https://www.scmp.com/rss/515564/feed Superbon Singha Mawynn is a kickboxer from Thailand. He is the former ONE Championship featherweight kickboxing champion. en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Superbon Singha Mawynn has called for a rematch with Tawanchai PKSaenchaigym after his brutal knockout over Jo Nattawut at ONE Friday Fights 81. Tawanchai is scheduled to defend his featherweight Muay Thai title belt against Nattawut at ONE 169 next month. But Superbon has thrown a spanner in the works with his first-round victory over Nattawut. The 34-year-old previously suffered a narrow defeat when he faced Tawanchai at ONE Friday Fights 46 in December and now has revenge on his mind. “I want... https://www.scmp.com/sport/martial-arts/article/3280492/one-championship-superbon-wants-shot-tawanchais-title-after-ko-win-against-nattawut?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/martial-arts/article/3280492/one-championship-superbon-wants-shot-tawanchais-title-after-ko-win-against-nattawut?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 30 Sep 2024 04:36:40 +0000 When Takeru Segawa first signed with ONE Championship in early 2023, everyone assumed he would be facing Rodtang Jitmuangnon first. It was the fight the promotion wanted to see, but more than a year later, fans are still waiting for the two to face off. The bout was booked for ONE 165 in January but Rodtang withdrew because of an arm injury. He was replaced by Superlek Kiatmoo9, who beat Takeru convincingly in Tokyo, and the Japanese fighter has not competed since. Takeru is scheduled to fight... https://www.scmp.com/sport/martial-arts/mixed-martial-arts/article/3279930/one-championship-much-awaited-fight-between-takeru-rodtang-already-locked-says-ceo?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/martial-arts/mixed-martial-arts/article/3279930/one-championship-much-awaited-fight-between-takeru-rodtang-already-locked-says-ceo?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 25 Sep 2024 09:56:37 +0000 Rukiya Anpo set tongues wagging with an Instagram post yesterday, in which the Rizin star shared a photo of a ONE Championship title along with a caption that read: “One of a kind.” Anpo is a former super lightweight champion with Japanese professional kickboxing promotion K-1, but his past two fights have taken place on events promoted by Japanese mixed martial arts organisation Rizin. View this post on Instagram A post shared by 安保瑠輝也 Rukiya ampo... https://www.scmp.com/sport/martial-arts/mixed-martial-arts/article/3274996/one-championship-rizins-rukiya-anpo-hints-one-link-ryan-garcia-possible-diversion?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/martial-arts/mixed-martial-arts/article/3274996/one-championship-rizins-rukiya-anpo-hints-one-link-ryan-garcia-possible-diversion?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 19 Aug 2024 05:53:38 +0000 ONE Championship has added Thai fighters Nabil Anane and Suakim PKSaenchaigym to its ONE Friday Fights 81 card next month. Anane has been matched with Soe Lin Oo in a battle which pits two bantamweights in outstanding form against one another at Lumpinee Stadium on September 27. Anane has won four fights in a row at the promotion’s Friday night series at the Bangkok venue. Standing 6ft 4in (1m 95cm), he is the tallest fighter in the division and still just 20 years of age. He has been matched... https://www.scmp.com/sport/martial-arts/article/3274411/one-championship-thai-fighters-anane-suakim-added-one-18-card-bangkok?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/martial-arts/article/3274411/one-championship-thai-fighters-anane-suakim-added-one-18-card-bangkok?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 14 Aug 2024 04:57:59 +0000 Legendary Thai fighters Sam-A Gaiyanghadao and Nong-O Gaiyanghadao have been added to the ONE Friday Fights 81 card. The Bangkok crowd at Lumpinee Stadium will be packed as it welcomes the local heroes on September 27. Before signing with ONE Championship Sam-A held Lumpinee Stadium titles in two separate divisions and Thailand titles in four. The 40 year old from Buriram has been one of the best Muay Thai fighters this century. Sam-A has held both the strawweight and flyweight ONE Championship... https://www.scmp.com/sport/martial-arts/article/3273820/one-championship-legendary-thai-duo-added-friday-fights-81-card-bangkok?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/martial-arts/article/3273820/one-championship-legendary-thai-duo-added-friday-fights-81-card-bangkok?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 09 Aug 2024 04:41:27 +0000 ONE Friday Fights 81 is set for Lumpinee Stadium on September 27 and it looks set to be one of the biggest fight cards of the year with two more super fights added to the bill. Takeru Segawa will face Black Panther and Superbon Singha Mawyn has been booked in for a bout with Jo Nattawut. Takeru is a huge star in Japan and was the most sought-after free agent in the kickboxing world when his K-1 contract expired. He took on Superlek Kiatmoo9 at ONE 165 in January but suffered a serious knee... https://www.scmp.com/sport/martial-arts/article/3272808/one-friday-fights-81-attracts-more-big-names-shaping-be-one-biggest-cards-24?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/martial-arts/article/3272808/one-friday-fights-81-attracts-more-big-names-shaping-be-one-biggest-cards-24?