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ONE Championship
Current season, competition or edition:
Current sports event 2022 in ONE Championship
File:ONE Championship company logo.png
SportCombat sports
Founded14 July 2011; 12 years ago (14 July 2011)
Owner(s)Group One Holdings Pte. Ltd.
CEOChatri Sityodtong (Chairman and CEO)
DirectorSaurabh Mittal (Vice Chairman)
Hua Fung Teh (Group President)
Victor Cui (CEO International)
Rich Franklin (VP)
Matt Hume (SVP of Competition)
Headquarters3 Fraser Street, #14-24 Singapore 189352[1]
Official websiteonefc.com

ONE Championship (formerly ONE Fighting Championship) is a Singaporean combat sports promotion. Founded on 14 July 2011 by entrepreneur Chatri Sityodtong and former ESPN Star Sports senior executive Victor Cui,[2] its events have featured mixed martial arts (MMA), submission grappling, kickboxing, Muay Thai and Lethwei bouts.

The promotion's first event was held on 3 September 2011 at the Singapore Indoor Stadium; they have since gone on to hold over 100 events across Asia.[3] It is Asia's largest MMA promotion company, having been backed by Singapore's GIC and Temasek Holdings, in addition to ICONIQ Capital, Mission Holdings, Sequoia Capital and Greenoaks Capital.[4][5][6]

History

Founding and early history

Chatri Sityodtong, Founder, chairman and CEO of ONE Championship.

Chatri Sityodtong stated his reasons for founding the organisation in July 2011 was that he believed that martial arts was Asia's "cultural treasure", yet there was no Pan-Asian promotion to unite the continent.[7][8][9] Unlike western promotions, the organisation's main goal was to promote "values of integrity, humility, honor, respect, courage, discipline, and compassion".[10]

On 31 March 2012, ONE FC held its first female fight during War of the Lions at the Singapore Indoor Stadium.[11]

On 13 January 2015, the promotion announced it would be changing its name to simply ONE Championship.[12] According to Victor Cui, the name change was made mostly for linguistic and cultural reasons.[13]

In July 2018, WBC Super flyweight world champion Srisaket Sor Rungvisai would make the next defense of his belt at a ONE Championship event in his home city of Bangkok, Thailand.[14] In what would be their first boxing match to be promoted, ONE collaborated with Nakornloung Promotion to put the matchup together with Iran Diaz. The match would headline ONE Championship: Kingdom of Heroes on 6 October 2018. As of December 2021, this is the only boxing match under the ONE Championship banner

Introduction of submission grappling

In August 2016, ONE Championship announced a grappling tournament that followed IBJJF no-gi rules with Shinya Aoki, Angela Lee and Michelle Nicolini among the participants[15]

In May 2017, a "grappling super fight" with submission-only rules was held between Shinya Aoki and Garry Tonon in Singapore.[16] Shortly after, Eddie Bravo announced that he had been contacted by ONE to take part in a similar grappling super fight against Kazushi Sakuraba.[17]

In January 2018, another submission-only "grappling super fight" was held between Shinya Aoki and Marat Gafurov.[18]

In May 2021, ONE Championship announced that Gordon Ryan was due to debut in ONE Championship in a grappling match with Shinya Aoki to be held in August of that year.[19] The match was later postponed by Ryan due to health issues.

In February 2022, it was announced that Mei Yamaguchi would face Danielle Kelly and Reinier de Ridder would face André Galvão in a pair of grappling matches on March 26, 2022, in an event to celebrate the organization's tenth anniversary.[20][21]

Introduction of Lethwei

On July 18, 2015, before its partnership with WLC, ONE held the first Lethwei fight in its history at the occasion of ONE Championship: Kingdom of Warriors in Yangon, Myanmar.[22] The fight showcased Burmese fighters Phyan Thway and Soe Htet Oo in a dark match and the result was a draw according to the traditional Lethwei rules.[23]

In 2017, ONE and World Lethwei Championship officially entered into a partnership to share athletes to fight in each other's organization.[24][25] On June 30, 2017, ONE held another Lethwei match at ONE Championship: Light of a Nation, a contest between Thway Thit Win Hlaing and Soe Htet Oo. Thway Thit Win Hlaing would end up winning a decision according to WLC point system, where a winner must be chosen by judges decision if the fight goes the distance. Since then, ONE has not held more Lethwei fights, but CEO Chatri Sityodtong has expressed his love for the art and wanting to recruit Lethwei Champion Dave Leduc into the organization.[26]

Rules

Mixed martial arts

ONE Championship uses the Global Martial Arts Rule Set, which "blends a combination of Best Practices from Asian and Non-Asian Rules".[27] Matches vary in maximum length, depending on whether it is for a championship title. In all fights, each round can be no longer than five minutes. Most fights have a maximum of three rounds, with one minute breaks in between, but championship matches have a max of five rounds.

