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John Hyon Ko
John Hyon Ko is a South Korea-based combat sports reporter that covers many of the major organisations around the world.
In the main event of Saturday’s ONE Championship Fight Night 16 card in Bangkok, Muay Thai champion Jonathan Haggerty claimed kickboxing gold with a win over Fabricio Andrade.
Le taps out Ilya Freymanov with heel hook to claim ONE Championship interim featherweight MMA belt in Bangkok.
ONE Championship boss continues war of words with Japanese kickboxing promotion, saying ‘their biggest stars all want to join us’.
Stamp Fairtex drops Ham Seo-hee to become a three-sport champion in ONE Championship, after Angela Lee confirms her retirement and vacates belt.
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Allycia Hellen Rodrigues makes huge sacrifice ahead of bid for second Muay Thai title at ONE Championship Fight Night 14 event in Singapore.
Thursday night’s ONE Championship weight and hydration checks were full of drama, with John Lineker and Stephen Loman making last-gasp passes.
Agilan Thani insists Roberto Soldic has everything to lose should they fight in ONE Championship – ‘I’m just a guy from Malaysia’.
ONE Championship atomweight Muay Thai queen predicts ‘five-round war’ when she moves up to fight for second belt against Smilla Sundell in Singapore.
Fabricio Andrade is also down to welcome Superlek to ONE Championship’s bantamweight divisions.
Famed Phuket tryouts are back after a three-year absence – and the reward on offer is bigger than ever., with ONE CEO Chatri set to congratulate winners this week.
Superbon calls for title shot after stunning second-round knockout of Tayfun Ozcan lights up Lumpinee Stadium in Bangkok
Superbon hits mark on third attempt in Bangkok, but Martine Michieletto and Nieky Holzken fail hydration, and Amber Kitchen misses weight.
‘This is Islam Makhachev’s party, I’m there to spoil it,’ insists Dan Hooker, who feels he can earn UFC lightweight title shot ‘after I get the job done’.
Jan Blachowicz says he will give Israel Adesanya another chance at winning UFC light heavyweight title, ‘but not immediately’.
South Korean heavyweight Kang Ji-won looks to move on and fight former champion Brandon Vera, but thinks he should have got the first shot at Arjan Bhullar.
New ONE Championship lightweight king reveals he broke his left orbital in first round and had double vision for rest of the fight.
South Korea’s Kim Jae-woong says summer spent training with Team Alpha Male has sharpened his mental game – ‘I now know I can be one of those world-class fighters’.
‘The Hangman’ Dan Hooker promises a ‘firefight’ against Nasrat Haqparast at UFC 266, but reveals retirement plan to become bare-knuckle boxing light heavyweight champ.
Ham Seo-hee is predicting a ‘comfortable night’ when she takes on undefeated Filipino Denice Zamboanga in ONE Championship’s atomweight grand prix.
Sasha Palatnikov wants to reintroduce himself to the MMA masses at UFC Vegas 34 after ‘hiccup’ last time out – ‘people will be kinda like, oh yeah, I remember that guy’.
MMA analyst and former UFC star Dan Hardy thinks Zhang Weili ‘carries the power to make a difference’ against flyweight champion Valentina Shevchenko.
UFC Hall of Famer Rashad Evans insists Jake Paul ‘has a dog in him’ but thinks Anderson Silva will be too much for Logan Paul to handle.
Former UFC star Dan Hardy anticipates ‘perfect match-up’ against Muay Thai legend John Wayne Parr, with verbal agreement for ONE Championship bout in place.
UFC Hall of Famer says talks with Logan Paul were ‘going pretty far’ but he is now pursuing other boxing matchups for Shannon Briggs vs ‘Rampage’ Jackson event in December.
Mexican-American flyweight star Cynthia Calvillo promises she won’t ‘go reckless’ against Jessica Andrade at UFC 266 – ‘I’ll pick my shots, go in for the kill’.
UFC commentator Brendan Fitzgerald thinks it’s more important for Conor McGregor to beat Dustin Poirier ‘in terms of career trajectory and the questions it would pose’.
Frustrated Kyrgyzstani lightweight Rafael Fiziev says ‘give me someone’ after revealing he tried to track down UFC matchmaker Sean Shelby during trip to Las Vegas.
Gilbert Burns says ‘real fans want violence’ after Leon Edwards’ decision against Nate Diaz, and believes he can leapfrog queue with a finish against Stephen Thompson.
With injuries, mandatory military service and thoughts of retirement behind him, Choi Doo-ho targets UFC featherweight rankings – starting with return against Danny Chavez.
UFC China Academy alumni faces her first fight since November 2019 at iKon Fighting Federation 7 event on June 11, following move to Las Vegas to pursue Octagon dream.