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 01 Aug 2024 09:16:56 +0000 ONE Championship announced on Tuesday it would be launching a featherweight kickboxing grand prix in 2024, the third time the competition has featured fighters from this division. Unlikely traditional fighting events, a Grand Prix is a knockout event where a fighter will be eliminated with defeat or go through to the next round and eventually the final. The inaugural featherweight kickboxing grand prix took place in 2019 and featured eight fighters. It was won by Giorgio Petrosyan who looks set... https://www.scmp.com/sport/martial-arts/kickboxing/article/3263955/one-championship-announce-featherweight-kickboxing-grand-prix-eliminator-event-likely-see-winner?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/martial-arts/kickboxing/article/3263955/one-championship-announce-featherweight-kickboxing-grand-prix-eliminator-event-likely-see-winner?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 24 May 2024 07:37:00 +0000 Sittichai Sitsongpeenong is looking to get his career back on track when he fights promotional newcomer Masaaki Noiri at ONE 167 next month. The Thai fighter was previously the Glory lightweight champion and at one stage considered to be one of the best kickboxers on the planet. But his reputation has been dented by a couple of recent losses. Standing in his way is a former K-1 lightweight and super lightweight champion and someone regarded as being one of the best pound for pound kickboxers in... https://www.scmp.com/sport/martial-arts/kickboxing/article/3262782/one-championship-sittichai-sitsongpeenong-looking-get-career-back-track-against-debutant-masaaki?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/martial-arts/kickboxing/article/3262782/one-championship-sittichai-sitsongpeenong-looking-get-career-back-track-against-debutant-masaaki?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 15 May 2024 08:56:12 +0000 The strawweight kickboxing world title match between Jonathan Di Bella and Prajanchai PK Saenchaigym, which was scheduled for earlier this year, has been rebooked for ONE Friday Fights 68 at Lumpinee stadium in Bangkok on June 28. The two were scheduled to face off in April in the co-headline bout of ONE Friday Fights 58, but the fight was cancelled when the Canadian was hospitalised after falling ill during the weigh-in, failing the weight and hydration tests, and was stripped of his... https://www.scmp.com/sport/martial-arts/muay-thai/article/3262640/one-championship-jonathan-di-bella-prajanchai-pk-saenchaigym-face-vacant-strawweight-kickboxing?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/martial-arts/muay-thai/article/3262640/one-championship-jonathan-di-bella-prajanchai-pk-saenchaigym-face-vacant-strawweight-kickboxing?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 14 May 2024 09:09:48 +0000 Hong Kong’s Phoebe Lo Tsz-ching faces local hero Nongam Fairtex in a Muay Thai catchweight contest in ONE Friday Fights 62 at Lumpinee Stadium. Lo is already in Thailand and is training for the bout at the Superbon Gym in Bangkok. She will be looking to follow in the footsteps of compatriot Yu Yau-pui who became a major star after winning five fights out of five on the ONE Friday Fights series last year. Yu went on to sign a long-term contract with the promotion and is coming off an impressive... https://www.scmp.com/sport/martial-arts/article/3261981/one-championship-hong-kongs-phoebe-lo-out-emulate-yu-yau-pui-she-faces-nongam-fairtex-one-friday?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/martial-arts/article/3261981/one-championship-hong-kongs-phoebe-lo-out-emulate-yu-yau-pui-she-faces-nongam-fairtex-one-friday?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 09 May 2024 05:01:23 +0000 ONE Championship continues to snap up talent from Japanese kickboxing promotion K-1 with the addition of Masaaki Noiri, who follows in the footsteps of fellow champions Takeru and Wei Rui. Noiri is a former K-1 super lightweight and welterweight champion, claiming the latter title by winning an eight-man tournament and stopping three separate opponents in a single night in 2021. The 30-year-old also holds a 2013 win over former ONE Championship bantamweight title challenger Liam Harrison. He is... https://www.scmp.com/sport/martial-arts/kickboxing/article/3260174/japanese-k1-kickboxer-masaaki-noiri-signs-one-championship-following-footsteps-fellow-champs-takeru?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/martial-arts/kickboxing/article/3260174/japanese-k1-kickboxer-masaaki-noiri-signs-one-championship-following-footsteps-fellow-champs-takeru?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 24 Apr 2024 07:03:12 +0000 Superbon Singha Mawynn won his kickboxing title fight, Regian Eersel lost his, and ONE Championship returned to Bangkok this weekend with a flurry of bouts over two days. Eersel has been a dominant force in the promotion, so the two sport champions loss of his lightweight title to French fighter Alexis Nicolas on Saturday was a major upset. Superbon, meanwhile, was facing off against Marat Grigorian for the third time, and his unanimous decision victory the night before made him the interim... https://www.scmp.com/sport/article/3258068/one-championship-eersel-stunned-nicolas-kickboxing-title-clash-superbon-bags-interim-belt?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/article/3258068/one-championship-eersel-stunned-nicolas-kickboxing-title-clash-superbon-bags-interim-belt?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 06 Apr 2024 06:08:39 +0000 The ONE Friday Fights 58 co-main event is off after Jonathan Di Bella withdrew from his strawweight kickboxing title fight with Prajanchai PKSanchaigym at the last minute. According to ONE Championship, the Italian-Canadian was having issues making weight and decided not to go ahead with the fight. Officials said Di Bella had not passed his hydration tests, and opted not to fight. “The ONE strawweight kickboxing world championship is now vacant,” officials said. Di Bella’s team issued a... https://www.scmp.com/sport/martial-arts/kickboxing/article/3257953/one-friday-fights-58-defending-champion-di-bella-pulls-out-kickboxing-title-bout-last-minute-fails?