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Bangkok, Thailand's Shannon Wiratchai earns 9th ONE Championship win at 'ONE Friday Fights 3'

“OneShin” Shannon Wiratchai (ชนนภัทร วิรัชชัย), 34, of Bangkok, Thailand is back in action after going on hiatus for more than two years. He was one of the winners at the ONE Championship event “ONE Friday Fights 3“.

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Iuri Lapicus vs Shannon Wiratchai - ONE Championship: Enter the Dragon 

Iuri Lapicus (14-0) kind of came out of nowhere but has done rather well thus far in the ONE lightweight division. He’s 2-0 but managed to get a first round submission win over former ONE featherweight champion Marat Gafurov in his 2nd fight.

Lapicus will be challenging for the ONE Lightweight championship this Friday (Oct. 30) when he faces champion Christian Lee (13-3).

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Shannon Wiratchai earns 8th ONE Championship, beats Fabio Pinca at 'ONE: No Surrender 3' in Thailand

Shannon Wiratchai earns 8th ONE Championship, beats Fabio Pinca at ‘ONE: No Surrender 3’ in Thailand

Shannon Wiratchai, Nick Chapman, Fabio Pinca (©ONE Championship)

Shannon “OneShin” Wiratchai, 31, of Thailand has earned his first victory in ONE Championship‘s striking-only league ONE Super Series. The Estonian martial artist was one of the “ONE: No Surrender 3” winners.

Featuring four Muay Thai and two MMA matches, “ONE: No Surrender 3” took place in Bangkok, Thailand on August 21, 2020. In…

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Shannon Wiratchai (© ONE Championship)

Iurie Lapicus

*Results and photos to be added after the bout. Stay tuned. 

Thailand and the Republic of Moldova were among the 19 countries represented at “ONE: Enter the Dragon” on May 17, 2019. ONE Championship held the combat sports event at the Singapore Indoor Stadium in Kallang, Singapore.

Featuring 10 mixed martial arts matches and six ONE Super Series contests, which were six kickboxing bouts, “ONE: Enter the Dragon” was the Singapore-based martial arts organization’s second event in 2019 that took place in Singapore. The third bout was between Shannon “OneShin” Wiratchai, 30, of Thailand and Iurie Lapicus, 23, of Moldova.

Wiratchai was one of the five representatives of Thailand at “ONE: Enter the Dragon” while Lapicus solely represented Moldova. Australia, Argentina, Brazil, China, France, Germany, India, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, the Philippines, Russia, Singapore, South Korea, Turkey, Ukraine and the United States were also represented.

Blue Corner

Lapicus

Red Corner

Wiratchai

Fight Result

Wiratchai and Lapicus competed in an MMA bout in the lightweight division.

[RESULT TO BE ADDED HERE]

Wiratchai: 9 wins, 4 losses m 0 draw and 1 No Contest

Lapicus: 12 wins, 0 loss

“ONE: Enter the Dragon” Main Events

Both fighting out of the Netherlands, Nieky “The Natural” Holzken, 34, and Regian “The Immortal” Eersel, 25, competed for the inaugural ONE Lightweight Kickboxing World Championship in the co-main event. [RESULT TO BE ADDED HERE]

Christian “The Warrior” Lee, 20, of Singapore challenged reigning ONE Lightweight World Championship: Shinya “Tobikan Judan” Aoki, 35, of Japan in the main event. [RESULT TO BE ADDED HERE]

Check the complete results for “ONE: Enter the Dragon” on Conan Daily.

[PHOTOS] Thailand vs Moldova: Shannon Wiratchai, Iurie Lapicus fight at ‘ONE: Enter the Dragon’ in Singapore *Results and photos to be added after the bout. Stay tuned.  Thailand and the Republic of Moldova were among the 19 countries represented at "ONE: Enter the Dragon" on May 17, 2019.

