ONE Championship News

BJPENN.COM Staff - April 28, 2026

The arena will be full of Japanese fans cheering for the hometown hero. Johan “Jojo” Ghazali already knows this. He also does not care. The 19-year-old American-Malaysian sensation travels to enemy territory to face WBC Muay Thai World Champion Shimon Yoshinari in a flyweight Muay Thai bout at ONE SAMURAI 1, broadcasting live via pay-per-view from Ariake Arena in Tokyo, Japan on Wednesday, April 29.

BJPENN.COM Staff - April 27, 2026

Over a year of bad blood ends on Wednesday, April 29. Marat Grigorian and Kaito Ono finally step into the ring together, and the former three-time Glory World Champion has made one thing clear: the words are done. Marat Grigorian meets the Japanese featherweight standout in a kickboxing showdown at ONE SAMURAI 1, broadcasting live via pay-per-view from Ariake Arena in Tokyo, Japan on Wednesday, April 29.

BJPENN.COM Staff - April 27, 2026

Before every fight camp, Yuya Wakamatsu performs Gomagyo, a Buddhist fire ceremony designed to ward off negative energy and clear the mind. He also undertakes waterfall training to cleanse himself before the work begins. These are not superstitions. For “Little Piranha,” they are the foundation. The reigning ONE Flyweight MMA World Champion makes his second title defense against surging Uzbek contender Avazbek “Ninzya” Kholmirzaev in the co-main event of ONE SAMURAI 1, broadcasting live via pay-per-view from Ariake Arena in Tokyo, Japan on Wednesday, April 29.

BJPENN.COM Staff - April 25, 2026

Shimon Yoshinari has earned the biggest stage of his career, and he has every intention of making it count. The 21-year-old WBC Muay Thai World Champion faces Johan “Jojo” Ghazali in a flyweight Muay Thai clash at ONE SAMURAI 1 on Wednesday, April 29, live from Ariake Arena in Tokyo. Shimon enters with a 25-1 career record and a perfect 4-0 mark inside ONE since his 2024 debut. His resume already includes victories over Dedduanglek Torfunfarm and four-time Muay Thai World Champion Yodlekpet Or Atchariya. When the call came to face one of ONE’s most recognizable young stars at the inaugural ONE SAMURAI event, he accepted without hesitation.

BJPENN.COM Staff - April 24, 2026

Japanese kickboxer Kaito Ono carries a unique weapon into his showdown with Marat Grigorian. His head coach has never competed in combat sports. He is Kaito’s father, a self-taught student of the game who built himself into a trainer from scratch. Kaito meets Armenian striking icon Marat Grigorian in a featherweight kickboxing bout at ONE SAMURAI 1, broadcasting live via pay-per-view from Ariake Arena in Tokyo, Japan on Wednesday, April 29. The 28-year-old has been here before. The matchup was first booked last year before a weight dispute forced a cancellation. Now rescheduled, the father-son duo arrives with more preparation than ever.

BJPENN.COM Staff - April 24, 2026

Ubaid “Bad” Hussain and Panpadej NF Looksuan bring two of ONE Friday Fights’ most pristine records into the same ring on April 24. The flyweight Muay Thai main event of ONE Friday Fights 151 broadcasts live in Asia primetime from Lumpinee Stadium in Bangkok, with a perfect record on the line and a US$100,000 contract within reach. Hussain, 20, carries a 14-0 career record and a flawless 5-0 mark in ONE into this bout. The Leeds-born Kiatphontip fighter has powered through every assignment with relentless pressure and sharp combination work, his most complete display coming against Brazil Aekmuangnon at ONE Friday Fights 138. He sees speed and versatility as his decisive edges over a Thai opponent who is every bit as unbeaten and hungry as he is.

