ONE Championship entering pay-per-view market with 10th anniversary event ONE: X
- Chairman and CEO Chatri Sityodtong reveals Asian martial arts promotion’s March 26 celebration will feature two cards in one day
- Second card will be an ‘Asia-focused pay-per-view’ with first to be broadcast ‘free around the world’
ONE Championship will look to break into the combat sports pay-per-view market in 2022, starting with its 10th anniversary celebration on March 26.
According to chairman and CEO Chatri Sityodtong, the ONE: X event will be broken into two parts, with the second airing on a pay-per-view platform in Asia, which is to be determined.
The ONE boss announced the news on Facebook last week, calling the second portion of the event “a big PPV card for Asia”.
Chatri provided more information on ONE’s pay-per-view plans on a media conference call at the conclusion of last Friday’s Heavy Hitters event in Singapore.
“It’s gonna be an Asia-focused pay-per-view,” he told the Post on the call. “Obviously Asia has 4.2 billion people and we’ve been studying the data and looking at the numbers, and our fan base is obviously quite large here in Asia, so we want to put on a really amazing two-part card, [with the] first part being free around the world – 150 countries live broadcast – and the second is an Asia-based pay-per-view.”
The line-up for ONE: X at Singapore Indoor Stadium has not yet been finalised. However, Chatri revealed that the double-header is expected to include 18 fights all told.
Three of the biggest fights on the bill have already been announced: a special rules bout between former UFC champ Demetrious Johnson and reigning ONE flyweight Muay Thai champ Rodtang Jitmuangnon; a flyweight title fight between champ Adriano Moraes and challenger Yuya Wakamatsu; and an atomweight title fight between atomweight queen Angela Lee and recent Grand Prix winner Stamp Fairtex.