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Channon Wiratchai picks winner of Lee - Lapicus bout at ONE: INSIDE THE MATRIX #SootinClaimon.Com

Channon Wiratchai picks winner of Lee – Lapicus bout at ONE: INSIDE THE MATRIX #SootinClaimon.Com

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https://www.nationthailand.com/sport/30396453?utm_source=category&utm_medium=internal_referral Channon Wiratchai picks winner of Lee – Lapicus bout at ONE: INSIDE THE MATRIX

Oct 20. 2020

 Top mixed martial arts proponent Shannon “OneShin” Wiratchai of Thailand is a veteran of the sport, and enjoys watching big matches…

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Kulabdam KOs Sangmanee, Wondergirl Dominates In Debut

“Left Meteorite” Kulabdam Sor. Jor. Piek Uthai only needed one round to put away “The Million Dollar Baby” Sangmanee Klong SuanPluResort in their ONE Bantamweight Muay Thai Tournament semifinal clash on Friday, 21 August.

Kulabdam registered an impressive first-round KO victory over his compatriot at ONE: NO SURRENDER III in Bangkok, Thailand, and earned himself a place in the finals of the tournament, where he was supposed to face Saemapetch Fairtex.

On Friday night, however, it was announced that Saemapetch was forced to withdraw from the tournament final due to injury.

With this, Kulabdam will now face Rodlek PK.Saenchai Muaythaigym in the final, and the winner will then challenge ONE Bantamweight Muay Thai World Champion Nong-O Gaiyanghadao sometime down the road.

Wondergirl Fairtex also dominated in her ONE debut, stopping Brooke Farrell in the first round of their strawweight Muay Thai showdown by knockout.

The Fairtex rising star used her powerful punches to score a knockdown early in the first round, and although Farrell answered the count, it was only a matter of time before she jumped back on the attack and finished the Australian.

Here are the full results for ONE: NO SURRENDER III, which featured an incredible seven martial arts World Champions:

ONE Bantamweight Muay Thai Tournament semifinal “Left Meteorite” Kulabdam Sor. Jor. Piek Uthai defeats “The Million Dollar Baby” Sangmanee Klong SuanPluResort via knockout at 2:45 of round one

ONE Super Series Muay Thai – Flyweight Mongkolpetch Petchyindee Academy defeats Sok Thy via unanimous decision

Mixed Martial Arts – Featherweight Shannon “OneShin” Wiratchai defeats Fabio Pinca via split decision

ONE Super Series Muay Thai – Strawweight Wondergirl Fairtex defeats Brooke Farrell via knockout at 1:21 of round one

ONE Super Seres Muay Thai – Atomweight Marie “Snow Leopard” Ruumet defeats Little Tiger via unanimous decision

Mixed Martial Arts – Featherweight Ben Royle defeats Quitin Thomas via TKO at 3:27 of round three

Read More From ONE Championship:

ONE: NO SURRENDER III – Full Results And Highlights For Sangmanee Vs. Kulabdam

Marie Ruumet Makes A Statement In Debut Win Over Little Tiger

Ben Royle Scores Third-Round TKO Win In ONE Debut

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Shannon Wiratchai vs. Honorio Banario | ONE Full Fight | February 2020

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ONE CHAMPIONSHIP 96 MAIN CARD Christian Lee def. Shinya Aoki via TKO (punches) – Round 2, 0:51 – for lightweight title Cosmo Alexandre def. Sage Northcutt via knockout (punch) – Round 1, 0:29 Saygid Guseyn Arslanaliev def. Amir Khan via knockout (punches) – Round 1, 2:56 – lightweight world grand prix semifinal Geje Eustaquio def. Kim Kyu Sung via unanimous decision – flyweight world grand prix alternate bout Litao Miao def. Dejdamrong Sor Amnuaysirichoke via knockout (punch) – Round 1, 4:09 PRELIMINARY CARD Yoshitaka Naito def. Alex Silva via unanimous decision Garry Tonon def. Yoshiki Nakahara via submission (heel hook)  Round 1, 0:55 Iuri Lapicus def. Shannon Wiratchai via submission (rear-naked choke) – Round 3, 3:10 Mei Yamaguchi def. Laura Balin via submission (armbar) – Round 1, 3:46 Rahul Raju def. Richard Corminal via submission (rear-naked choke) – Round 1, 4:43