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/martial-arts/kickboxing/article/3257953/one-friday-fights-58-defending-champion-di-bella-pulls-out-kickboxing-title-bout-last-minute-fails?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 05 Apr 2024 07:05:51 +0000 Twenty twenty-three was a disappointing year for Superbon Singha Mawynn, who lost his ONE featherweight kickboxing world title and saw his 12-fight winning streak come to an end. The Thai hopes to have more success in 2024, and in one respect he already has, when he got to meet UFC Heavyweight Champion Jon Jones in a Bangkok bar and a sparring match almost broke out. “We talked about training together one day and we tried to do sparring in the bar, tried to show our skills,” said Superbon. “He’s... https://www.scmp.com/sport/martial-arts/kickboxing/article/3256796/one-championship-superbon-singha-mawynn-takes-first-step-towards-regaining-kickboxing-crown-when-he?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/martial-arts/kickboxing/article/3256796/one-championship-superbon-singha-mawynn-takes-first-step-towards-regaining-kickboxing-crown-when-he?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 26 Mar 2024 09:39:08 +0000 An interim featherweight kickboxing title will be on the line at ONE Friday Fights 58. Superbon Singha Mawynn will be facing Marat Grigorian in a rubber match at Lumpinee Stadium on April 5. The two men have met twice before and share a win each. The first fight was in 2018 in China and Superbon knocked Grigorian out in 28 seconds in the final of the Kunlun Fight World Max tournament. The rematch took place in Singapore at ONE: ‘X’ in 2022. Superbon’s featherweight kickboxing belt was on the... https://www.scmp.com/sport/martial-arts/mixed-martial-arts/article/3253100/one-championship-superbon-faces-marat-grigorian-friday-fights-58?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/martial-arts/mixed-martial-arts/article/3253100/one-championship-superbon-faces-marat-grigorian-friday-fights-58?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 24 Feb 2024 13:04:34 +0000 Tawanchai PKSaenchaigym and Superbon Banchamek went toe to toe for five action packed rounds at ONE Friday Fight 46 before the former emerged victorious, claiming a unanimous decision win and successfully defending his featherweight Muay Thai title. Superbon is better known for his success in the kickboxing realm but comes from a Muay Thai background. Tawanchai swept him off his feet in the opening round and the southpaw started to find a home for his left body kick. He repeated the trick at the... https://www.scmp.com/sport/martial-arts/muay-thai/article/3246081/one-friday-fights-46-tawanchai-battles-past-superbon-five-round-thriller-prajanchai-takes-revenge?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/martial-arts/muay-thai/article/3246081/one-friday-fights-46-tawanchai-battles-past-superbon-five-round-thriller-prajanchai-takes-revenge?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 22 Dec 2023 17:40:53 +0000 A rising star on ONE Championship’s roster, Phetjeeja Lukjaoporongtom has already won four fights this year, earning her a title shot this week. The Thai fighter will battle Anissa Meksen for the interim atomweight kickboxing belt at ONE Friday Fights 46, and Phetjeeja is the first to acknowledge she will be facing an opponent with a fearsome reputation in Bangkok. But despite making her debut in the sport at Lumpinee Stadium and going up against “one of the best strikers in the world”,... https://www.scmp.com/sport/martial-arts/kickboxing/article/3245393/one-championship-phetjeeja-ready-take-down-meksen-debut-title-shot-one-friday-fights-46?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/martial-arts/kickboxing/article/3245393/one-championship-phetjeeja-ready-take-down-meksen-debut-title-shot-one-friday-fights-46?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 18 Dec 2023 00:00:16 +0000 All martial arts content – including ONE Championship coverage – has been made freely available. Please consider supporting SCMP’s journalism by subscribing. Former ONE Championship bantamweight Muay Thai king Nong-O Hama is set to face Nico Carrillo at ONE Friday Fights 46 in Bangkok on December 22, sources told the Post. The bout, a potential title eliminator, will bolster a stacked year-end card at Lumpinee Stadium, which already boasts three title fights. Superbon will challenge Tawanchai... https://www.scmp.com/sport/martial-arts/muay-thai/article/3241321/one-championship-nong-o-hama-set-fight-nico-carrillo-bangkok-source-says?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/martial-arts/muay-thai/article/3241321/one-championship-nong-o-hama-set-fight-nico-carrillo-bangkok-source-says?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 13 Nov 2023 06:20:19 +0000 All martial arts content – including ONE Championship coverage – has been made freely available. Please consider supporting SCMP’s journalism by subscribing. ONE Championship boss Chatri Sityodtong is eyeing an audacious Wembley “mega fight” between Tawanchai PK Saenchai and Jonathan Haggerty. The two Muay Thai champs came face to face at ONE IGNITE, a business-to-business event hosted by the martial arts promotion in Bangkok on Wednesday afternoon. Haggerty, fresh from becoming a two-sport... https://www.scmp.com/sport/martial-arts/muay-thai/article/3240927/one-championship-chatri-wants-tawanchai-vs-jonathan-haggerty-mega-fight-wembley-it-needs-happen?