight weigh-ins.

The change took place after the death of 21-year-old Chinese fighter, Yang Jian Bing (who was supposed to face Geje Eustaquio) on 11 December 2015, due to dehydration by weight-cutting in the Philippines.[48]

The promotion banned weight-cutting by dehydration in order to promote fighter safety.[49] The promotion’s revised policy on weight mandated that athletes are monitored in their training camps, and have urine specific gravity tests to ensure they are hydrated up to three hours ahead of their bouts. Since the new measures took effect, there have been no further serious incidents.

The new system was well received by athletes in the organization,[50][51] as well as other stakeholders in the MMA industry.[52][53]

Events[]

Main article: List of ONE Championship events

Scheduled events[]

# Event Date Venue Location Attendance
2 ONE Championship: Heavy Hitters 14 January 2022 Indoor Stadium Singapore Singapore

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Executive and production team[]

Its leadership and executive team are its chairman Chatri Sityodtong whilst the CEO of International is Victor Cui who used to be a senior executive at ESPN Star Sports. Matches are made by matchmaker and Vice President of Operations, Matt Hume.

In 2014, Rich Franklin became its vice president. The referees include Olivier Coste, Yuji Shimada, and Kemp Cheng for MMA matches, and Atsushi Onari and Elias Dolaptsis for ONE Super Series matches.

The regular colour commentators for the television broadcast are Michael Schiavello[54] and Mitch Chilson, although Josh Thomson, Jason Chambers, Bas Rutten and Renzo Gracie have appeared as guest commentators. Dominic Lau is the cage announcer. Nam En Ju, Siena, Lee Ji Na, Kim Ji Na, Chun Se Ra, Eun Ji Ye and Choi Ye Rok are ring girls.[55]

Fighter salary[]

Fighter salaries in Asia are not publicly disclosed, unlike in the US, so information about ONE FC's fighter purses is not in the public domain. However, in January 2014 Ben Askren revealed that he was being paid a minimum of US$50,000 per fight as well as a US$50,000 win bonus.[56]

A cash bonus known as the "ONE Warrior bonus" was introduced on 9 July 2014 and implemented for the first time at ONE Fighting Championship: War of Dragons on 11 July 2014.

An award of US$50,000 is given out at the end of certain events to the fighter who impresses the most in terms of:

  • thrilling the fans with exciting action;
  • demonstrating an incredible warrior spirit;
  • exhibiting amazing skill, and;
  • delivering a phenomenal finish.

Victor Cui stated that bonuses would be handed out on a discretionary basis: "For every event, the bar will be very, very high. If a few fighters impress me, then I will hand out the bonus to a few fighters. If no one impresses me, then no one will get it. Extraordinary performance deserves extraordinary rewards. Ordinary performances deserve ordinary rewards."[57]

Roster[]

Main article: List of current ONE fighters

Rankings[]

The rankings for the ONE's fighters are both recorded and updated when information has been obtained from the ONE's website.[58]

MMA[]

ONE Championship MMA Rankings
Rank Lightweight Featherweight Bantamweight Flyweight
C South Korea Ok Rae Yoon United States Thanh Le Brazil Bibiano Fernandes Brazil Adriano Moraes
1 United States Christian Lee South Korea Kim Jae Woong Brazil John Lineker United States Demetrious Johnson
2 Turkey Dagi Arslanaliev Increase 1 United States Garry Tonon Philippines Kevin Belingon Japan Yuya Wakamatsu Increase 1
3 Japan Shinya Aoki Decrease 1 Australia Martin Nguyen Russia Yusup Saadulaev Philippines Danny Kingad Decrease 1
4 Moldova Iuri Lapicus China Tang Kai Brazil Fabricio Andrade Kazakhstan Kairat Akhmetov
5 Russia Timofey Nastyukhin Japan Yoshiki Nakahara New entry Japan Shoko Sato Australia Reece McLaren
Rank Strawweight Women's Strawweight Women's Atomweight
C Philippines Joshua Pacio China Xiong Jing Nan United States Angela Lee
1 South Africa Bokang Masunyane Increase 1 Singapore Tiffany Teo Thailand Stamp Fairtex Increase 1
2 Japan Yosuke Saruta Decrease 1 Brazil Michelle Nicolini Philippines Denice Zamboanga Decrease 1
3 United States Jarred Brooks New entry United States Angela Lee South Korea Seo Hee Ham
4 Japan Hiroba Minowa Decrease 1 Japan Ayaka Miura India Ritu Phogat
5 Brazil Alex Silva Decrease 1 Philippines Jenelyn Olsim China Meng Bo