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ONE Championship’s WARRIOR KINGDOM Card In Bangkok Takes Shape

ONE Championship recently announced additional bouts for ONE: WARRIOR KINGDOM, its highly-anticipated return to Thailand. The event will take place on 11 March at the Impact Arena in Bangkok.

Headlined by Asian MMA star Angela “Unstoppable” Lee, who makes the first defense of her ONE Women’s Atomweight World Championship title against Chinese Taipei’s Jenny Huang, ONE: WARRIOR KINGDOM will feature a slew of local and international MMA stars.

The 20-year-old Lee (6-0) is undefeated, and fresh off capturing the inaugural women’s title in May of last year with a hard-earned victory over Japanese MMA veteran Mei “V.V” Yamaguchi in Singapore.  Her opponent, Huang (5-0), also boasts an unblemished record, including a Submission of the Year 2016 victory in her last bout, a rare gogoplata finish of Filipino fighter April Osenio.

What is perhaps the next-most exciting bout on the card sees the return of three-time Lumpinee stadium champion and former ONE Strawweight World Champion Dejdamrong “Kru Rong” Sor Amnuaysirichoke (6-1), who is set to take on 21-year-old Joshua Pacio (8-1) of the Philippines.

Dejdamrong will make his first appearance inside the ONE Championship cage since losing his title to now-reigning champion Yoshitaka “Nobita” Naito of Japan. Pacio, on the other hand is fresh off challenging Naito for the same title, falling short of victory after succumbing to the Japanese fighter by submission.

It’s a tremendous matchup between Muay Thai and wushu that should test both fighters to their limits, with the winner expected to earn a rematch against the champion.

Plus, ONE Championship standout and local hero Shannon “OneShin” Wiratchai (6-1, 1NC) will take the stage in Bangkok once again, this time opposite debuting fighter Richard “Lion Heart” Corminal (4-1) of the Philippines.

Wiratchai is riding a four-fight win streak, impressively stopping some big names in the promotion including Mitch Chilson, Amir Khan, and Peter Davis. Corminal, on the other hand, makes his first appearance inside the ONE Championship cage after winning his last bout with another promotion.

Interestingly, Wiratchai’s real-life love interest, 27-year-old Rika “Tinydoll” Ishige, makes her ONE Championship debut on the same card against Malaysian doctor AudreyLaura “Ice Comet” Boniface, who is also debuting for the promotion.

Ishige, who is of mixed Thai and Japanese heritage, is Thailand’s first female professional mixed martial artist, and has trained in aikido and taekwondo since she was 9 years old. Ishige’s opponent Boniface is a full-time practicing doctor in Sabah, Malaysia, where she trains at Borneo Tribal Squad alongside Malaysian MMA star Ann “Athena” Osman.

Also to see action inside the ONE Championship cage are Thai prospects Kritsada “Dream Man” Kongsrichai and Pongsiri “Punhod” Mitsatit. Kongsrichai will take on Adrian Matheis of Jakarta, Indonesia, while Mitsatit does battle with Rabin Catalan of Iloilo City, Philippines.

On the undercard, 20-year-old Chinese MMA prospect Ma Jia Wen faces off against Indonesian veteran Yohan Mulia Legowo, while multiple-time Muay Thai champion and legend Sagetdao Petpayathai makes his professional MMA debut against Malaysia’s Kelvin Ong.

To cap it all off, two of Thailand’s biggest bands, Thaitanium and Slot Machine, will be performing at the event as well.