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/martial-arts/muay-thai/article/3240927/one-championship-chatri-wants-tawanchai-vs-jonathan-haggerty-mega-fight-wembley-it-needs-happen?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 10 Nov 2023 03:03:10 +0000 All martial arts content – including ONE Championship coverage – has been made freely available. Please consider supporting SCMP’s journalism by subscribing. New two-sport king Jonathan Haggerty revealed he plans to “stand at the top” in ONE Championship with Muay Thai superstars Rodtang Jitmuangnon, Superlek Kiatmookao and even Tawanchai PK Saenchai on his hit list. “The General” claimed the vacant ONE bantamweight kickboxing title with a stunning second-round TKO of Fabricio Andrade at ONE... https://www.scmp.com/sport/martial-arts/muay-thai/article/3240582/one-championship-jonathan-haggerty-tells-rodtang-superlek-and-tawanchai-ill-take-your-heads?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/martial-arts/muay-thai/article/3240582/one-championship-jonathan-haggerty-tells-rodtang-superlek-and-tawanchai-ill-take-your-heads?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 07 Nov 2023 03:00:01 +0000 All martial arts content – including ONE Championship coverage – has been made freely available. Please consider supporting SCMP’s journalism by subscribing. ONE Championship has rescheduled Tawanchai PK Saenchai’s Muay Thai title fight against Superbon Singha Mawynn for December 22, a source has told the Post. The highly anticipated bout will bolster a stacked year-end ONE Friday Fights 46 card at Lumpinee Stadium in Bangkok. It was all set to headline ONE Fight Night 17 on Prime Video on... https://www.scmp.com/sport/martial-arts/muay-thai/article/3240475/one-championship-reschedules-tawanchai-vs-superbon-december-22-source-says?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/martial-arts/muay-thai/article/3240475/one-championship-reschedules-tawanchai-vs-superbon-december-22-source-says?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 06 Nov 2023 06:43:07 +0000 All martial arts content – including ONE Championship coverage – has been made freely available. Please consider supporting SCMP’s journalism by subscribing. ONE Championship featherweight Muay Thai champ Tawanchai PK Saenchai has been released from hospital, with talks under way to rebook his title fight against Superbon Singha Mawynn. The 24-year-old spent a week in hospital being treated for a “serious virus”, a source told the Post, and was released on Saturday. Tawanchai’s illness caused... https://www.scmp.com/sport/martial-arts/muay-thai/article/3240428/one-championship-tawanchai-out-hospital-talks-rebook-superbon-title-fight-under-way?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/martial-arts/muay-thai/article/3240428/one-championship-tawanchai-out-hospital-talks-rebook-superbon-title-fight-under-way?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 05 Nov 2023 17:03:27 +0000 ONE Championship boss Chatri Sityodtong has banned coach Mehdi Zatout and fighter Alaverdi Ramazanov from attending events for 6 months after the latter climbed into the ring on Saturday to confront Jonathan Haggerty in Bangkok. Haggerty had just knocked out Fabricio Andrade in the main event of ONE Fight Night 16 to claim the vacant bantamweight kickboxing title and become a two-sport champ in the martial arts promotion. The 26-year-old Briton, who also holds the Muay Thai title in the same... https://www.scmp.com/sport/martial-arts/kickboxing/article/3240344/one-championship-boss-chatri-bans-coach-fighter-6-months-after-jonathan-haggerty-altercation?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/martial-arts/kickboxing/article/3240344/one-championship-boss-chatri-bans-coach-fighter-6-months-after-jonathan-haggerty-altercation?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 04 Nov 2023 08:11:30 +0000 All martial arts content – including ONE Championship coverage – has been made freely available. Please consider supporting SCMP’s journalism by subscribing. ONE Championship featherweight Muay Thai champion Tawanchai PK Saenchai is out of December’s main event against Superbon Singha Mawynn, a source told the Post. The pair were set to headline ONE Fight Night 17 at Lumpinee Stadium on December 9 in Bangkok, but the 24-year-old Thai champion is in hospital with a “serious virus”. The source,... https://www.scmp.com/sport/martial-arts/muay-thai/article/3240335/tawanchai-out-vs-superbon-one-championship-rebook-muay-thai-title-fight-again?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/martial-arts/muay-thai/article/3240335/tawanchai-out-vs-superbon-one-championship-rebook-muay-thai-title-fight-again?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 04 Nov 2023 06:10:12 +0000 Jihin Radzuan was very impressed by Stamp Fairtex’s latest ONE Championship title win – but insists she it not thinking about a rematch yet. Thailand’s Stamp (11-2), who previously held ONE’s atomweight kickboxing and Muay Thai titles, became the promotion’s undisputed atomweight MMA champion with a TKO victory over South Korean veteran Ham Seo-hee at ONE Fight Night 14 late last month in Singapore. Malaysia’s Radzuan (9-3) lost a decision to the new champion almost a year earlier to the day,... https://www.scmp.com/sport/martial-arts/mixed-martial-arts/article/3238312/one-championship-jihin-radzuan-responds-stamp-fairtex-rematch-talk-very-impressed-title-win?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/martial-arts/mixed-martial-arts/article/3238312/one-championship-jihin-radzuan-responds-stamp-fairtex-rematch-talk-very-impressed-title-win?