Kickboxing[]

ONE Championship Kickboxing Rankings
Rank Featherweight Bantamweight Flyweight
C Thailand Superbon Banchamek Thailand Capitan Petchyindee Academy Netherlands Ilias Ennahachi
1 Belgium Marat Grigorian Increase 1 Russia Alaverdi Ramazanov Thailand Rodtang Jitmuangnon
2 Italy Giorgio Petrosyan Decrease 1 Japan Hiroki Akimoto Increase 1 Thailand Superlek Kiatmuukao
3 Thailand Sitthichai Sitsongpeenong Thailand Nong-O Gaiyanghadao Decrease 1 Brazil Walter Gonçalves
4 Belarus Chingiz Allazov New entry Thailand Petchtanong Petchfergus Japan Taiki Naito
5 Netherlands Tayfun Özcan Decrease 1 Brazil Felipe Lobo New entry China Wang Wenfeng
Rank Strawweight Women's Atomweight
C Thailand Sam-A Gaiyanghadao United States Janet Todd
1 Russia Astemir Borsov Thailand Stamp Fairtex
2 Russia Aslanbek Zikreev Australia Alma Juniku
3 China Wang Junguang Taiwan Chuang Kai Ting
4 Australia Rocky Ogden France Anissa Meksen
5 Australia Josh Tonna Norway Anne Line Hogstad

Muay Thai[]

ONE Championship Muay Thai Rankings
Rank Featherweight Bantamweight Flyweight
C Thailand Phetmorakot Petchyindee Academy Thailand Nong-O Gaiyanghadao Thailand Rodtang Jitmuangnon
1 Russia Jamal Yusupov Thailand Saemapetch Fairtex Thailand Superlek Kiatmuukao
2 Thailand Superbon Banchamek Thailand Rittewada Petchyindee Academy New entry England Jonathan Haggerty
3 Thailand Jo Nattawut Thailand Rodlek P.K. Saenchaimuaythaigym Decrease 1 Thailand Panpayak Jitmuangnon
4 Thailand Sitthichai Sitsongpeenong Russia Alaverdi Ramazanov Increase 1 Thailand Mongkolpetch Petchyindee Academy
5 France Samy Sana Thailand Kulabdam Sor Jor Piek-U-Thai Decrease 2 France Elias Mahmoudi
Rank Strawweight Women's Atomweight
C Thailand Prajanchai P.K. Saenchaimuaythaigym Brazil Allycia Hellen Rodrigues
1 Thailand Sam-A Gaiyanghadao United States Janet Todd
2 Australia Josh Tonna Thailand Stamp Fairtex
3 Italy Joseph Lasiri Norway Anne Line Hogstad
4 France Darren Rolland Australia Alma Juniku
5 England Andy Howson Argentina Milagros Lopez

Current champions[]

Main article: List of ONE Championship champions

World Champions[]

Men[]

