ONE Super Series Female Fighter of the Year 2021: Janet Todd
The Apprentice: ONE Championship Edition
Chatri Sityodtong announces a ONE Championship edition of The Apprentice who will feature 16 contestants who will be competing for a $250,000 prize and a one-year contract to work for ONE (as well as becoming the chief of staff).[1][2]
As the reigning ONE Atomeweight champion Angela Lee was unable to defend her title, due to becoming pregnant, ONE CEO Chatri Sityodtong announced that an atomweight Grand Prix would be held to determine the next title challenger.[3]
A bout between Ritu Phogat and Bi Nguyen took place at ONE Championship: Dangal for a spot in the Grand Prix. Nguyen won the close bout via split decision and Phogat was removed from the Grand Prix.[5] Her place was taken by Julie Mezabarba and later Grace Cleveland. Phogat Rejoin Women's Atomweight World Grand Prix.
The quarterfinals are expected to take place at ONE Championship: Empower which was initially scheduled to be held on May 28, 2021, but was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[6]
The second round of the grand prix will be determined by the fan vote.[7]
This event featured a kickboxing title fights. In the headline attraction, the reigning ONE Kickboxing Bantamweight Champion Alaverdi Ramazanov will defend his title for the first time against Capitan Petchyindee Academy. The co-main event of the evening was supposed to feature a title bout between the ONE Kickboxing Lightweight Champion Regian Eersel and Mustapha Haida,[8] but it was reported that Haida has been forced out of the bout due to an undisclosed injury.[9]
The card also feature a lightweight bout between the former ONE Lightweight Champion #5 ranked Shinya Aoki and the former LFA Welterweight Champion and ONE Welterweight World Title challenger James Nakashima.[10]
Serbian heavyweight Rade Opacic was set to faces the promotional newcomer Patrick Schmid of Switzerland in a heavyweight kickboxing bout.[11] However, a week before the event, Schmid withdrew from the bout, reportedly because one of his corner men has COVID-19. He was replaced by the promotional newcomer, Bruno Susano.[12]
A strawweight bout between Hexigetu and Lito Adiwang was expected to take place at this event. However, Hexigetu pulled out a week before the event because his home province of Hebei, China, was put into lockdown following a recent COVID-19 spike. He was replaced by the reigning Deep Strawweight ChampionNamiki Kawahara.[13]
ONE Championship: Unbreakable 2 (also known as ONE Championship 127) was a Combat sport event held by ONE Championship on January 22, 2021, at the Singapore Indoor Stadium in Kallang, Singapore.It was first broadcast on January 29, 2021.
Background
The event featured the former Cage Warriors Heavyweight Champion Mauro Cerilli who made his fourth ONE appearance against the promotional newcomer Abdulbasir Vagabov in the event headliner.[15]
ONE Championship: Unbreakable 3 (also known as ONE Championship 128) was a Combat sport event held by ONE Championship on January 22, 2021, at the Singapore Indoor Stadium in Kallang, Singapore. It was first broadcast on February 5, 2021.
Background
The event was headlined by former kickboxing and muay thai world champion Stamp Fairtex who faced Alyona Rassohyna. In the co-main event, a bantamweight bout between #2 ranked Shoko Sato who faces Fabrício Andrade.[19]
The remaining three bouts will feature a strawweight bout between Ryuto Sawada and Robin Catalan, a lightweight bout between Raul Raju and Ahmed Mujtaba, and a bantamweight fight between Tial Thang and Paul Lumihi. Han Zihao and Adam Noi will compete in the sole Muay Thai contest of the event.[20]
Road to ONE: Young Guns was a Combat sport event held by ONE Championship in partnership with Shooto on February 22, 2021, at the Tsutaya O-East in Tokyo, Japan.
Background
The sixth edition of Road to ONE was the fourth edition held in Japan. A women's atomweight bout between Itsuki Hirata and Miku Nakamura served as the main event.[22]
Hikaru Yoshino was scheduled to face Tomohiro Hagino in a flyweight bout, but Hagino was forced off the card on February 9 with a rib injury. Yoshino instead faced Shohei Nose, who stepped in on short notice for this encounter.[23]
Also on the card, ONE Flyweight Muay Thai World Champion Rodtang Jitmuangnon was set make his kickboxing debut against Alejandro Rivas.[26] However, Rivas has been forced to withdraw from the contest due to health and safety protocols. Rivas was replaced by Tagir Khalilov, who stepped in on short notice for this encounter.[27]
ONE Championship: Fists Of Fury 2 (also known as ONE Championship 130) was a Combat sport event held by ONE Championship on February 26, 2021, at the Singapore Indoor Stadium in Kallang, Singapore. It was first broadcast on March 5, 2021.