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 18 Oct 2023 02:19:27 +0000 ONE Championship has finally rebooked the super fight everybody was hoping to see earlier this month. Tawanchai PK Saenchai will defend his ONE featherweight Muay Thai title against the former kickboxing king Superbon Singha Mawynn on December 9. The seismic title fight will emanate from the Thai capital’s famed Lumpinee Stadium, and serve as the main event of the ONE Fight Night 17 card. The two were set to headline October 7’s event at the same venue, but the 33-year-old Superbon was forced to... https://www.scmp.com/sport/martial-arts/muay-thai/article/3238290/one-championship-rebooks-tawanchai-superbon-muay-thai-title-clash-fight-night-17-bangkok?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/martial-arts/muay-thai/article/3238290/one-championship-rebooks-tawanchai-superbon-muay-thai-title-clash-fight-night-17-bangkok?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 17 Oct 2023 14:29:39 +0000 All martial arts content – including ONE Championship coverage – has been made freely available. Please consider supporting SCMP’s journalism by subscribing. Tawanchai PK Saenchai has confirmed he will face Superbon Singha Mawynn next, with ONE Championship considering three different big cities to host the Muay Thai super fight. The ONE featherweight champ was set to defend his belt against Superbon on October 7 but the former kickboxing king withdrew injured. Tawanchai instead ground out a... https://www.scmp.com/sport/martial-arts/muay-thai/article/3237810/one-championship-targets-tawanchai-v-superbon-title-fight-doha-or-tokyo-or-even-bangkoks-impact?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/martial-arts/muay-thai/article/3237810/one-championship-targets-tawanchai-v-superbon-title-fight-doha-or-tokyo-or-even-bangkoks-impact?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 13 Oct 2023 06:52:07 +0000 All martial arts content – including ONE Championship coverage – has been made freely available. Please consider supporting SCMP’s journalism by subscribing. Tawanchai PK Saenchai’s unanimous decision victory over “Smokin’” Jo Nattawut at ONE Fight Night 15 has been questioned by fans, with some going as far as calling it a “robbery”. ONE Championship’s featherweight Muay Thai champion took scores of 29-28, 30-27, and 30-27 from the three ringside judges at Lumpinee Stadium on Saturday morning... https://www.scmp.com/sport/martial-arts/kickboxing/article/3237172/one-championship-fans-question-tawanchai-win-over-jo-nattawut-accuse-judges-robbery-bias-kickboxing?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/martial-arts/kickboxing/article/3237172/one-championship-fans-question-tawanchai-win-over-jo-nattawut-accuse-judges-robbery-bias-kickboxing?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 07 Oct 2023 11:13:33 +0000 All martial arts content – including ONE Championship coverage – has been made freely available. Please consider supporting SCMP’s journalism by subscribing. Mikey Musumeci – and ONE Championship fans – were left bemused after he failed hydration twice for Saturday’s openweight grappling match against Shinya Aoki. ONE’s flyweight submission grappling champion returned for a third time during the three-hour testing window on Thursday night in Bangkok to eventually pass. “Darth Rigatoni” weighed... https://www.scmp.com/sport/martial-arts/mixed-martial-arts/article/3236983/one-championship-fight-night-15-weigh-ins-mikey-musumeci-says-crazy-he-fails-hydration-twice?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/martial-arts/mixed-martial-arts/article/3236983/one-championship-fight-night-15-weigh-ins-mikey-musumeci-says-crazy-he-fails-hydration-twice?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 06 Oct 2023 01:45:31 +0000 All martial arts content – including ONE Championship coverage – has been made freely available. Please consider supporting SCMP’s journalism by subscribing. Stamp Fairfax admitted she took inspiration from Tawanchai PK Saenchai for her game plan to beat Ham Seo-hee in Singapore on Saturday. The 25-year-old Thai stopped Ham in the third round to win the ONE Championship atomweight MMA title, which moments earlier had been vacated by Angela Lee, who announced her retirement at ONE Fight Night... https://www.scmp.com/sport/martial-arts/mixed-martial-arts/article/3236683/one-championship-stamp-fairtex-mimics-tawanchai-win-title-broke-ham-seo-hees-arm?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/martial-arts/mixed-martial-arts/article/3236683/one-championship-stamp-fairtex-mimics-tawanchai-win-title-broke-ham-seo-hees-arm?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 03 Oct 2023 13:21:49 +0000 When the Post turned up at Superbon Singha Mawynn’s new personal gym in Bangkok for an interview last Friday afternoon, he was nowhere to be found. Around 20 minutes later, the gym’s receptionist passed over a phone, and it was none other than the former ONE Championship featherweight kickboxing king himself. “I’m sorry, I’m at the doctor,” he said. “I can be there in a few hours.” A man of his word, the 32-year-old Thai returned to Superbon Training Camp and he showed the Post a series of... https://www.scmp.com/sport/martial-arts/kickboxing/article/3235998/one-championship-superbon-reveals-354cm-muscle-tear-laughs-claims-hes-ducking-tawanchai-why-would-i?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/martial-arts/kickboxing/article/3235998/one-championship-superbon-reveals-354cm-muscle-tear-laughs-claims-hes-ducking-tawanchai-why-would-i?