ONE Championship News

BJPENN.COM Staff - April 1, 2026

Takeru “Natural Born Krusher” Segawa has been thinking about this moment for years. Not with dread, but with the quiet precision of someone who has spent a career refusing to do anything halfway. The 34-year-old Japanese kickboxing icon will make his farewell appearance in the main event of ONE SAMURAI 1 on April 29, live from Ariake Arena in Tokyo, with the ONE Interim Flyweight Kickboxing World Title on the line against Rodtang “The Iron Man” Jitmuangnon.

BJPENN.COM Staff - March 31, 2026

Before Chase “Mannimal” Mann ever threw a punch in a professional MMA fight, he was loading a bar with hundreds of pounds in a small Arkansas gym. That chapter of his life became the foundation everything else was built on. Mann returns to ONE Fight Night 42 on April 10, where he faces undefeated Turkish welterweight Dzhabir Dzhabrailov live on Prime Video. He brings a 7-0 professional record into the matchup, extending his unbeaten run with a first-round TKO of Isi Fitikefu in January.

BJPENN.COM Staff - March 31, 2026

ONE Samurai 1 keeps getting bigger. ONE Championship has announced that reigning ONE Atomweight Muay Thai World Champion Nadaka will make his first title defense against Thai contender Songchainoi Kiatsongrit at the inaugural edition of the new monthly Japan series on April 29 at Ariake Arena in Tokyo. The 25-year-old Eiwa Sports Gym fighter owns a 66-6 career striking record and went a perfect 4-0 inside ONE to claim the inaugural belt. He dominated Numsurin Chor Ketwina across five rounds at ONE 173 last November, earning a unanimous decision that extended his winning streak to 40 fights.

BJPENN.COM Staff - March 30, 2026

ONE Championship brings another exclusive card to members of The Inner Circle on Friday, April 3, streaming live from Lumpinee Stadium in Bangkok, Thailand. Five bouts are on the card across Muay Thai and MMA, headlined by a flyweight Muay Thai showdown that pits a Road To ONE Champion against one of the circuit’s most relentless finishers. Kaotaem Fairtex steps into the ring against Spain’s Xavier Gonzalez in the main event. The 21-year-old southpaw from Phetchabun won the 2023 Road To ONE: Thailand Season 2 tournament and has gone 3-1 on the ONE Friday Fights circuit since. He works off the back foot, using sharp angles to set up his accurate straight left and a left body kick that has troubled everyone he has faced.

BJ Penn Staff - March 30, 2026

Rodtang Jitmuangnon is one of the best Muay Thai fighters in the world. Now fans are wondering if MMA—and the UFC—could be next for him. Rodtang, 28, has hundreds of fights in Muay Thai competition. He has spent much of his career competing for Singapore-based martial arts juggernaut ONE Championship. He is the promotion’s former flyweight champion, and has been involved in some of the biggest Muay Thai and kickboxing fights of the last few years.

BJPENN.COM Staff - March 27, 2026

Yuki Yoza has built one of the most compelling runs in ONE Championship’s bantamweight kickboxing division — and he has done it without hand wraps. The former K-1 Champion challenges Jonathan “The General” Haggerty for the ONE Bantamweight Kickboxing World Title at ONE Samurai 1 on Wednesday, April 29, at Ariake Arena in Tokyo, Japan.

BJPENN.COM Staff - March 27, 2026

Two more bouts have been added to ONE Fight Night 42: Eersel vs. Rungrawee on Prime Video, live in U.S. primetime on Friday, April 10, from Lumpinee Stadium in Bangkok, Thailand. Jordan “Panda Kick” Estupinan faces unbeaten Uzbek destroyer Aslamjon Ortikov in flyweight Muay Thai. The 23-year-old Colombian southpaw carries a 9-1 record and a 2-1 promotional slate into the bout.

BJPENN.COM Staff - March 26, 2026

Lamnamoonlek Torfunfarm has found a second home in kickboxing. The 27-year-old WMC World Champion and 2021 Sports Authority of Thailand Fighter of the Year takes on China’s Yuan Pengjie in a flyweight kickboxing clash at The Inner Circle on Friday, March 27, live in Asia primetime from Lumpinee Stadium in Bangkok, Thailand. The TDed99 southpaw carries a 106-30 career record and a 3-1 promotional slate into this matchup. After a debut loss to Kongsuk Sitsarawatsuer in Muay Thai and a subsequent rematch win, he shifted to kickboxing and hasn’t looked back. Two consecutive decision victories have established him as one of the most technically refined fighters on the weekly circuit. Three wins in a row heading into Friday, and a contract that feels within reach.

BJPENN.COM Staff - March 25, 2026

Eighty seconds. That is all it took to hand Takeru “Natural Born Krusher” Segawa the most humiliating defeat of his career — and the wound that has driven every single training session since. On Wednesday, April 29, the former three-division K-1 Champion makes his final professional appearance at ONE Samurai 1, live from Tokyo’s Ariake Arena. The ONE Interim Flyweight Kickboxing World Title is on the line. The rematch with Rodtang “The Iron Man” Jitmuangnon is the real prize.