Victory is attained by one of the following ways; knockout, submission, verbal tapout, technical knockout by referee stoppage, request for stoppage by cornerman, or by judges' decision.[27] Three judges score the bout in its entirety, not round-by-round, utilizing the following criteria in descending order of importance:[27]

  • Near knockout or submission
  • Damage (internal, accumulated, superficial)
  • Striking combinations and cage generalship (ground control, superior positioning)
  • Earned takedowns or takedown defense
  • Aggression

Illegal targets for strikes are the groin, throat, trachea, and the back of the head, neck or spine. Stomps to the head of a grounded opponent, small joint manipulation, head butting, hair pulling, eye gouging, orifice insertion, spitting, and grabbing onto the cage fence are also illegal. Takedowns must not result in "spiking or pile driver[s] to the head or neck".[28] Soccer kicks to the head of a grounded opponent were previously legal in the competition, initially via an "open attack" rule, which required fighters to get permission from the referee to use them.[29] In September 2012, the company adopted the Pride Fighting Championships' rules on the technique, allowing fighters to use soccer kicks without asking for permission from the referee.[29] Soccer kicks were banned entirely in August 2016 as part of the company's worldwide expansion plans. Sityodtong stated that despite studies showing that soccer kicks are the same as a normal head kick to a standing opponent because you cannot generate any more pivotal force, the technique invites "bad publicity".[30]

Kickboxing and Muay Thai

ONE Super Series matches are contested over three rounds of three minutes each, with title fights being five rounds. Fights are scored using a ten-point must system.

Fights can be won via:

  • Knockout, resulting in the opponent being unable to answer the 10-count due to a:
    • Punch
    • Kick
    • Knee
    • Elbow (only in Muay Thai rules)
    • Legal throw (only in Muay Thai rules)
  • Technical knockout due to:
    • Four knockdowns in a bout
    • Three knockdowns in a round
    • Referee/doctor stoppage
    • Verbal retirement by the opponent
  • Decision
    • Unanimous decision (all three judges score in favor of one fighter)
    • Split decision (two judges score in favor of one fighter, one judge scores in favor of the other fighter)
    • Majority decision (two judges score in favor of one fighter, one judge scores a draw)
  • Technical decision
  • Disqualification

ONE Super Series bouts, both kickboxing and Muay Thai, are judged based on the following criteria:

  • Knockdowns
  • Damage (internal, accumulated, and superficial)
  • Number of clean strikes
  • Cage/ring generalship (superior positioning)
  • Aggression

ONE Super Series kickboxing adopts the oriental ruleset, better known as K-1 rules. In kickboxing, fighters wear boxing gloves, with fighters weighing at or below 65.8 kilograms wearing 8-oz gloves and fighters weighing above wearing 10-oz gloves.

ONE Super Series Muay Thai allows elbow strikes, clinch fighting, sweeps and throws. Additionally, fighters wear open-fingered 4-oz gloves as opposed to boxing gloves.

[31][32][33]

Submission grappling

ONE grappling matches are one round of twelve minutes. Initially, matches could only be won via submission and were automatically declared a draw after twelve minutes with no submission.[34]

On April 18, 2022, ONE Championship CEO Chatri Sityodtong announced a change to the ONE grappling ruleset, which would see a winner by decision. The time limit was also decreased to ten minutes. If neither combatant secures a submission at the end of ten minutes, a winner will be determined based on the "number of real submission attempts". Stalling will also result in a yellow card being issued. The new ruleset took effect on May 20, 2022.[35][36]

Weight divisions

ONE Championship currently uses ten different weight classes:[37]

Weight class name Upper limit Gender
in pounds (lb) in kilograms (kg) in stone (st)
Atomweight 115 52.2 8.2 Female
Strawweight 125 56.7 8.9 Male / Female
Flyweight 135 61.2 9.6 Male / Female
Bantamweight 145 65.8 10.4 Male / Female
Featherweight 155 70.3 11.1 Male
Lightweight 170 77.1 12.1 Male
Welterweight 185 83.9 13.2 Male
Middleweight 205 93 14.6 Male
Light Heavyweight 225 102.1 16.1 Male
Heavyweight 265 120.2 18.9 Male

Unlike most MMA organizations, these weight limits are based on a competitor's "walking weight", rather than pre-fight weigh-ins.