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 27 Sep 2023 09:44:44 +0000 All martial arts content – including ONE Championship coverage – has been made freely available. Please consider supporting SCMP’s journalism by subscribing. Superlek Kiatmookao has apologised to fans after missing weight for Friday’s highly anticipated ONE Championship Muay Thai title fight against Rodtang Jitmuangnon. ONE’s flyweight kickboxing champion passed hydration at Thursday’s official checks, but missed the 135lbs-limit by a whopping 5lbs, with Rodtang coming in well under at... https://www.scmp.com/sport/martial-arts/muay-thai/article/3235367/one-championship-superlek-says-he-will-consider-bantamweight-move-after-5lbs-miss-rodtang-fight?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/martial-arts/muay-thai/article/3235367/one-championship-superlek-says-he-will-consider-bantamweight-move-after-5lbs-miss-rodtang-fight?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 21 Sep 2023 12:38:34 +0000 All martial arts content – including ONE Championship coverage – has been made freely available. Please consider supporting SCMP’s journalism by subscribing. A spanner was thrown into the works for Friday’s blockbuster ONE Championship flyweight Muay Thai title main event between Rodtang Jitmuangnon and Superlek Kiatmookao after the challenger missed weight. Billed by ONE chairman and CEO Chatri as “the biggest fight in Muay Thai in 50 years”, there will no longer be a belt on the line at Friday... https://www.scmp.com/sport/martial-arts/muay-thai/article/3235316/one-championship-superlek-misses-weight-rodtang-title-bout-friday-fights-34?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/martial-arts/muay-thai/article/3235316/one-championship-superlek-misses-weight-rodtang-title-bout-friday-fights-34?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 21 Sep 2023 08:08:30 +0000 All martial arts content – including ONE Championship coverage – has been made freely available. Please consider supporting SCMP’s journalism by subscribing. Superbon Singha Mawynn has withdrawn injured from his ONE Championship title fight against Tawanchai PK Saenchai. The former kickboxing champion was set to challenge for Tawanchai’s featherweight Muay Thai title in the main event of ONE Fight night 15 in Bangkok on October 7. But he injured his leg in sparring during his fight camp, the... https://www.scmp.com/sport/martial-arts/muay-thai/article/3235237/one-championship-superbon-out-title-fight-vs-tawanchai-fight-night-15-bangkok?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/martial-arts/muay-thai/article/3235237/one-championship-superbon-out-title-fight-vs-tawanchai-fight-night-15-bangkok?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 20 Sep 2023 14:16:07 +0000 ONE Championship fans will have to wait just a little bit longer to see the super fight between Fabricio Andrade and Jonathan Haggerty for the bantamweight kickboxing title. The vacant belt was set to be on the line at October 7’s ONE Fight Night 15 card in the Thai capital of Bangkok. But the Post understands the fight has now been moved back 4 weeks to November 4, and has reached out to ONE for confirmation. It will serve as the main event of the ONE Fight Night 16 card, which does not yet... https://www.scmp.com/sport/martial-arts/kickboxing/article/3233826/one-championship-fabricio-andrade-vs-jonathan-haggerty-pushed-back-novembers-fight-night-16-main?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/martial-arts/kickboxing/article/3233826/one-championship-fabricio-andrade-vs-jonathan-haggerty-pushed-back-novembers-fight-night-16-main?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 08 Sep 2023 04:50:32 +0000 Jonathan Haggerty will fight Fabricio Andrade for the vacant ONE Championship kickboxing title, with both men having a chance to become a two-sport champion “The General” will take on Brazil’s “Wonder Boy” on October 7 at ONE Fight Night 15 in Bangkok at the Thai capital’s famed Lumpinee Stadium, a source told the Post on Tuesday. Singapore-based martial arts promotion ONE confirmed the fight on Wednesday. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Chatri... https://www.scmp.com/sport/martial-arts/kickboxing/article/3230429/one-championship-jonathan-haggerty-fabricio-andrade-set-fight-vacant-kickboxing-title?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/martial-arts/kickboxing/article/3230429/one-championship-jonathan-haggerty-fabricio-andrade-set-fight-vacant-kickboxing-title?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 08 Aug 2023 14:10:22 +0000 The pound-for-pound No 1 kickboxer on the planet could consider hanging up his gloves after his legacy defining victory on Saturday – unless he can tempt the man considered the greatest of all time to come back to ONE Championship. Chingiz Allazov retained his featherweight kickboxing title with a masterclass against his long-time rival Marat Grigorian in a career trilogy match-up that was 10 years in the making. The 30-year-old Azerbaijani-Belarusian won a unanimous decision at ONE Fight Night... https://www.scmp.com/sport/martial-arts/kickboxing/article/3230361/one-championship-chingiz-allazov-wants-giorgio-petrosyan-next-or-could-consider-retirement?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/martial-arts/kickboxing/article/3230361/one-championship-chingiz-allazov-wants-giorgio-petrosyan-next-or-could-consider-retirement?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 08 Aug 2023 07:38:20 +0000 It’s finally happening. Rodtang Jitmuangnon will defend his flyweight Muay Thai title against Superlek Kiatmookao on September 22 in Bangkok. The highly-anticipated bout will serve as the main event of ONE Championship’s latest quarterly “tentpole” Friday Fights event at the famed Lumpinee Stadium. Promotional CEO Chatri Sityodtong announced the fight in a brief Facebook post on Sunday night, after months of speculation it would not be rescheduled. “It is going to be the craziest five-round... https://www.scmp.com/sport/martial-arts/muay-thai/article/3230167/rodtang-jitmuangnon-finally-fight-superlek-one-championship-muay-thai-title-line?