BJPENN.COM Staff - April 23, 2026

Most people had Pet Suanluangrodyok as a heavy underdog in his last fight. He won anyway, by unanimous decision, against a veteran who had just gone to war with a World Champion. Now he wants to make an even louder statement. Pet headlines the atomweight Muay Thai main event against French-Algerian teenager “Petsam” Nahyan Mohammed at The Inner Circle, streaming live for members at live.onefc.com from Lumpinee Stadium in Bangkok, Thailand on Friday, April 24. The 19-year-old Thai carries a 5-2 promotional record and a four-stoppage finishing rate into the fight, and he is not looking to add a fifth decision to his resume.

BJPENN.COM Staff - April 23, 2026

Former Lethwei Champion Vero “The Kayan Leopard” and former K-1 Champion Kana “Krusher Queen” Morimoto will collide in an atomweight kickboxing showdown. It happens at The Inner Circle on Friday, May 22, live from Lumpinee Stadium in Bangkok. The winner could leave the Thai capital as the leading contender for Phetjeeja Lukjaoporongtom’s ONE Women’s Atomweight Kickboxing World Title. Vero, 29, arrives riding a three-fight winning streak built against world-class opposition. She dropped a razor-close split decision in her promotional debut in February 2025. Then the Myanmar sensation bounced back with a knockout of Junior Fairtex, a split decision over Li Mingrui, and a hard-fought victory over Shir Cohen in February. She now makes her kickboxing debut in ONE on the back of that momentum. She looks to add a former title challenger to a resume that has already announced her as one of the division’s most dangerous fighters.

BJPENN.COM Staff - April 22, 2026

A shoulder injury cost Jonathan Haggerty his shot at Tokyo last November. On April 29, “The General” gets what he came for, and he is not leaving without a statement. Haggerty makes the second defense of his ONE Bantamweight Kickboxing World Title against former K-1 Champion Yuki Yoza at ONE SAMURAI 1, broadcasting live via pay-per-view from Ariake Arena in Tokyo, Japan on Wednesday, April 29. The 29-year-old Londoner had a fight locked in with Nabil Anane at the same venue at ONE 173 last November. However, a torn rotator cuff forced him out just weeks before the bout. Five months later, the shoulder is right and the camp has been everything the last one could not be.

BJPENN.COM Staff - April 21, 2026

Ubaid Hussain and Panpadej NF Looksuan headline ONE Friday Fights 151 on Thursday, April 24, broadcasting live in Asia primetime from Lumpinee Stadium in Bangkok. The nine-bout card spans Muay Thai, kickboxing, and MMA. Each competitor is chasing a US$100,000 contract and a spot on ONE’s global roster. Panpadej enters the main event on the back of a 25-fight unbeaten comeback run since the pandemic. Most recently he defended his spot at the top of the weekly series with a main event win over Apiwat Sor Somnuk. The 24-year-old Chiang Mai native turned to Muay Thai at 12. He did so after being bullied as a child and moved to Bangkok at 15 with a point to prove. He has been proving it ever since.

BJPENN.COM Staff - April 21, 2026

Ayaka “Zombie” Miura has spent years grinding toward a ONE World Title. On Wednesday, April 29, she gets her clearest shot yet at making that a reality. The 35-year-old submission specialist faces fellow Japanese fighter Chihiro Sawada in an atomweight MMA clash at ONE SAMURAI 1, live from Ariake Arena in Tokyo, with a title eliminator on the line. Miura arrives carrying a 16-5 record and a five-fight winning streak, four of those wins by submission. Her scheduled title shot against Denice Zamboanga at ONE 173 last November fell apart when Zamboanga withdrew through illness. Sawada enters this all-Japan collision with three straight wins over Macarena Aragon, Itsuki Hirata, and Natalie Salcedo — equally hungry and equally dangerous.

BJPENN.COM Staff - April 17, 2026

Itsuki “Android 18” Hirata is ready to remind the world who she is. The 26-year-old Japanese judoka faces Ritu “The Indian Tigress” Phogat in an atomweight MMA clash at ONE SAMURAI 1 on Wednesday, April 29, live from Ariake Arena in Tokyo. Hirata’s career has taken a winding road since her electrifying start in ONE Championship. She won six of her first seven bouts and announced herself as one of the division’s most dangerous grapplers.