The change took place after the death of 21-year-old Chinese fighter, Yang Jian Bing (who was supposed to face Geje Eustaquio) on 11 December 2015, due to dehydration by weight-cutting in the Philippines.[38]

The promotion banned weight-cutting by dehydration in order to promote fighter safety.[39] The promotion’s revised policy on weight mandated that athletes are monitored in their training camps, and have urine specific gravity tests to ensure they are hydrated up to three hours ahead of their bouts. Since the new measures took effect, there have been no further serious incidents.

The new system was well received by athletes in the organization,[40][41] as well as other stakeholders in the MMA industry.[42][43]

Events

Main article: List of ONE Championship events

Category: - 2011 in ONE Championship - 2012 in ONE Championship - 2013 in ONE Championship - 2014 in ONE Championship - 2015 in ONE Championship - 2016 in ONE Championship - 2017 in ONE Championship - 2018 in ONE Championship - 2019 in ONE Championship - 2020 in ONE Championship - 2021 in ONE Championship - 2022 in ONE Championship (upcoming)

ONE Warrior Series

In November 2017, it was announced that ONE VP Rich Franklin would head up a competition called the ONE Warrior Series, searching for up-and-coming martial artists in Asia. The prize is a six-figure contract with the organization, with the winner determined based on their performance instead of victories.[44]

ONE Super Series

On February 12, 2018, ONE Championship announced the establishment of the ONE Super Series, which would feature kickboxing and Muay Thai bouts.[45] The first event that featured bouts under Muay Thai and kickboxing rules was ONE: Heroes of Honor in Manila on 20 April 2018.[46] The promotion signed notable names such as Giorgio Petrosyan, Nong-O Gaiyanghadao and Fabio Pinca to feature on the bill. Since the inception of ONE Super Series, some events have used a five-roped ring, instead of the ONE circular cage, which had been used exclusively up until 2018. The ONE Super Series kickboxing bouts adopt the oriental ruleset.[47] As of 2020, ONE Super Series kickboxing bouts use boxing gloves. In ONE Super Series Muay Thai bouts, open-finger 4 oz gloves are used.[48] The first ONE event to consist entirely of ONE Super Series contests was ONE Championship: Immortal Triumph in Ho Chi Minh City on 6 September 2019.[49]

ONE Infinity

On 13 February 2020, ONE announced the launch of the "Infinity" series, events consisting of at least three championship fights and a minimum of 12 world champions.[50]

Executive and production team

Its leadership and executive team are its chairman Chatri Sityodtong whilst the CEO of International is Victor Cui who used to be a senior executive at ESPN Star Sports. Matches are made by matchmaker and Vice President of Operations, Matt Hume.

In 2014, Rich Franklin became its vice president. The referees include Olivier Coste, Mohamad Sulaiman, Yuji Shimada, Kemp Cheng and Justin Brown for MMA matches, and Atsushi Onari and Elias Dolaptsis for ONE Super Series matches.

The regular colour commentators for the television broadcast are Michael Schiavello[51] and Mitch Chilson, although Josh Thomson, Jason Chambers, Bas Rutten and Renzo Gracie have appeared as guest commentators.

Roster of fighters

Main article: List of current ONE fighters

Fighter salary

Fighter salaries in Asia are not publicly disclosed, unlike in the US, so information about ONE FC's fighter purses is not in the public domain. However, in January 2014 Ben Askren revealed that he was being paid a minimum of US$50,000 per fight as well as a US$50,000 win bonus.[52]

A cash bonus known as the "ONE Warrior bonus" was introduced on 9 July 2014 and implemented for the first time at ONE Fighting Championship: War of Dragons on 11 July 2014.

An award of US$50,000 is given out at the end of certain events to the fighter who impresses the most in terms of:

  • thrilling the fans with exciting action;
  • demonstrating an incredible warrior spirit;
  • exhibiting amazing skill, and;
  • delivering a phenomenal finish.