Division Champion Since Defenses Record
MMA
Heavyweight Canada Arjan Bhullar 15 May 2021
(ONE: Dangal) 		0 11–1–0
Light Heavyweight Netherlands Reinier De Ridder 28 April 2021
(ONE on TNT 4) 		0 14–0–0
Middleweight 30 October 2020
(ONE: Inside the Matrix) 		0
Welterweight Kyrgyzstan Kiamrian Abbasov 25 October 2019
(ONE: Dawn of Valor) 		1 23–4–0
Lightweight South Korea Ok Rae Yoon 24 September 2021
(ONE: Revolution) 		0 16–3–0
Featherweight United States Thanh Le 30 October 2020
(ONE: Inside the Matrix) 		0 12–2–0
Bantamweight Brazil Bibiano Fernandes 31 March 2019
(ONE: A New Era) 		1 24–4–0
Flyweight Brazil Adriano Moraes 25 January 2019
(ONE: Hero's Ascent) 		1 19–3–0
Strawweight Philippines Joshua Pacio 12 April 2019
(ONE: Roots of Honor) 		3 20–3–0
Kickboxing
Light Heavyweight Ukraine Roman Kryklia 16 November 2019
(ONE: Age of Dragons) 		1 45–7–0
Lightweight Suriname Regian Eersel 17 May 2019
(ONE: Enter the Dragon) 		3 57–4–0
Featherweight Thailand Superbon Banchamek 15 October 2021
(ONE: First Strike) 		0 112–34–0
Bantamweight Thailand Capitan Petchyindee Academy 22 January 2021
(ONE: Unbreakable) 		1 145–40–2
Flyweight Netherlands Ilias Ennahachi 16 August 2019
(ONE: Dreams of Gold) 		2 37–3–0
Strawweight Thailand Sam-A Gaiyanghadao 6 December 2019
(ONE: Mark of Greatness) 		0 369–47–9
Muay Thai
Featherweight Thailand Phetmorakot Petchyindee Academy 7 February 2020
(ONE: Warrior’s Code) 		2 163–34–2 (1)
Bantamweight Thailand Nong-O Gaiyanghadao 16 February 2019
(ONE: Clash of Legends) 		4 262–54–1
Flyweight Thailand Rodtang Jitmuangnon 2 August 2019
(ONE: Dawn of Heroes) 		3 263–42–10
Strawweight Thailand Prajanchai P.K. Saenchaimuaythaigym 30 July 2021
(ONE: Battleground) 		0 338–51–3

Women[]

Division Champion Since Defenses Record
MMA
Strawweight China Xiong Jing Nan 20 January 2018
(ONE: Kings of Courage) 		4 15–2–0
Atomweight United States Angela Lee 6 May 2016
(ONE: Ascent to Power) 		4 10–2–0
Kickboxing
Atomweight United States Janet Todd 28 February 2020
(ONE: King of the Jungle) 		0 36–11–0
Muay Thai
Atomweight Brazil Allycia Hellen Rodrigues 28 August 2020
(ONE: A New Breed) 		0 31–5–0

Tournament winners[]

ONE Grand Prix Champions

Division Champion Since
Bantamweight Japan Masakatsu Ueda 31 May 2013 (ONE FC: Rise to Power)
Flyweight United States Demetrious Johnson 13 October 2019 (ONE: Century − Part 1)
Lightweight United States Christian Lee 13 October 2019 (ONE: Century − Part 1)
Featherweight
(Kickboxing)		 Italy Giorgio Petrosyan 13 October 2019 (ONE: Century − Part 2)
Atomweight Thailand Stamp Fairtex 3 December 2021 (ONE: Winter Warriors)

Muay Thai GP Champions

Division Champion Since
Bantamweight Thailand Rodlek P.K. Saenchaimuaythaigym 28 August 2020 (ONE: A New Breed)

Malaysia GP Champions

Division Champion Since
Featherweight Malaysia A.J. Lias Mansor 15 November 2013 (ONE FC: Warrior Spirit)

Cambodia GP Champions

Division Champion Since
Featherweight Cambodia Samang Dun 12 September 2014 (ONE FC: Rise of the Kingdom)

China GP Champions

Division Champion Since
Featherweight (Beijing) China Li Kai Wen 19 December 2014 (ONE FC: Dynasty of Champions (Beijing))
Flyweight (Beijing) China Wei Bin Li 19 December 2014 (ONE FC: Dynasty of Champions (Beijing))
Featherweight (Guangzhou) China Huang Di Yuan 20 June 2015 (ONE: Dynasty of Champions (Guangzhou))
Flyweight (Guangzhou) China Wu Ze 20 June 2015 (ONE: Dynasty of Champions (Guangzhou))
Featherweight (Beijing) China Yang Sen 21 November 2015 (ONE FC: Dynasty of Champions (Beijing II))
Bantamweight (Changsha) China Ma Hao Bin 23 January 2016 (ONE: Dynasty of Champions (Changsha))
Flyweight (Hefei) China Huo You Xia Bu 2 July 2016 (ONE: Dynasty of Champions (Anhui))

Myanmar GP Champions

Division Champion Since
Featherweight Myanmar Tha Pyay Nyo 18 July 2015 (ONE: Kingdom of Warriors)
Lightweight Myanmar Thway Thit Aung 18 July 2015 (ONE: Kingdom of Warriors)
Featherweight Myanmar Phoe Thaw 7 October 2016 (ONE: State of Warriors)

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