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/martial-arts/muay-thai/article/3230167/rodtang-jitmuangnon-finally-fight-superlek-one-championship-muay-thai-title-line?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 06 Aug 2023 16:19:28 +0000 Tawanchai PK Saenchai revealed he apologised to Davit Kiria after breaking his arm with a thunderous kick at ONE Fight Night 13 in Bangkok. The 35-year-old Georgian veteran Kiria executed an effective game plan in the first round of their kickboxing clash, where he wobbled Tawanchai a couple of times. But the ONE Championship featherweight Muay Thai champion ended things early on in the second round, launching his left leg against Kiria’s right forearm. “I went to apologise to him for the arm,... https://www.scmp.com/sport/martial-arts/kickboxing/article/3230095/one-championship-tawanchai-sorry-breaking-davit-kirias-arm-vicious-kick-fight-night-13?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/martial-arts/kickboxing/article/3230095/one-championship-tawanchai-sorry-breaking-davit-kirias-arm-vicious-kick-fight-night-13?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 05 Aug 2023 10:40:24 +0000 Tawanchai PK Saenchai is not jumping on the bandwagon when it comes to Thais keeping all the belts in ONE Championship. Rodtang Jitmuangnon and Superlek Kiatmoo9 – ONE’s flyweight Muay Thai and kickboxing champions, respectively – have recently caused controversy by ruling out the possibility of fighting each other any time soon. Atomweight striking sensation Phetjeeja Ormeekhun also seems hesitant to take on former two-sport champ Stamp Fairtex. But Tawanchai will buck the trend when he... https://www.scmp.com/sport/martial-arts/muay-thai/article/3229832/one-championship-tawanchai-says-thais-cannot-avoid-each-other-i-just-consider-it-sport?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/martial-arts/muay-thai/article/3229832/one-championship-tawanchai-says-thais-cannot-avoid-each-other-i-just-consider-it-sport?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 03 Aug 2023 06:10:54 +0000 ONE Championship has made a big late shake-up to its Fight Night 13 card in Bangkok this weekend, with three new bouts added. Tye Ruotolo will face lightweight MMA contender Dagi Arslanaliev in a catchweight submission grappling match at Lumpinee Stadium, the promotion announced on Tuesday. Turkey’s Arslanaliev has not competed since December 2021, when he scored a third-round TKO against Timofey Nastyukhin in a Fight of the Year contender. In another change, Supergirl Jaroonsak will now fight... https://www.scmp.com/sport/martial-arts/mixed-martial-arts/article/3229621/one-championship-makes-late-shake-fight-night-13-card-three-new-bouts?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/martial-arts/mixed-martial-arts/article/3229621/one-championship-makes-late-shake-fight-night-13-card-three-new-bouts?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 01 Aug 2023 10:18:53 +0000 Petchtanong Petchfergus has called for clarity over ONE Championship’s drug testing rules after being stripped of his bantamweight kickboxing title for a doping failure. The 37-year-old Thai tested positive for two banned substances – methenolone and boldenone – in an out-of-competition test last month, and was suspended last week for a year by the martial arts promotion. He was tested at Lumpinee Stadium in Bangkok when he went to watch June 10’s ONE Fight Night 11 event, where his training... https://www.scmp.com/sport/martial-arts/kickboxing/article/3229529/one-championship-petchtanong-calls-clarity-over-drug-testing-rules-after-being-suspended-and?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/martial-arts/kickboxing/article/3229529/one-championship-petchtanong-calls-clarity-over-drug-testing-rules-after-being-suspended-and?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 31 Jul 2023 12:03:22 +0000 It looks like we really won’t be seeing Rodtang Jitmuangnon fight Superlek Kiatmoo9 any time soon. ONE Championship set up the super fight for March in Singapore, only for flyweight Muay Thai champ Rodtang to withdraw injured from the headliner, where Superlek was set to defend his kickboxing title. Then in May, “The Iron Man” said he no longer wanted to face his compatriot, because he wanted more Thai champions in ONE. Superlek has now echoed Rodtang’s sentiments, following his Muay Thai win... https://www.scmp.com/sport/martial-arts/muay-thai/article/3225420/one-championship-superlek-pours-cold-water-rodtang-fight-i-want-thais-have-belts?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/martial-arts/muay-thai/article/3225420/one-championship-superlek-pours-cold-water-rodtang-fight-i-want-thais-have-belts?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 26 Jun 2023 09:35:17 +0000 Anatoly Malykhin has wasted no time in laying out his future plans after becoming the undisputed heavyweight MMA king of ONE Championship. The 35-year-old Russian (13-0) unified his interim title with Arjan Bhullar’s belt at ONE Friday Fights 22 last weekend in Bangkok, scoring a third-round TKO at Lumpinee stadium. With more than 18 months of bad blood finally settled, “Sladskiy” has no intention to wait around for his next challenge – despite an injury scare that saw him leave the arena in a... https://www.scmp.com/sport/martial-arts/mixed-martial-arts/article/3225367/one-championship-anatoly-malykhin-smash-buchecha-after-beating-arjan-bhullar-one-leg?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/martial-arts/mixed-martial-arts/article/3225367/one-championship-anatoly-malykhin-smash-buchecha-after-beating-arjan-bhullar-one-leg?