BJPENN.COM Staff - March 25, 2026

ONE Championship has unveiled the full five-bout card for The Inner Circle on Friday, March 27, streaming live exclusively for members at live.onefc.com from Lumpinee Stadium in Bangkok, Thailand. Sonrak Fairtex headlines in a bantamweight Muay Thai rematch against Thailand’s Dedduanglek Torfunfarm. It’s a matchup that carries genuine history. The two first collided in the 2022 Road to ONE: Thailand Final. There, Dedduanglek claimed the championship and the six-figure ONE contract that came with it.

BJPENN.COM Staff - March 24, 2026

Kongchai Chanaidonmueang has been one of the most consistent performers in the ONE Friday Fights series. On Friday, March 27, the former Rajadamnern Stadium Muay Thai World Champion wants to back that consistency with something more emphatic when he meets Iranian slugger Mehrdad Khanzadeh in the main event of ONE Friday Fights 148, airing live in Asia primetime from Lumpinee Stadium in Bangkok, Thailand. The 23-year-old southpaw carries a 76-16 career record and 10 victories in the Friday Fights series into this rescheduled strawweight Muay Thai clash, which was postponed from ONE Friday Fights 146 after Khanzadeh fell ill.

BJPENN.COM Staff - March 24, 2026

ONE Championship has added two Muay Thai bouts to ONE Fight Night 42: Eersel vs. Rungrawee on Prime Video airing on Friday, April 10, live in U.S. primetime from Lumpinee Stadium in Bangkok, Thailand. Sam-A Gaiyanghadao meets Moroccan standout Elmehdi “The Sniper” El Jamari in a strawweight clash, while Suakim Pongsuphan PK faces Russian technician Vladimir Kuzmin in bantamweight action.

BJPENN.COM Staff - March 23, 2026

Hyu is heading home, and he is bringing a target with him. The undefeated 23-year-old Japanese fighter will face fellow countryman Taiki “Silent Sniper” Naito in a flyweight kickboxing showdown at ONE Samurai 1 on Wednesday, April 29, at Ariake Arena in Tokyo, Japan. The card is headlined by the rematch between Rodtang Jitmuangnon and Takeru Segawa for the ONE Interim Flyweight Kickboxing World Title. Hyu and Naito add an all-Japanese undercard battle that promises to be one of the most compelling bouts on the stacked Tokyo card.

BJPENN.COM Staff - March 21, 2026

Rambolek Chor Ajalaboon delivered the performance of his career on March 20, systematically dismantling Nabil Anane across five rounds to claim the ONE Bantamweight Muay Thai World Championship via unanimous decision at ONE Championship’s The Inner Circle Superfan Club at Lumpinee Stadium in Bangkok, Thailand. The 23-year-old Superbon Training Camp product came out composed and disciplined, using his range to frustrate the defending champion and timing him with a clean right hand early. Anane pressed forward looking for the clinch that defined his reign, but Rambolek made him pay every time he lunged in.

BJPENN.COM Staff - March 21, 2026

Asadula “The Dagestan Ninja” Imangazaliev produced the most devastating performance of his career on March 20, stopping legend Nong-O Hama at 0:44 of round two in the main event of ONE Friday Fights 147 at Lumpinee Stadium in Bangkok, Thailand. However, Imangazaliev missed weight the day before the event. He was ineligible to claim the ONE Flyweight Muay Thai World Championship. The title remains vacant. The 22-year-old Russian set the tone from the opening bell. He immediately pushed a kick directly into the face of the eight-time Muay Thai World Champion. It was a statement of intent that made clear he had no plans to be overawed by the occasion. Nong-O adapted, moving in and out of the pocket and landing right body kicks to establish his own rhythm.

BJ Penn Staff - March 20, 2026

Joe Rogan told us Asadula Imangazaliev was a special fighter. After the 22-year-old Russian Muay Thai talent’s latest ONE Championship win, it’s clear the UFC commentator was right. Despite working for the UFC, Rogan pays close attention to many combat sports promotions around the world. That includes ONE, a Singapore-based organization that promotes Muay Thai, in addition to kickboxing, MMA and submission grappling bouts.

BJPENN.COM Staff - March 19, 2026

Nong-O Hama has conquered Muay Thai at every level imaginable. On March 20, the 39-year-old Thai legend steps into the main event of ONE Friday Fights 147 to face undefeated 22-year-old Russian dynamo Asadula Imangazaliev for the vacant ONE Flyweight Muay Thai World Championship, live in Asia primetime from Lumpinee Stadium in Bangkok, Thailand. The stakes couldn’t be higher for a man who spent years as the most dominant bantamweight Muay Thai king in ONE Championship history. Seven consecutive title defenses, a 267-win professional slate, and a career that has outlasted every generation of rival. Now he stands one fight from a second piece of gold in a second division. The enormity of that has sharpened everything.

BJPENN.COM Staff - March 18, 2026

Nong-O Hama has spent nearly two decades collecting accolades that most fighters only dream about. On March 20, the 39-year-old Thai legend chases the one that would define the final chapter of his career. He meets undefeated 22-year-old Russian phenom Asadula Imangazaliev for the vacant ONE Flyweight Muay Thai World Title in the main event of ONE Friday Fights 147, live in Asia primetime from Lumpinee Stadium in Bangkok, Thailand.