Background
The event was headlined by a bout between two promotional newcomers, the Iranian Amir Aliakbari has met the undefeated South Korean Kang Ji Won. The co-main event also featured the promotional debut of Anatoly Malykhin against the former ONE Light Heavyweight World Title challenger Alexandre Machado.[31]
ONE Championship: Fists Of Fury 3 (also known as ONE Championship 131) was a Combat sport event held by ONE Championship on February 26, 2021, at the Singapore Indoor Stadium in Kallang, Singapore. It was first broadcast on March 19, 2021.
Road to ONE: RUF 39 was a Combat sport event held by ONE Championship in partnership with RUF Nation on March 13, 2021, at the Glendale Civic Center in Glendale, Arizona, United States.
Background
The event will feature a 16-man heavyweight tournament, with the champion receiving a US$100,000+ contract to compete in ONE Championship.[39]
ONE Championship on TNT 1 (also known as ONE Championship 132: Moraes vs. Johnson) was a Combat sport event held by ONE Championship on April 7, 2021, at the Singapore Indoor Stadium in Kallang, Singapore. This event marked the debut of ONE Championship on American television network TNT.[41]
In the TNT opening bout, former UFC Lightweight champion Eddie Alvarez fought the former ONE Lightweight title challenger Iuri Lapicus.[45]
A rematch between Enriko Kehl and Chingiz Allazov was the sole kickboxing match scheduled for the event.[46] The bout was previously scheduled for One on TNT 3.,[47]
Two heavyweight bouts were scheduled for the prelim portion of the card, first Oumar Kane against Mehdi Barghi in an MMA bout[48] and Patrick Schmid against Rade Opacic in a kickboxing bout.[49] However, Medhi Barghi and Rade Opacic were out of their respective bout due to health and safety protocols. Schmid and Kane have met in a short-notice MMA fight.[50]
ONE Championship on TNT 2 (also known as ONE Championship 133) was a Combat sport event held by ONE Championship on April 7, 2021, at the Singapore Indoor Stadium in Kallang, Singapore. It was first aired on April 14, 2021.
Former ONE Featherweight champion Martin Nguyen was scheduled to fight against the #5 ranked Kim Jae Woong.[42] However, due to health and safety protocols, Nguyen has not been cleared to compete and the bout has been removed from the card.[53]
Dustin Joynson was originally scheduled to headline the lead card against Islam Abasov,[57] but the Russian has withdrawn from the contest for undisclosed reasons. Joynson will instead face the promotional newcomer Kirill Grishenko, who stepped in on short notice for this bout.[58]
The final preliminary fight was to be a muay thai bout between Pongsiri P.K.Saenchaimuaythaigym and Liam Harrison.[47] The fight was later cancelled due to the COVID-19 situation in the UK. A bantamweight bout between Mitchell Chamale and Shuya Kamikubo replaced them.[59]
Jarred Brooks signed a contract with ONE Championship, and is expected to make his promotional debut against Lito Adiwang at this event.[60] The fight was later postponed, as Adiwang tested positive for COVID-19, and was replaced by a flyweight bout between Kim Kyu Sung and Wang Shuo.[61]
Shinechagtga Zoltsetseg and Yoshiki Nakahara were scheduled to fight at featherweight in the final preliminary fight of the card.[62]
ONE Championship on TNT 3 (also known as ONE Championship 134) was a combat sport event held by ONE Championship on April 7, 2021, at the Singapore Indoor Stadium in Kallang, Singapore. It was first aired on April 21, 2021.
Background
The event was headlined by a bantamweight fight between the former UFC bantamweight John Lineker and promotional newcomer Stephen Loman.[64] Loman would later withdraw from the card, as he tested positive for COVID-19, and was replaced by Troy Worthen.[61]
The co-main event saw a heavyweight bout between the Iranian Amir Aliakbari and Anatoly Malykhin. The fight was later replaced by a lightweight contest between Marat Gafurov and Ok Rae Yoon.[65]
John Wayne Parr will make his ONE debut against the former Glory champion Nieky Holzken. It will be Parr's first fight since November 2019.[66]
Two MMA fights were scheduled for the prelims: a flyweight bout between the #5 ranked Reece McLaren and the #4 ranked Yuya Wakamatsu.[67]
Road to ONE: Night of Warriors 17 was a kickboxing event held by ONE Championship in partnership with Night of Warriors on April 24, 2021, in Prague, Czech Republic.