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 26 Jun 2023 05:12:46 +0000 Superbon Singha Mawynn has paid tribute to his “best friend” Paopom Watcharin after the ONE Championship referee’s death last week. The martial arts organisation’s chairman and CEO Chatri Sityodtong has also vowed to pay for the future education of the beloved official’s three-year-old daughter. After failing to show up for ONE’s Friday Fights 21 event at Lumpinee Stadium on June 16, police officer and former Muay Thai fighter Paopom was found dead at his home in Bangkok the same evening. Former... https://www.scmp.com/sport/martial-arts/muay-thai/article/3225293/one-championship-superbon-tribute-best-friend-paopom-after-referees-death-chatri-personally-pay?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/martial-arts/muay-thai/article/3225293/one-championship-superbon-tribute-best-friend-paopom-after-referees-death-chatri-personally-pay?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 25 Jun 2023 05:15:33 +0000 Popular ONE Championship referee Paopom Watcharin was found dead at his home in Bangkok by police on Friday. The 34-year-old last officiated during June 10’s ONE Fight Night 11 event at Lumpinee, refereeing Superbon’s second-round knockout of Tayfun Ozcan in their featherweight kickboxing fight. Paopom had been due to appear on Friday night’s ONE Lumpinee card at the famed stadium in the Thai capital, but did not show up for the event which started at 7.30pm local time. “No one would know that... https://www.scmp.com/sport/martial-arts/muay-thai/article/3224432/one-championship-referee-paopom-watcharin-found-dead-home-bangkok-aged-34-reports?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/martial-arts/muay-thai/article/3224432/one-championship-referee-paopom-watcharin-found-dead-home-bangkok-aged-34-reports?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 17 Jun 2023 05:40:04 +0000 All martial arts content – including ONE Championship coverage – has been made freely available. Please consider supporting SCMP’s journalism by subscribing. Rodtang Jitmuangnon is the man of the moment right now in ONE Championship. ONE’s flyweight Muay Thai champion is set to receive a 10 million baht (US$300,000) fight purse going forward, CEO Chatri Sityodtong confirmed to the Post last week. The 25-year-old also picked up a US$100,000 double performance bonus for knocking out Edgar Tabares... https://www.scmp.com/sport/martial-arts/muay-thai/article/3223897/one-championship-rodtang-splashing-cash-his-dream-mustang-car-i-john-wick?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/martial-arts/muay-thai/article/3223897/one-championship-rodtang-splashing-cash-his-dream-mustang-car-i-john-wick?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 13 Jun 2023 07:00:25 +0000 Kade Ruotolo really is taking his transition to mixed martial arts seriously. ONE Championship’s lightweight submission grappling champ retained his title with a unanimous decision over Norwegian rival Tommy Langaker last Saturday in Bangkok. But the 20-year-old American’s thoughts quickly turned to the next chapter – namely his MMA debut in the martial arts promotion. “I haven’t signed anything so I can’t give an exact date but 100 per cent by the end of the year. I’m not going to let this year... https://www.scmp.com/sport/martial-arts/mixed-martial-arts/article/3223867/one-championship-kade-ruotolo-trains-striking-superbon-working-ufcs-cub-swanson-mma-switch?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/martial-arts/mixed-martial-arts/article/3223867/one-championship-kade-ruotolo-trains-striking-superbon-working-ufcs-cub-swanson-mma-switch?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 13 Jun 2023 02:27:32 +0000 ONE Championship is set to bring back its numbered events later in 2023 and will head to a new location, while plans for significant expansion in the US next year are afoot. The Singapore-based martial arts promotion last held an Asian prime-time numbered event – ONE 164 – in Manila last December, as part of a double header with a Prime Video card, which took place in the morning and was geared towards the US market. “We will have our next big numbered event later this year,” ONE’s chairman and... https://www.scmp.com/sport/martial-arts/mixed-martial-arts/article/3223682/one-championship-bring-back-numbered-events-mega-card-planned-new-country-full-scale-us-expansion?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/martial-arts/mixed-martial-arts/article/3223682/one-championship-bring-back-numbered-events-mega-card-planned-new-country-full-scale-us-expansion?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 11 Jun 2023 03:06:53 +0000 Superbon Singha Mawynn’s stunning head kick KO victory on Saturday morning was sweet relief for him, after surrendering ONE Championship’s featherweight kickboxing belt in January. His vicious finish of Tayfun Ozcan at ONE Fight Night 11 in Bangkok netted him not just a sliver of personal redemption, but a US$50,000 performance – as well as a title shot. “One hundred per cent, I’ve already decided Superbon will face the winner of Chingiz Allazov and Marat Grigorian,” ONE chairman and CEO Chatri... https://www.scmp.com/sport/martial-arts/kickboxing/article/3223653/one-championship-chatri-has-already-decided-superbon-will-get-title-shot-after-stunning-head-kick-ko?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/martial-arts/kickboxing/article/3223653/one-championship-chatri-has-already-decided-superbon-will-get-title-shot-after-stunning-head-kick-ko?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 10 Jun 2023 11:07:05 +0000