ONE In The Media

Logan Chan is set to return to the global stage after a stunning debut, taking on Saksri in a 138-pound Muay Thai bout in the co-main event of ONE Friday Fights 125, live on September 19 on Sky Sports YouTube.

Rukiya Anpo has made his intentions crystal clear ahead of his ONE Championship debut: the Japanese kickboxing ace said Marat Grigorian was only the first obstacle in his path to compatriot Masaaki Noiri.

“Marat is my stepping stone to the belt,” Anpo told the Post after the ONE 173 press conference in Tokyo. “When I met him backstage, I told him exactly why I came to ONE: to get revenge against Noiri. That’s my mission here.”

Former two-division ONE World Champion Aung La N Sang will conclude his professional mixed martial arts career against Zebaztian Kadestam in a middleweight bout at ONE Fight Night 36 on Friday, October 3, at Lumpinee Stadium in Bangkok, Thailand.

Johan “Jojo” Ghazali blasted his way back into the ONE Championship win column at the weekend – and wasted no time aiming verbal shots at Denis Puric.

The 18-year-old Malaysian prospect stopped Morocco’s Zakaria El Jamari in the first round on Saturday morning at ONE Fight Night 35, snapping a two-fight skid after defeats to Diego Paez and Johan Estupinan.

Jackie Buntan will step into the ring for the first time since the death of her father when she challenges Austria’s Stella Hemetsberger for the vacant ONE Strawweight Muay Thai World Title.

The Filipino-American, who already holds the organisation’s strawweight kickboxing world championship, has acknowledged that the untimely passing of her dad, Jessie, in December has changed her outlook on life and competition.

The most talented pair of brothers in jiu-jitsu today are each no longer just one sport athletes.

Tye Ruotolo’s twin brother Kade already got off to a hot start with a 3-0 pro MMA record, and now it is Tye’s turn, as the youngest-ever IBJJF world champion at black belt looks to start strong in a sport with strikes. However Adrian Lee, his opponent on Friday at ONE Fight Night 35, may be the best fighter either brother will have faced.

Johan “Jojo” Ghazali insists he will prove his critics wrong when he returns to ONE Championship action this weekend – and the Malaysian teenager is not shy about firing back at his rivals.

Some dreams find you when you’re not looking. For Bampara Kouyate, one Instagram message transformed his entire world, launching the #2-ranked featherweight Muay Thai contender from the familiar confines of training camps into the glamorous chaos of Milan Fashion Week.

Now, he’s splitting time between throwing piercing kicks and striking poses, between “the art of eight limbs” and “the art of high fashion.”

Filipino-American mixed martial artist Jackie Buntan is fighting for the ONE Women’s Strawweight Muay Thai World Championship belt this weekend.

Buntan, also the current ONE Women’s Strawweight Kickboxing World Champion, will be taking on Austria’s Stella Hemetsberger for the Muay Thai Title in the main event of ONE Fight Night 35 in Thailand on September 6.

There’s a saying that a master appears when the student is ready, and in the case of Malaysian-American Muay Thai sensation Johan Ghazali, it holds true. He learned an important lesson from the biggest Muay Thai superstar on the planet, Rodtang Jitmuangnon.

Jarred Brooks says he is still the rightful strawweight MMA king in ONE Championship – and is promising to prove it with a statement comeback in Bangkok this October.

The 32-year-old American will face Russia’s Mansur Malachiev at ONE Fight Night 36 at Lumpinee Stadium, in what he says is the first step towards reclaiming his belt from Joshua Pacio.

Adrian Lee (3-0) has embraced social media as a tool to connect with fans while preparing for his biggest test against Tye Ruotolo at ONE Fight Night 35: Buntan vs. Hemetsberger on Friday, September 5, at Lumpinee Stadium in Bangkok, Thailand.