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ONE Championship, formerly ONE Fighting Championship (ONE FC) until January 2015, is a multinational combat sports promotion founded on 14 July 2011 by Chatri Sityodtong and Victor Cui. Originally focused on mixed martial arts (MMA), ONE events have since incorporated muay thai, kickboxing, and submission grappling bouts. The promotion held its first event on 3 September 2011 at the Singapore Indoor Stadium, and has since held over 200 events across Asia. In 2022, parent company One Group Holdings, changed its legal operations from Singapore to the Cayman Islands.
Entrepreneur Chatri Sityodtong founded One Fighting Championship (ONE FC) in July 2011 to unite Asia through martial arts, leveraging Singapore's infrastructure. The promotion debuted on 3 September 2011 with ONE FC: Champion vs. Champion, selling out the Singapore Indoor Stadium. Key milestones included the first female MMA bout in March 2012 and the crowning of inaugural champions in bantamweight (Soo Chul Kim), lightweight (Kotetsu Boku), featherweight (Honorio Banario), welterweight (Nobutatsu Suzuki), flyweight (Adriano Moraes), and middleweight (Igor Svirid) divisions between 2012 and 2014.
Rebranded as ONE Championship in 2015, the promotion expanded into new disciplines and markets. It introduced the strawweight title (Dejdamrong Sor Amnuaysirichoke, 2015), hosted its first Lethwei bout (2015), and crowned heavyweight (Brandon Vera, 2015), light heavyweight (Roger Gracie, 2016), and women's atomweight (Angela Lee, 2016) champions. A historic 2018 trade with the UFC exchanged Ben Askren for Demetrious Johnson. The promotion also launched Muay Thai (Sam-A Gaiyanghadao, 2018) and kickboxing titles (Kai Ting Chuang, 2018), and hosted its sole boxing match (Srisaket Sor Rungvisai vs. Iran Diaz, 2018).
ONE raised 150 million in 2021, reaching a 1.35 billion valuation, and relocated to the Cayman Islands in 2022. It expanded into submission grappling (Mikey Musumeci, 2022) and debuted in the U.S. with ONE Fight Night 10 (2023). Notable milestones included Smilla Sundell becoming the youngest champion (17) in 2022 and a 2023 agreement to host events in Qatar.
ONE Championship is operated by Group ONE Holdings, led by chairman/CEO Chatri Sityodtong, vice chairman Saurabh Mittal, president Hua Fung Teh, and CFO Jesley Chua. Matchmaking is overseen by VP of Operations Matt Hume, while former UFC champion Rich Franklin serves as a vice president. Key referees include Olivier Coste (MMA) and Elias Dolaptsis (Muay Thai/Kickboxing), with Dom Lau as ring announcer. English broadcasts feature commentators Mitch Chilson, Ray Flores, Brent Stover, and Rich Franklin, alongside guest analysts like Bas Rutten and Renzo Gracie. Former commentator Michael Schiavello departed in 2017.[better source needed]
Former co-founder Victor Cui left in 2022 to lead the Edmonton Elks, while ex-UFC champion Miesha Tate served as vice president from 2018 until her 2021 return to fighting.
Broadcast Partnerships ONE events air globally via networks like Vidio, Indosiar, and NET. in Indonesia; MediaCorp Channel 5 (Singapore); TV5/One Sports (Philippines); Workpoint TV/Channel 7 (Thailand); and AbemaTV (Japan). A 10-year deal with ESPN Star Sports began in 2012, with later agreements including Turner Sports (2018–2021 U.S. coverage on B/R Live/TNT), Amazon Prime Video (2022–2027 U.S./Canada rights), beIN Sports (2022 MENA expansion), Seven Network (2023 Australia via 7plus), and Sky Sports (2023 UK/Ireland). Events also stream live on YouTube and Facebook Watch in select regions.
In August 2022, ONE Championship announced an anti-doping partnership with International Doping Tests & Management, a subsidiary of Drug Free Sport International, who will independently handle all testing of its fighters for "illegal substances", beginning with ONE 160 that month. Although the organization planned to introduce World Anti-Doping Agency standard testing in 2019, prior to its partnership with International Doping Tests & Management, ONE had not publicly drug-tested its athletes.