Victor Cui stated that bonuses would be handed out on a discretionary basis: "For every event, the bar will be very, very high. If a few fighters impress me, then I will hand out the bonus to a few fighters. If no one impresses me, then no one will get it. Extraordinary performance deserves extraordinary rewards. Ordinary performances deserve ordinary rewards."[53]

The "ONE Warrior bonus" of $50,000 was re-introduced in January 2022, with a minimum of one bonus and a maximum of five bonuses awarded at each event.[54]

Notable fighters

Mixed martial arts

Kickboxing and Muay Thai

Rankings

Main article: ONE Championship Rankings

The rankings for the ONE's fighters are both recorded and updated when information has been obtained from the ONE's website.[55]

Current champions

Main article: List of ONE Championship champions
Men
Division Champion Since Ref. Defenses Next Fight Ref.
Mixed Martial Arts
Heavyweight
265 lb (120.2 kg) 		Canada Arjan Bhullar May 15, 2021 [56] 0 TBD
Russia Anatoliy Malykhin (interim) February 11, 2022 [57] — ONE on Prime Video 5 - Reinier de Ridder [58]
Light Heavyweight
225 lb (102.1 kg) 		Netherlands Reinier de Ridder April 28, 2021 [59] 0 ONE on Prime Video 5 - Anatoliy Malykhin [58]
Middleweight
205 lb (93.0 kg) 		October 30, 2020 [60] 2
Welterweight
185 lb (83.9 kg) 		Kyrgyzstan Kiamrian Abbasov October 25, 2019 [61] 1 ONE on Prime Video 4 - Christian Lee [62]
Lightweight
170 lb (77.1 kg) 		United States Christian Lee August 26, 2022 [63] 0 ONE on Prime Video 4 - Kiamrian Abbasov [62]
Featherweight
155 lb (70.3 kg) 		China Tang Kai August 26, 2022 [64] 0 TBD
Bantamweight
145 lb (65.8 kg) 		Vacant — [65] — —
Flyweight
135 lb (61.2 kg) 		United States Demetrious Johnson August 27, 2022 [66] 0 TBD
Strawweight
125 lb (56.7 kg) 		Philippines Joshua Pacio April 12, 2019 [67] 3 ONE 164 - Jarred Brooks [68]
Kickboxing
Light Heavyweight
225 lb (102.1 kg) 		Ukraine Roman Kryklia November 16, 2019 [69] 2 TBD
Lightweight
170 lb (77.1 kg) 		Suriname Regian Eersel May 17, 2019 [70] 4 TBD
Featherweight
155 lb (70.3 kg) 		Thailand Superbon Singha Mawynn October 15, 2021 [71] 1 ONE on Prime Video 5 - Chingiz Allazov [72]
Bantamweight
145 lb (65.8 kg) 		Japan Hiroki Akimoto March 26, 2022 [73] 0 ONE 163 - Petchtanong Petchfergus [74]
Flyweight
135 lb (61.2 kg) 		Netherlands Ilias Ennahachi August 16, 2019 [75] 2 TBD
Strawweight
125 lb (56.7 kg) 		Canada Jonathan Di Bella October 21, 2022 [76] 0 TBD
Muay Thai
Lightweight
170 lb (77.1 kg) 		Suriname Regian Eersel October 22, 2022 [77] 0 TBD
Featherweight
155 lb (70.3 kg) 		Thailand Tawanchai P.K.Saenchai September 29, 2022 [78] 0 TBD
Bantamweight
145 lb (65.8 kg) 		Thailand Nong-O Gaiyanghadao February 16, 2019 [79] 6 ONE on Prime Video 6 - Alaverdi Ramazanov [80]
Flyweight
135 lb (61.2 kg) 		Thailand Rodtang Jitmuangnon August 2, 2019 [81] 3 ONE on Prime Video 4 - Joseph Lasiri [82]
Strawweight
125 lb (56.7 kg) 		Italy Joseph Lasiri May 20, 2022 [83] 0 ONE on Prime Video 4 - Rodtang Jitmuangnon [82]
Submission Grappling
Lightweight
170 lb (77.1 kg) 		United States Kade Ruotolo October 22, 2022 [84] 0 TBD
Flyweight
135 lb (61.2 kg) 		United States Mikey Musumeci October 1, 2022 [85] 0 TBD
Women
Division Champion Since Ref. Defenses Next Fight Ref.
MMA
Strawweight
125 lb (56.7 kg) 		China Xiong Jing Nan January 20, 2018 7 TBD
Atomweight
115 lb (52.2 kg) 		United States Angela Lee May 6, 2016 [86] 5 TBD
Kickboxing
Atomweight
115 lb (52.2 kg) 		United States Janet Todd February 28, 2020 [87] 0 ONE on Prime Video 5 - Allycia Rodrigues [88]
Muay Thai
Strawweight
125 lb (56.7 kg) 		Sweden Smilla Sundell April 22, 2022 [89] 0 TBD
Atomweight
115 lb (52.2 kg) 		Brazil Allycia Rodrigues August 28, 2020 [90] 0 ONE on Prime Video 5 - Unification [88]
United States Janet Todd (interim) July 22, 2022 [91] 0