Background
ONE Championship held a one night 4-man qualification tournament including Tomáš Hron, Mehmet Özer, Mohamed Amine and Cyril Cereyon.[70]
Road to ONE: RUF 40 was a Combat sport event held by ONE Championship in partnership with RUF Nation on April 25, 2021, at the Glendale Civic Center in Glendale, Arizona, United States.
ONE Championship on TNT 4 (also known as ONE Championship 135: N Sang vs. De Ridder 2) was a Combat sport event held by ONE Championship on April 28, 2021, at the Singapore Indoor Stadium in Kallang, Singapore.
Background
The event was supposed to be headlined by a trilogy bout between the ONE Light Heavyweight Champion Aung La Nsang and the former ONE Middleweight title challenger Vitaly Bigdash.[71] Bigdash later withdrew due to a failed COVID-19 test, and was replaced by Reinier de Ridder.[72]
A lightweight bout between Eduard Folayang and Yoshihiro Akiyama was expected for ONE on TNT 4.[73] However, on April 3, Akiyama pulled out of the bout due to injuries sustained during his training camp.[74]Shinya Aoki stepped in to face Folayang,[75] Aoki was scheduled to fight Sage Northcutt in the opening bout of the main card,.[76] but Northcutt withdrew due to lingering COVID-19 issues.[75]
Sovannahry Em was scheduled to face Colbey Northcutt at women's flyweight.[77] Sovannahry Em later withdrew as she sustained an injury during a pre-bout training session, and was replaced by Courtney Martin.[78]
ONE CEO Chatri Sityodtong revealed that the former UFC Lightweight champion Eddie Alvarez would face the winner of Marat Gafurov versus Ok Rae-yoon.[79] As Ok Rae Yoon won his fight Gafurov, he fought Alvarez in the co-main event.[80]
A muay thai bout between Jackie Buntan and Ekaterina Vandaryeva, as well as a heavyweight mixed martial arts bout between Oumar Kane and Kirill Grishenko were later added to the card.[81]
ONE Championship: Dangal (also known as ONE 136: Vera vs. Bhullar) was a combat sport event held by ONE Championship on April 28, 2021, at the Singapore Indoor Stadium in Kallang, Singapore. It was first aired on May 15, 2021.
A flyweight bout between the promotional newcomer[89] Kantharaj Shankar Agasa and the 7-fight ONE veteran Wei Xie was scheduled as the co-main event.[90]
A featherweight bout between Ahmed Faress and Edward Kelly was scheduled for the event.[91]
Road to ONE: Arena Friday Night Fights 2 was a Kickboxing event held by ONE Championship in partnership with Arena Friday Night Fights on June 11, 2021, at the Kovilovo resort in Belgrade, Serbia.
Background
The event will feature a 4-man heavyweight qualification tournament to earn a sport in the Road to one Europe tournament, with the champion receiving a US$100,000+ contract to compete in ONE Championship.[95]
Road to ONE: Strikers Cage Championship 7 was a Kickboxing event held by ONE Championship in partnership with Strikers Cage Championship on June 26, 2021, at the Pabellon Quico Cabrera in Tenerife, Spain.
Background
The event will feature a 4-man heavyweight qualification tournament to earn a sport in the Road to one Europe tournament.[96]
Road to ONE: Vendetta Fight Nights 20 was a Kickboxing event held by ONE Championship in partnership with Vendetta fight nights on July 3, 2021, at the IBB Hamza Yerlikaya Sport Kompleksi Istanbul, Turkey.
Background
The event will feature a 4-man heavyweight qualification tournament to earn a sport in the Road to one Europe tournament.
Road to ONE: MMA Live 8 was a Combat sport event held by ONE Championship in partnership with MMA Live promotion on July 17, 2021, at the Sachsen Arena in Riesa, Germany.
Background
The event will feature a 4-man heavyweight qualification tournament to earn a sport in the Road to one Europe tournament.