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Team Lakay's Honorio Banario earns 9th ONE Championship win, decisions Thailand's Shannon Wiratchai at 'ONE: King of the Jungle' in Singapore

Team Lakay’s Honorio Banario earns 9th ONE Championship win, decisions Thailand’s Shannon Wiratchai at ‘ONE: King of the Jungle’ in Singapore

Shannon Wiratchai, Kemp Cheng, Honorio Banario

Honorio “The Rock” Banario, 30, of the Mankayan, Benguet, Philippines was one of the winners at “ONE: King of the Jungle.” It was the ninth ONE Championship victory of the Igorot mixed martial artist, who is training out of Team Lakay in La Trinidad, Benguet.

Featuring one Muay Thai title bout, one kickboxing title bout and nine MMA matches, “ONE:…

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Indonesia and China are among the 14 countries to be represented at “ONE: Clash of Legends.” It will be the first ONE Championship event to take place in Thailand in 2019.

Featuring five Muay Thai contests and seven mixed martial arts bouts, “ONE: Clash of Legends” will take place at the Impact Arena in Bangkok, Thailand on February 16, 2019. In the eighth bout of the evening, Shannon “OneShin” Wiratchai, 30, of Thailand will face “Spear” Amarsanaa Tsogookhuu (Цогоохүү Амарсанаа), 28, of Mongolia.

Wiratchai is one of the seven hometown heroes competing at “ONE: Clash of Legends” while Amarsanaa is the only fighter from Mongolia. The Thai contender was supposed to face Tae Kyun “Ares” Kim of South Korea, who was later on replaced by the Mongolian fighter.

Blue Corner

Amarsanaa was born in Mongolia on August 25, 1990. He has been competing professionally since 2016 and started his MMA career with DEEP.

“ONE: Clash of Legends” marks Amarsanaa’s ONE Championship debut. He is training out of Mongolian Top Team and Shiren Beelii Fighting Center in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia

Red Corner

Wiratchai is a Naksu Champion who is known for his highly-entertaining walkouts to the ONE Championship cage. He created the OneShin Striking System, which uses creative combinations, and has been competing professionally since 2011

Training out of Bangkok Fight Lab in Bangkok, Thailand, Wiratchai joined ONE Championship in 2012. “ONE: Clash of Legends” marks his 12 outing in the promotion.

Fight Result

Wiratchai and Amarsanaa will compete in an MMA bout in the lightweight division.

[Result to be added here]

Wiratchai: 9-3-0-1 NC

Amarsanaa: 4-1

“ONE: Clash of Legends” Main Events

In the co-main event of the evening, Kongsak P.K.Saenchaimuaythaigym, 28, of Thailand will face Alaverdi “Dagger” Ramazanov, 24, of Russia in a Muay Thai bout in the bantamweight division.

[Result to be added here]

In the main event, Nong-o Gaiyanghadao, 32, of Thailand and Han Zi Hao, 23, of China will compete for the inaugural ONE Super Series Bantamweight Muay Thai World Championship.

[Result to be added here]

Cambodia, China, France, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Mongolia, New Zealand, the Philippines, Russia, South Korea, Thailand, the United Kingdom and the United States will also be represented at “ONE: Clash of Legends.” Check all the results here.

*More photos to be added after the bout.

Thailand vs Mongolia: Shannon Wiratchai, Amarsanaa Tsogookhuu fight at ‘ONE: Clash of Legends’ in Bangkok Indonesia and China are among the 14 countries to be represented at “ONE: Clash of Legends.” It will be the first ONE Championship event to take place in Thailand in 2019.