Tournament winners

ONE Grand Prix Champions

Division Champion Since
Bantamweight Japan Masakatsu Ueda 31 May 2013 (ONE FC: Rise to Power)
Flyweight United States Demetrious Johnson 13 October 2019 (ONE: Century − Part 1)
Lightweight United States Christian Lee 13 October 2019 (ONE: Century − Part 1)
Featherweight
(Kickboxing)		 Italy Giorgio Petrosyan 13 October 2019 (ONE: Century − Part 2)
Belarus Chingiz Allazov 26 March 2022 (ONE: X)
Bantamweight
(Muay Thai)		 Thailand Rodlek P.K. Saenchai 28 August 2020 (ONE: A New Breed)
Atomweight Thailand Stamp Fairtex 3 December 2021 (ONE: Winter Warriors)

Malaysia GP Champions

Division Champion Since
Featherweight Malaysia A.J. Lias Mansor 15 November 2013 (ONE FC: Warrior Spirit)

Cambodia GP Champions

Division Champion Since
Featherweight Cambodia Samang Dun 12 September 2014 (ONE FC: Rise of the Kingdom)

China GP Champions

Division Champion Since
Featherweight (Beijing) China Li Kai Wen 19 December 2014 (ONE FC: Dynasty of Champions (Beijing))
Flyweight (Beijing) China Wei Bin Li 19 December 2014 (ONE FC: Dynasty of Champions (Beijing))
Featherweight (Guangzhou) China Huang Di Yuan 20 June 2015 (ONE: Dynasty of Champions (Guangzhou))
Flyweight (Guangzhou) China Wu Ze 20 June 2015 (ONE: Dynasty of Champions (Guangzhou))
Featherweight (Beijing) China Yang Sen 21 November 2015 (ONE FC: Dynasty of Champions (Beijing II))
Bantamweight (Changsha) China Ma Hao Bin 23 January 2016 (ONE: Dynasty of Champions (Changsha))
Flyweight (Hefei) China Huo You Xia Bu 2 July 2016 (ONE: Dynasty of Champions (Anhui))

Myanmar GP Champions

Division Champion Since
Featherweight Myanmar Tha Pyay Nyo 18 July 2015 (ONE: Kingdom of Warriors)
Lightweight Myanmar Thway Thit Aung 18 July 2015 (ONE: Kingdom of Warriors)
Featherweight Myanmar Phoe Thaw 7 October 2016 (ONE: State of Warriors)

ONE Championship records

Record Fighter Number
Youngest fighter in ONE debut Thailand Supergirl Jaroonsak 16 years, 9 months
Oldest fighter in ONE debut Brazil Renzo Gracie 52 years, 4 months
Youngest champion Sweden Smilla Sundell 17 years, 5 months
Oldest champion United States Brandon Vera 38 years, 2 months
Longest championship reign United States Angela Lee 2982 days
(incumbent)
Youngest title challenger United States Christian Lee 20 years, 10 months
Oldest title challenger Mongolia Jadamba Narantungalag 43 years, 3 months
Most championship reigns Brazil Adriano Moraes 3
Most fights Philippines Eduard Folayang 23
Most wins United States Christian Lee 16
Most finishes 15
Most knockouts 11
Most submissions Japan Shinya Aoki and
Brazil Alex Silva		 9
Most decision Wins Thailand Rodtang Jitmuangnon 9
Most title fight wins Brazil Bibiano Fernandes 11
Most title fights 13
Most consecutive title defenses Brazil Bibiano Fernandes and
China Xiong Jing Nan		 7
Longest winning streak Thailand Rodtang Jitmuangnon 11
Fastest knockout Russia Timofey Nastyukhin and
Thailand Capitan Petchyindee		 0:06
Fastest submission Turkey Dagi Arslanaliev 0:26
Fastest title fight knockout United States Brandon Vera 0:26
Fastest title fight submission Russia Marat Gafurov 0:41

