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BJPENN.COM Staff - June 24, 2026

He went into their first fight riding a nine-fight winning streak with an unblemished ONE record. He left it having been dropped, outscored, and forced to confront the limits of his own overconfidence. Songchainoi Kiatsongrit meets Numsurin Chor Ketwina in the main event of ONE Friday Fights 160, live in Asia primetime from Lumpinee Stadium in Bangkok, Thailand, on Friday, June 26. Both men have since challenged Nadaka for the ONE Atomweight Muay Thai World Title and come up short. Whoever wins on Friday puts themselves first in line for another shot at gold.

BJPENN.COM Staff - June 24, 2026

He already finished him once. Now the Brit wants to do it quicker, cleaner, and with a message that reverberates all the way up to the title. George Jarvis meets Rungrawee “Legatron” Sitsongpeenong in a lightweight Muay Thai rematch in the main event of ONE Fight Night 44 on Prime Video, broadcasting live in U.S. primetime from Lumpinee Stadium in Bangkok, Thailand, on Friday, June 26. Their first encounter at ONE Friday Fights 85 in November 2024 ended in a third-round knockout that earned Jarvis a US$100,000 contract. Since then, both men have challenged Regian “The Immortal” Eersel for ONE Lightweight Muay Thai gold, with neither walking away victorious.

BJPENN.COM Staff - June 23, 2026

His brother sold the family car. His parents gave what they had. He was a restaurant waiter studying for a university degree in Russia, and he repaid every one of them the moment ONE Championship started paying him bonus money. Aslamjon Ortikov challenges Asadula “The Dagestan Ninja” Imangazaliev for the vacant ONE Flyweight Muay Thai World Title in the main event of The Inner Circle 20, streaming live for members in Asia primetime from Lumpinee Stadium in Bangkok, Thailand, on Friday, June 26. The 23-year-old Uzbek enters at 24-0 with 13 finishes. His opponent is 12-0 with nine stoppages. Between them, they carry 36 professional victories and not a single loss.

BJPENN.COM Staff - June 23, 2026

She chased the title for years through injuries, postponements, and two defeats. She won it in January 2025 with a second-round finish, became her country’s first-ever female MMA World Champion. Now she puts it down — not because she lost, but because something more important arrived. Denice Zamboanga has relinquished the ONE Women’s Atomweight MMA World Championship after welcoming a baby with her husband Fritz “Kid Tornado” Biagtan. In a statement posted to her social media accounts, the Filipino fighter said she reached the decision after much prayer and reflection. She described it as right for the division’s contenders who continue to pursue their goals.

BJPENN.COM Staff - June 22, 2026

She has walked out to K-pop routines, changed her hair colour more times than she can count, and recently left a shopping mall encounter in a state of genuine embarrassment. Between title reigns, the former three-sport ONE World Champion turns out to be a woman with a lot of thoughts about fashion. Stamp Fairtex returns to atomweight Muay Thai action against Cynthia Flores at The Inner Circle 20, streaming live for members in Asia primetime from Lumpinee Stadium in Bangkok, Thailand, on Friday, June 26. Ahead of her return, she spoke openly about the fashion interests that fill her life away from competition.

BJPENN.COM Staff - June 19, 2026

Four years of shared sessions at Phuket Fight Club give the Austrian striker a better view of Allycia Hellen Rodrigues than most people ever get. What she has seen leaves no room for doubt. Stella Hemetsberger — the reigning two-sport ONE Women’s Strawweight World Champion — is backing her close friend and training partner to retain the ONE Women’s Atomweight Muay Thai World Title when Rodrigues defends against “The Queen” Phetjeeja Lukjaoporongtom in the main event of The Inner Circle 19 on Friday, June 19, streaming live for members from Lumpinee Stadium in Bangkok, Thailand.

BJPENN.COM Staff - June 19, 2026

The world called it an upset. He called it the result of everything his mother ever taught him. Samet Agdeve defends the ONE Heavyweight Kickboxing World Title against two-sport, two-division king Roman Kryklia in the co-main event of The Inner Circle 19 on Friday, June 19, streaming live for members from Lumpinee Stadium in Bangkok, Thailand. The 22-year-old Turkish titleholder enters the rematch at 18-0 with 12 knockouts.

BJPENN.COM Staff - June 18, 2026

Both fighters injured themselves. Both had to rebuild. Now, weeks after the most anticipated women’s striking matchup of the year faced a delay, the fight happens. Allycia Hellen Rodrigues defends the ONE Women’s Atomweight Muay Thai World Title against ONE Women’s Atomweight Kickboxing World Champion “The Queen” Phetjeeja Lukjaoporongtom in the main event of The Inner Circle 19 on Friday, June 19, streaming live for members from Lumpinee Stadium in Bangkok, Thailand. The bout was originally booked for ONE Fight Night 41 in March before injuries to both fighters forced a postponement.

BJPENN.COM Staff - June 17, 2026

Before he ever set foot inside the ring, the world had already written Samet Agdeve off. That mistake cost Roman Kryklia his unbeaten ONE record. Agdeve became the inaugural ONE Heavyweight Kickboxing World Champion last November when he outlasted Kryklia over five rounds at ONE Fight Night 37 in Bangkok. He now defends that title against the Ukrainian veteran in the co-main event of The Inner Circle on Friday, June 19, streaming live at Lumpinee Stadium in Bangkok, Thailand.

BJPENN.COM Staff - June 17, 2026

For years, the Ukrainian built an unbeaten record that made him the most feared heavyweight striker on the planet. Then Samet Agdeve walked into his promotional debut last November and took everything away from him in a single night. Roman Kryklia now gets his rematch. The Ukrainian two-sport world champion challenges Agdeve for the ONE Heavyweight Kickboxing World Title at The Inner Circle 19 on Friday, June 19, live from Lumpinee Stadium in Bangkok, Thailand.

BJPENN.COM Staff - June 16, 2026

She started fighting at 6. By 8, she was taking on boys. By 10, she had over 100 fights — more than 70 of them against boys. But in 2013, the sport banned her from fighting boys entirely. Now Phetjeeja Lukjaoporongtom steps into a Muay Thai world title fight. Allycia Hellen Rodrigues defends the ONE Women’s Atomweight Muay Thai World Title against ONE Women’s Atomweight Kickboxing World Champion Phetjeeja in the main event of The Inner Circle 19, streaming live for members at live.onefc.com from Lumpinee Stadium in Bangkok, Thailand on Friday, June 19. Rodrigues grew up in Fortaleza as the daughter of a professional soccer player, started capoeira at 7, found Muay Thai at 13, moved to Thailand in 2018, and won the ONE World Title in her promotional debut.

BJPENN.COM Staff - June 16, 2026

He wasn’t on a team. He had no recruiting profile. His parents drove past the Clemson camp on a random afternoon and asked if he wanted to stop. He got out of the car, did his thing, and got an offer. That is how Regan Upshaw’s path to two NCAA National Championships began — and the same instinct that put him in that camp is now putting him on the ONE Championship stage. Upshaw makes his professional MMA debut against British heavyweight Paul “King of the North” Elliott at ONE Fight Night 44: Jarvis vs. Rungrawee II on Prime Video, broadcasting live in U.S. primetime from Lumpinee Stadium in Bangkok, Thailand, on Friday, June 26.