The card also featured a middleweight bout between former two-division ONE world champion Aung La Nsang and Leandro Ataides.[98]
A strawweight bout between Ryuto Sawada and Gustavo Balart was scheduled for the event.[99]
Number-four featherweight kickboxer Sitthichai Sitsongpeenong will also face fifth-ranked Tayfun Ozcan in a featherweight kickboxing match.[100] However, Ozcan was forced with withdraw due to an injury and Sitthichai was rescheduled to face Tawanchai P.K. Saenchaimuaythaigym at ONE Championship: Battleground 3 instead.[101]
ONE Championship: Battleground 2 (also known as ONE 140: Zhang vs. Folayang) was a Combat sport event held by ONE Championship on July 30, 2021, at the Singapore Indoor Stadium in Kallang, Singapore. It aired on August 13, 2021
ONE Championship: Battleground 3 (also known as ONE 141: Sitthichai vs. Tawanchai) was a Combat sport event held by ONE Championship on July 30, 2021, at the Singapore Indoor Stadium in Kallang, Singapore. It will be aired on August 27, 2021
Saemapetch Fairtex was originally scheduled to square off against Tawanchai PK.Saenchai Muaythaigym, with the winner getting a shot at reigning ONE Bantamweight Muay Thai World Champion. However, Saemapetch's cornerman tested positive for COVID-19 prior to traveling to Singapore. The Fairtex athlete had been in close contact with the cornerman, so he's been removed from ONE: BATTLEGROUND III due to Singapore's health and safety protocols. With both of their opponents out, Sitthichai and Tawanchai have agreed to compete in a ONE Super Series featherweight Muay Thai contest.[110]
The card also featured a strawweight bout between former ONE Strawweight Champion Dejdamrong Sor Amnuaysirichoke and Banma Duoji.
An atomweight bout between Bi Nguyen and Jenelyn Olsim was scheduled for the event.[111]
ONE Championship: Empower (also known as ONE 142: Xiong vs. Nicolini) was a Combat sport event held by ONE Championship on September 3, 2021. It was originally scheduled for May 28, 2021, at the Singapore Indoor Stadium in Kallang, Singapore, before being postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[112] The event was later rescheduled for September 3.[113]
Background
For the first time of this organization's history, this event was featured all-female event on a fight card.
ONE Women's Strawweight World Champion Xiong Jing Nan returned to the ring to defend her belt for the fifth time as faced Michelle Nicolini May 28. The fight was the headliner of an all-women card.[114] After her loss to Bi Nguyen at ONE Championship: Dangal, Ritu Phogat was removed from the Women's Atomweight Grand Prix. She was later reinstated in the Atomweight Grand Prix.[115][116] Initially, Julie Mezabarba took Phogat's place before the latter was reinstated to the Grand Prix. Meksen was rescheduled to face Cristina Morales.[113]
Jackie Buntan was scheduled to face Daniela Lopez in a strawweight muay thai bout.[118]
An atomweight bout between Mei Yamaguchi and Julie Mezabarba was scheduled as the opening fight of the card, as well as the World Grand Prix alternate bout.[119]
The event featured 3 title fight. ONE Lightweight World Champion Christian Lee will defend his belt against #3-ranked Ok Rae Yoon as the main event. In the co main event ONE Bantamweight Kickboxing World Champion Capitan Petchyindee Academy will defend his crown against Mehdi Zatout and a trilogy fight ONE Strawweight World Champion Joshua Pacio and #1-ranked Yosuke Saruta.[121]
Road to ONE: Sexyama Edition was a Combat sport event held by ONE Championship in partnership with Shooto on October 5, 2021, at the Tsutaya O-East in Tokyo, Japan.
Background
This edition of Road to ONE was the fifth edition held in Japan. A flyweight bout between Tatsumitsu Wada and Daichi Takenaka served as the main event.
Road to ONE: Muay Thai Grand Prix was a Combat sport event held by ONE Championship in partnership with Muay Thai Grand Prix promotion in October 2021 at The O2 Arena in London, United Kingdom.
Background
The event will feature a 4-man heavyweight qualification tournament to earn a sport in the Road to one Europe tournament.
Road to ONE: RUF 44 was a Combat sport event held by ONE Championship in partnership with RUF Nation on October 23, 2021, at the Glendale Civic Center in Glendale, Arizona, United States.
ONE Championship: NextGen (also known as ONE 145: Stamp vs. Mezabarba, Phogat vs. Olsim) was a Combat sport event held by ONE Championship on October 29, 2021, at the Singapore Indoor Stadium in Singapore.
The event featured the semi-final round of the Women's Atomweight Grand Prix. Ritu Phogat was scheduled to face Itsuki Hirata, while Stamp Fairtex was scheduled to take on Seo Hee Ham.[130] However, Ham had to pull out of her bout due to injury and was replaced by alternate bout winner Julie Mezabarba.[131] Hirata then had to pull out of her fight due to a high fever and was replaced by Jenelyn Olsim.[132]
A kickboxing light heavyweight bout between the WMC Muay Thai world champion Beybulat Isaev and the former Enfusion and Superkombat champion Bogdan Stoica took place at the event. Stoica, the younger brother of ONE kickboxing light heavyweight contender Andrei Stoica, made his promotional debut.[133]
ONE Championship: NextGen 2 (also known as ONE 146: Saemapetch vs. Rittewada) was a Combat sport event held by ONE Championship on November 12, 2021, at the Singapore Indoor Stadium in Singapore.