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Shannon holds Pinca in high regard as they square off in ONE Ring #ศาสตร์เกษตรดินปุ๋ย

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https://www.nationthailand.com/sport/30393165?utm_source=category&utm_medium=internal_referral Shannon holds Pinca in high regard as they square off in ONE Ring

Aug 19. 2020

 ONE Championship veteran and top Thai mixed martial arts talent Shannon “OneShin” Wiratchai is looking to get his career back on track while…

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Fabio Pinca Believes He Could Beat Wiratchai At His Own Game

On Friday, 21 August, French Muay Thai legend Fabio Pinca steps into the ring to compete in mixed martial arts for the first time in his lengthy career.

The 36-year-old battles Shannon “OneShin” Wiratchai in a featherweight matchup at ONE: NO SURRENDER III in Bangkok, Thailand.

Before the action kicks off on Friday night in Thailand’s capital, Pinca explains why he believes he will walk away the victor against the hometown hero.

“He’s an experienced mixed martial arts fighter,” the Lyon native said. “But I have more experience in the fight game.”

The multiple-time Muay Thai World Champion has a stellar kickboxing and Muay Thai record of 99-24-4. Because of that, he makes a convincing argument to support his claim.

That doesn’t mean he’s going to sleep on Wiratchai, who has shared the ONE ring with a myriad of mixed martial arts superstars like Singapore’s Amir Khan and Japanese legend Shinya “Tobikan Judan” Aoki.

“I watched his fights,” said Pinca, who will be one of seven World Champions competing at Friday’s event. “He’s good. I’m happy to face him for my mixed martial arts debut.”

Having spent nearly two decades competing in the stand-up disciplines, will Pinca struggle in his transition to mixed martial arts? Some might believe that could be the case. But if you ask him, the man from Lyon has a different opinion.

“I’ve been training hard as always, but a bit differently because of the new rules. So, I’ve worked a lot on my ground game – and I love it," he said.

“My plan is to beat him in his rules. I’m ready to use all the mixed martial arts weapons. I see a unanimous decision victory for me.”

Catch ONE: NO SURRENDER III on meWATCH, the ONE Championship YouTube channel, or the ONE Super App at 8:30 p.m. Singapore Standard Time (SGT). Also, Channel 5 will broadcast the event on a next-day delay at 1 a.m. SGT on Saturday, 22 August.

Read More From ONE Championship:

Fabio Pinca Set For Mixed Martial Arts Debut Against Wiratchai

5 Reasons Why You Can’t Miss ONE: NO SURRENDER III

Kulabdam Aiming To KO Sangmanee: ‘If I Hit Him, It Will Be Enough’

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5 Team Lakay fighters among top seeds in ONE ratings

#PHnews: 5 Team Lakay fighters among top seeds in ONE ratings

BAGUIO CITY – ONE Fighting Championship strawweight champion Joshua Pacio is the top fighter in his weight division, while four other fighters remain among the top mix martial arts fighters but former champion Eduard Folayang is nowhere in the list.

ONE’s latest ranking released this week show Pacio as the only top player in his weight division from Team Lakay.

Folayang, Geje Eustaquio, Honorio Banario as well as Kevin Belingon as top athletes in lightweight, flyweight, featherweight and bantamweight divisions are no longer on the list.

Belingon, a former bantamweight king, remains to be the top challenger in the weight division ruled by long-time champion and rival Bibiano Fernandes, who defeated him in their last two fights that cost him the crown.

Behind Belingon are Shoko Sato, Yusup Saadulaevm Shuya Kamikubo, and Daichi Takenaka.

Pacio is the top strawweight athlete, thanks to two successful title defense after losing the belt last year.

Behind him are former champions Yosuke Saruta, Yoshitaka Naito, Olympic gold medalist for wushu Rene Catalan, former champion Alex Silva and the fast-rising and fellow Team Lakay member Lito Adiwang.

Catalan and Silva were the last two opponents of Pacio whom he beat to retain the belt which he wrested back from Saruta on April 12 last year.

It was a rematch after losing the belt to the same guy on January 19 last year.

Pacio completed Team Lakay’s four-weight sweep in ONE on September 22, 2018, by beating then-champion Yoshitaka Naito to join Belingon, Eustaquio, and Folayang.

