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James Goyder
SCMP Contributor
James has been based in Thailand for the past 15 years. He has worked for newspapers such as The Guardian, The Times and The National (UAE), as well as for broadcasters including the BBC and Al Jazeera.
Their atomweight MMA bout brings the number of matchups at Lumpinee Stadium in Bangkok on November 9 to 12, including 3 title fights.
The Impact Arena in Bangkok will be the setting for the upcoming movie, along with another title fight, featuring Superlek and Carrillo.
The Thai subdued the Englishman in a lopsided decision at ONE 157 but he wants to make amends for a disastrous outing the last time he fought.
The French fighter has won many belts but says a title with ONE Championship, and at her natural weight, will be ‘best moment of my career’.
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The American’s last fight with a submission victory over Ahmed Mujtaba at ONE Fight Night 10 in May 2023.
Despite being a ONE Championship veteran of seven fights, this will be her first kickboxing match.
Zhang fought for the strawweight kickboxing belt in 2022 but lost by decision to Jonathan Di Bella.
The Englishman trained hard in preparation for the title fight, so it was particularly disappointing for it to be over so quickly.
The fight had originally been scheduled for ONE Fight Night 23 on July 6 but Buntan pulled out after suffering an unspecified injury.
As an explosive style wins him a growing fan base in and beyond ONE Championship, the Muay Thai star explains where it comes from.
Eersel’s aggressive approach pays off as he forces Nicolas to fight on back foot.
Two of the shows will be in the United States, with the rest staged in Bangkok.
‘I killed him one time but he’s coming back,’ says Nicolas, who believes onus is on him to be France’s ‘ambassador of kickboxing’.
Just 25 years of age, the flyweight is already an experienced mixed martial artist with 18 fights under his belt.
Superlek Kiatmoo9 beat Jonathan Haggerty to win the bantamweight Muay Thai world title belt in ONE 168’s hotly anticipated main event.
Tawanchai is scheduled to defend his title against Nattawut next month, but Superbon has thrown a spanner in the works.
The English fullback, who wrote to the fighter to say he might come to Thailand to ‘train a bit’, has been struggling with injury problems.
The Japanese kickboxer and Thai Muay Thai veteran have a deal, says Chatri Sityodtong, but they have to win their respective fights first.
The 18-year-old university student, who defeated Japan’s Ohara in Bangkok, says the pandemic helped kickstart, hone her Muay Thai career.
Ennahachi never lost his flyweight title in the ring and was only forced to vacate it because of issues with weight.
Russian has not lost in nine years as a professional fighter but faces biggest test of his career at ONE Friday Fights 81.
Panpayak, who has not fought since his split-decision loss to Superlek in 2022, is making a comeback at ONE Friday Fights 83.
It will be the first fight of the year for Almeida, who suffered the only defeat of his career against Oumar Kane in August.
Denice Zamboanga has pulled out of her interim atomweight title fight with Alyona Rassohyna following a hamstring injury.
Japanese kickboxer the latest of promotion’s champions to make move to Chatri Sityodtong’s outfit.
Haggerty took an aggressive approach in this rematch and was made to pay as he was unable to recover after lunging into a hard right elbow.
The 38-year-old American, who is the reigning flyweight champion, will be the first fighter be inducted into ONE Championship ’s Hall of Fame.
Former K-1 champion is better known as a kickboxer than a Muay Thai fighter but has never before stepped inside the ring at Lumpinee.
Hailing from a famous family within the promotion, there was a lot of attention on the 18-year-old lightweight’s first fight.
Nicknamed Hands of Stone for his punching power, the 34-year-old has started his own construction company.
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