ONE Championship: NextGen 3 (also known as ONE 147: Adiwang vs. Brooks) was a Combat sport event held by ONE Championship on November 26, 2021, at the Singapore Indoor Stadium in Singapore.
Background
A strawweight bout between promotional newcomer Jarred Brooks and ONE veteran Lito Adiwang was scheduled for the event.[137]
ONE Championship: Winter Warriors (also known as ONE 148: Eersel vs. Murtazaev, Stamp vs. Phogat) was a Combat sport event held by ONE Championship on December 3, 2021, at the Singapore Indoor Stadium in Singapore.
Background
This event featured a kickboxing title fights. In the headline attraction, the reigning ONE Kickboxing Lightweight Champion Regian Eersel will defend his title for the fourth time against Islam Murtazaev.[139]
Road to ONE: Mix Fight 49 was a Combat sport event held by ONE Championship in partnership with Mix Fight Events promotion on December 4, 2021, at the Dinamo Sport Complex in Yerevan, Armenia.
Background
The event will feature a 4-man heavyweight qualification tournament to earn a sport in the Road to one Europe tournament.
ONE Championship: Winter Warriors 2(also known as ONE 149: Kingad vs. Akhmetov and ONE 149: Philippines vs. the World) was a Combat sport event held by ONE Championship on December 17, 2021, at the Singapore Indoor Stadium in Singapore.
Background
A flyweight bout between the #2 ranked flyweight contender Danny Kingad and the #4 ranked Kairat Akhmetov was scheduled as the main event.[143]
A bantamweight bout between Kwon Won Il and the former ONE bantamweight champion Kevin Belingon was scheduled as the co-main event.[144]
Vitaly Bigdash and Fan Rong were scheduled to fight in a -95kg catchweight bout.
Road to ONE: RUF 45 will be a Combat sport event held by ONE Championship in partnership with RUF Nation on December 18, 2021, at the Celebrity Theatre in Phoenix, US.
Background
The event featured 2 quarter-finals to earn a sport in the semi-finals Road to one: RUF tournament.[146]
Evolve Mixed Martial Arts is a chain of martial arts academies. Founded by Chatri Sityodtong, it opened in January 2009. The gym includes several former and reigning UFC and ONE Championship champions, including Demetrious Johnson, Rafael Dos Anjos, Shinya Aoki, Angela Lee, Marcus Almeida and more, on its roster.
Sam-A Gaiyanghadao, born Wacharit Chuabram, is a Muay Thai fighter from Thailand who currently competes in ONE Championship. He is a former ONE Flyweight Muay Thai World Champion, ONE Strawweight Muay Thai World Champion and ONE Strawweight Kickboxing World Champion. He formerly trained and taught at Evolve MMA in Singapore. As of 1 August 2020, he is ranked the #6 strawweight in the world by Combat Press.
The year 2019 was the 9th year in the history of the ONE Championship, a mixed martial arts, kickboxing and muay thai promotion based in Singapore.
The year 2018 was the 8th year in the history of the ONE Championship, a mixed martial arts, kickboxing and Muay Thai promotion based in Singapore.
The year 2017 was the 7th year in the history of the ONE Championship, a mixed martial arts promotion based in Singapore.
Rodtang Jitmuangnon is a Muay Thai fighter from Thailand. He currently competes in ONE Championship and is the reigning ONE Flyweight Muay Thai World Champion. Jitmuangnon is also a former Omnoi Stadium 130 lb Champion and MAX Muay Thai 125 lb Champion.
Nadthawan Panthong, known professionally as Stamp Fairtex, is a Muay Thai kickboxer and mixed martial artist from Thailand. She is currently signed to ONE Championship, where she is the reigning ONE Women's Atomweight MMA World Champion. She is the organization's first three-sport world champion, having also held the ONE Atomweight Muay Thai World Championship and ONE Atomweight Kickboxing World Championship.
The year 2020 was the 10th year in the history of the ONE Championship, a mixed martial arts, kickboxing and muay thai promotion based in Singapore.
The year 2022 was the 12th year in the history of the ONE Championship, a mixed martial arts, kickboxing, Muay Thai and submission grappling promotion based in Singapore and later, the Cayman Islands.
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