Expansions outside of fighting

ONE Esports

In November 2018, ONE announced a partnership with Dentsu, Razer, and Singtel to launch its new esports series in 2019.[92] ONE Esports was then officially introduced later that year with Carlos Alimurung as its CEO.[93][94]

Launch of Tinder partnership

In June 2021, ONE announced a new partnership with Tinder to matchmake gamers to each other.[95] The new partnership included a slew of content offerings, as well as new features on Tinder's app for esports and gaming fans.[96]

ONE Games Portal

The ONE Games Portal was launched on 17th of July 2022 with an initial bouquet of free to play hypercasual games featuring top athletes from ONE Championship, with monthly contests in selected games, where players stand a chance to win Official ONE merchandise.

List of games :

Cross-promotional partnerships

In 2017, ONE entered into a partnership with World Lethwei Championship parties agreed on sending athletes to fight in each other's organization.[24]

In January 2019, ONE entered into a partnership with Shooto, according to which Shooto champions would be given a contract with ONE Championship.[97]

They entered into a similar partnership with Indonesian promotion One Pride MMA in December 2020.[98]

On February 18, 2021, ONE partnered with American promotion Ringside United Fighting (RUF Nation). The partnership saw RUF hosting a Road to ONE 16-man heavyweight MMA tournament, with the winner getting a $100,000 contract to compete in ONE Championship.[99][100]

On May 6, 2022, ONE partnered with Thailand-based Fairtex Fight Promotion. Fairtex Fight Promotion would begin hosting a series of Road to ONE Muay Thai tournaments for three different weight classes in July, offering a $100,000 contract to compete in ONE Championship.[101]

On 27 May 2022 ONE announced a partnership with Muay Thai Grand Prix. The partnership would see MTGP hosting Road to ONE tournaments in two different weight classes, with the winners receiving a ONE Championship contract worth $100,000.[102]

Broadcasters

It has been broadcast by RCTI (2015–2017), GTV (2012, repeat only for 2020–2021), iNews (2015–2017, repeat only for 2020–present), Moji (repeat only for 2022–present), Indosiar (delayed in 2013–2014), SCTV (delayed in 2018–2022), Vidio (live in 2018–present), Netverse (live in 2022–present) and NET. (delayed in 2022–present) in Indonesia,[103] MediaCorp Channel 5 (temporarily) in Singapore,[104] ABS-CBN S+A/TV5/One Sports/LIGA Channel in the Philippines,[105] MyTV in Cambodia,[106] Astro Arena, TV9[107] and RTM[108] in Malaysia, Workpoint TV and Thairath TV in Thailand, TV Tokyo and AbemaTV in Japan.

On 30 January 2012, they signed a 10-year deal with ESPN Star Sports.[109] ONE made its PPV debut at ONE Fighting Championship: Rise of Kings via iN DEMAND, Avail-TVN, DirecTV and Dish.[110]

Since May 2018, ONE events have been broadcast live and free on both their dedicated apps and YouTube channel in select locations.[111]

On 11 December 2018, ONE announced a three-year broadcast deal with Turner Sports in the United States that will bring live events to streaming service B/R Live and recap shows on TNT.[112][113]

On 23 March 2019 ONE announced it had signed a multi-year deal with Star Sports in India.[114] On 19 September 2019, it was announced that sports streaming service FITE TV would broadcast the promotion's two-part, 100th numbered event, Century.[115]

In November 2020, ONE announced a partnership with Facebook to distribute ONE Championship content on Facebook Watch and IGTV.[116]

On April 27, 2022, ONE announced a five-year distribution deal Amazon Prime Video, with Amazon to exclusively broadcast at least 12 events annually during prime time hours in the United States and Canada.[117][118]

On September 29, 2022, ONE announced an exclusive multi-year partnership with beIN Sports to broadcast live ONE Championship events across the Middle East and North Africa for the first time. In addition to events, the partnership is set to include round-up shows, as well as related social media and digital content. beIN Sports will broadcast ONE's events to 24 MENA territories in both English and Arabic commentary.[119]

See also

Notes

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