ONE Championship
ONE Championship, formerly ONE Fighting Championship (ONE FC) until January 2015, is a multinational combat sports promotion founded on 14 July 2011 by Chatri Sityodtong and Victor Cui. Originally focused on mixed martial arts (MMA), ONE events have since incorporated muay thai, kickboxing, and submission grappling bouts. The promotion held its first event on 3 September 2011 at the Singapore Indoor Stadium, and has since held over 200 events across Asia. In 2022, parent company One Group Holdings, changed its legal operations from Singapore to the Cayman Islands.
Entrepreneur Chatri Sityodtong founded One Fighting Championship (ONE FC) in July 2011 to unite Asia through martial arts, leveraging Singapore's infrastructure. The promotion debuted on 3 September 2011 with ONE FC: Champion vs. Champion, selling out the Singapore Indoor Stadium. Key milestones included the first female MMA bout in March 2012 and the crowning of inaugural champions in bantamweight (Soo Chul Kim), lightweight (Kotetsu Boku), featherweight (Honorio Banario), welterweight (Nobutatsu Suzuki), flyweight (Adriano Moraes), and middleweight (Igor Svirid) divisions between 2012 and 2014.
Rebranded as ONE Championship in 2015, the promotion expanded into new disciplines and markets. It introduced the strawweight title (Dejdamrong Sor Amnuaysirichoke, 2015), hosted its first Lethwei bout (2015), and crowned heavyweight (Brandon Vera, 2015), light heavyweight (Roger Gracie, 2016), and women's atomweight (Angela Lee, 2016) champions. A historic 2018 trade with the UFC exchanged Ben Askren for Demetrious Johnson. The promotion also launched Muay Thai (Sam-A Gaiyanghadao, 2018) and kickboxing titles (Kai Ting Chuang, 2018), and hosted its sole boxing match (Srisaket Sor Rungvisai vs. Iran Diaz, 2018).
ONE raised 150 million in 2021, reaching a 1.35 billion valuation, and relocated to the Cayman Islands in 2022. It expanded into submission grappling (Mikey Musumeci, 2022) and debuted in the U.S. with ONE Fight Night 10 (2023). Notable milestones included Smilla Sundell becoming the youngest champion (17) in 2022 and a 2023 agreement to host events in Qatar.
ONE Championship is operated by Group ONE Holdings, led by chairman/CEO Chatri Sityodtong, vice chairman Saurabh Mittal, president Hua Fung Teh, and CFO Jesley Chua. Matchmaking is overseen by VP of Operations Matt Hume, while former UFC champion Rich Franklin serves as a vice president. Key referees include Olivier Coste (MMA) and Elias Dolaptsis (Muay Thai/Kickboxing), with Dom Lau as ring announcer. English broadcasts feature commentators Mitch Chilson, Ray Flores, Brent Stover, and Rich Franklin, alongside guest analysts like Bas Rutten and Renzo Gracie. Former commentator Michael Schiavello departed in 2017.[better source needed]
Former co-founder Victor Cui left in 2022 to lead the Edmonton Elks, while ex-UFC champion Miesha Tate served as vice president from 2018 until her 2021 return to fighting.
Broadcast Partnerships ONE events air globally via networks like Vidio, Indosiar, and NET. in Indonesia; MediaCorp Channel 5 (Singapore); TV5/One Sports (Philippines); Workpoint TV/Channel 7 (Thailand); and AbemaTV (Japan). A 10-year deal with ESPN Star Sports began in 2012, with later agreements including Turner Sports (2018–2021 U.S. coverage on B/R Live/TNT), Amazon Prime Video (2022–2027 U.S./Canada rights), beIN Sports (2022 MENA expansion), Seven Network (2023 Australia via 7plus), and Sky Sports (2023 UK/Ireland). Events also stream live on YouTube and Facebook Watch in select regions.
In August 2022, ONE Championship announced an anti-doping partnership with International Doping Tests & Management, a subsidiary of Drug Free Sport International, who will independently handle all testing of its fighters for "illegal substances", beginning with ONE 160 that month. Although the organization planned to introduce World Anti-Doping Agency standard testing in 2019, prior to its partnership with International Doping Tests & Management, ONE had not publicly drug-tested its athletes.
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