Flyweight king Adriano Moraes leads Grand Prix winner Demetrius Johnson, with Danny Kingad of Team Lakay as the second seed.

Kingad lost to the Mighty Mite Johnson in the Grand Prix semi-finals.

Former champion Kairat Akhmetov is the third seed, followed by Yuya Wakamatsu and Reece McClaren, the Fil-Aussie nicknamed Lightning.

Former champion Eustaquio failed to join the elite six.

Martin Nguyen remains the top featherweight player as the champion, who once carried the lightweight belt after beating Folayang.

The second to third seeds are Koyomi Matsushima, Than Le, Tetsuya Yamada, and Garry Tonon.

Out of the list is inaugural ONE feather champion Banario, who ended his four-game losing streak after beating Shannon Wiratchai in the first closed-door fight last February 28 in Singapore, which was also the last staged ONE event.

While seeded first in the featherweight division, Christian Lee reigns supreme in the lightweight division after wresting the title from legend and former three-time champion Shinya Aoki, who is now the fifth seed. 

In between are Iuri Lapicus, Saygid Guseyn Arslanaliev, Pieter Buist, and Timofey Nastyukhin.

Folayang is out of the list after falling to Buist in his last outing last January.

Southeast Asian Games kickboxing gold medalist Gina Iniong-Araos is the fifth seed in the women’s atomweight division which is dominated by long-time queen Angela Lee.

Fellow Filipina Denice Zamboanga is the top seed, followed by Meng Bo and Mei Yamaguchi.

The ranking was released for select weight divisions across the MMA, muay Thai, and kickboxing disciplines.

“The rankings will bring more clarity and transparency for our athletes as they chase their dreams for a world championship,” said ONE chairman Chatri Sitdoyodtong in a statement.

The ranking was determined by a panel that included media, industry experts, ONE Championship vice presidents Rich Franklin and former UFC champion Misha Tate.

The rankings were determined after each event, weighing wins and losses, recent performances and quality of opponents.

Team Lakay members are busy training at the Team Lakay gym in Pico, La Trinidad, Benguet even as they joined forces with ACT-CIS Party-list Rep. Eric Go Yap, also the Benguet caretaker congressman, in distributing relief goods to Benguet residents. (PNA)

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References:

* Philippine News Agency. " 5 Team Lakay fighters among top seeds in ONE ratings." Philippine News Agency. https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1101194 (accessed April 28, 2020 at 08:17PM UTC+14).

* Philippine News Agency. " 5 Team Lakay fighters among top seeds in ONE ratings." Archive Today. https://archive.ph/?run=1&url=https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1101194 (archived).

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Demetrious Johnson and Eddie Alvarez set to make ONE Championship debut

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Demetrious Johnson and Eddie Alvarez set to make ONE Championship debut

The largest global sports media property in Asian history, ONE Championship™ (ONE), has just announced the first six bouts scheduled for ONE: A NEW ERA, which is set to take place Sunday, 31 March at the Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo, Japan.

Reigning ONE Women’s Strawweight World Champion “The Panda” Xiong Jing Nan of China will defend her title against ONE Women’s Atomweight World Champion “Unstoppable” Angela Lee of Singapore. ONE Middleweight World Champion Aung La “The Burmese Python” N Sang of Myanmar will defend his title against Ken Hasegawa of Japan. ONE Lightweight World Champion Eduard “Landslide” Folayang will defend his title against Shinya “Tobikan Judan” Aoki of Japan.

Tickets for ONE: A NEW ERA goes on sale 20 December at 6 PM JST and is available on LINE Ticket at https://ticket.line.me/sp/ONEChampionship, Kyodo Tokyo, Ticket Pia, Lawson Ticket, and E-plus from 27 January 2019.

Also seeing action on the card are new ONE Championship athletes Demetrious “Mighty Mouse” Johnson and Eddie “The Underground King” Alvarez. In addition, ONE Championship will officially kick off the ONE Flyweight World Grand Prix with a series of compelling bouts.

Reigning ONE Women’s Strawweight World Champion “The Panda” Xiong Jing Nan and ONE Women’s Atomweight World Champion “Unstoppable” Angela Lee have been on a collision course ever since the Chinese hero entered the organization in December 2017.

The two martial artists sit at the top of their weight classes, and each has dominated their respective divisions. However, with Lee moving up in weight to challenge Xiong for the strawweight crown, the Singaporean has the chance to become the first two-division women’s World Champion in ONE Championship history. It certainly will not be easy, as “The Panda” represents the toughest challenge in Lee’s career.

Reigning ONE Middleweight and Light Heavyweight World Champion Aung La “The Burmese Python” N Sang is the most iconic sports superstar to hail from Myanmar.

His first encounter with Japan’s Ken Hasegawa in June 2018 was a five-round thriller of epic proportions, one which Aung La N Sang won in the final moments of the heated battle. The match is considered the “Greatest Bout In ONE Championship History” and was also awarded “Bout Of The Year” honours at the 2018 Global Martial Arts Awards for its nonstop action and dramatic finish. Aung La N Sang and Hasegawa will meet once again at ONE: A NEW ERA in a highly-anticipated rematch that is sure to produce fireworks.

Reigning ONE Lightweight World Champion Eduard “Landslide” Folayang of the Philippines is set to face Japanese martial arts legend and former World Champion Shinya “Tobikan Judan” Aoki in a long-awaited rematch.

In November 2016, Folayang captured the title from Aoki via third-round TKO but surrendered the belt to Martin Nguyen a year later. This past November, the Filipino reclaimed the crown with a dominant five-round unanimous decision over Singaporean knockout artist Amir Khan. Meanwhile, Aoki is riding a three-bout win streak, having finished Rasul Yakhyaev and Ev Ting by submission, and stopping Shannon Wiratchai by TKO. These three wins have elevated the Japanese icon to another shot at the ONE Lightweight World Title, as well as a chance to defeat his former conqueror.

In addition to the three aforementioned bouts, multiple-time World Champions Demetrious “Mighty Mouse” Johnson and Eddie “The Underground King” Alvarez are scheduled to make their first appearances inside the ONE Championship cage.

Alvarez joined ONE Championship in October, taking his stellar career back to Asia where he first made a name for himself. A multiple-time lightweight World Champion, Alvarez seeks to become a ONE World Champion but will have to go through a bevy of top lightweight contenders in order to achieve his goal. In his first outing for the promotion, Alvarez will face top lightweight contender Timofey Nastyukhin of Russia.

Johnson, meanwhile, is widely considered the pound-for-pound best mixed martial artist in the history of the sport. He joined ONE Championship in late October and, alongside Alvarez, appeared in Singapore the following week for the Global Martial Arts Summit, Global Martial Arts Awards, and ONE: HEART OF THE LION. Johnson’s opponent for his first ONE Championship bout will be Japan’s Yuya “Little Piranha” Wakamatsu.

The ONE Flyweight World Grand Prix will commence at ONE: A NEW ERA. Initial bouts for the tournament will also be announced at a later date.

Also on the card is a ONE Super Series showdown between Muay Thai legend Yodsanklai IWE Fairtex and Dutch World Champion kickboxer Andy Souwer.

Yodsanklai is coming off a stunning performance in Kuala Lumpur at ONE: DESTINY OF CHAMPIONS. The martial arts veteran finished opponent Luis Regis with three rapid-fire uppercuts that drew a chorus of cheers from the crowd. Souwer, on the other hand, is one of the most internationally-renowned striking superstars ever to emerge from the Netherlands and is a two-time K1 World MAX World Champion and It’s Showtime 70MAX World Champion.