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BRANDON VERA TRAINS WITH AUNG LA N SANG

Reigning ONE Heavyweight World Champion Brandon “The Truth” Vera is deep in training, preparing for his next title defense. The 43-year-old veteran is in Florida, working with fellow ONE Championship athletes “The Burmese Python” Aung La N Sang and Martin “The Situ-Asian” Nguyen at Sanford MMA under renowned striking coach, Henri Hooft. Vera and Aung […]

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FOLAYANG DEEP IN TRAINING FOR FIGHT VS AKIYAMA

Former ONE Lightweight World Champion Eduard “Landslide” Folayang is coming into his next bout full of motivation, after witnessing his Team Lakay teammates claim victories early into the year. The 37-year-old ONE Championship veteran is in the most difficult stretch of his 14 year professional career, as “Landslide” has dropped four of his last five. […]

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ONE’S THE APPRENTICE BET HAS A PINAY WIFE

Roman Wilson may be born in Oklahoma, but he was bred by his experiences all across Asia. Having that background is something the former American football player is banking on as he seeks to make his dent as one of the 16 candidates in The Apprentice: ONE Championship Edition. “I have worked in many different […]

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MMA LEGENDS ST-PIERRE, GRACIE JOIN THE APPRENTICE

Mixed martial arts (MMA) legends Georges St-Pierre and Renzo Gracie grace Episode 2 of The Apprentice: ONE Championship Edition with their magnetic presence as they serve up exciting physical tasks to the 16 candidates that literally put them on edge. St-Pierre, more popularly known as “GSP,” is acknowledged to be one of the greatest mixed […]

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ARANGUIZ SEES CHAMPIONS IN DENICE, DREX ZAMBOANGA

Denice and Drex Zamboanga are two names MMA fans need to become familiar with if they aren’t already. The brother-sister fighting tandem competing under the ONE Championship banner are two of the most exciting athletes in the promotion. Denice is the #1-ranked women’s atomweight in ONE and Drex is a former regional champion chasing a […]

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THE APPRENTICE PUSHES LARA ALVAREZ TO HER LIMITS

Lara Pearl Alvarez knew that joining The Apprentice: ONE Championship Edition would push her to her boundaries. But never did she imagine that this early in the competition, she’ll be in a sink-or-swim situation. “After that near-elimination, I told myself I wouldn’t be coming back to that chopping block in the next challenge.” Alvarez was […]

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THE APPRENTICE: ONE CHAMPIONSHIP EDITION’ ON AXN

“The Apprentice: ONE Championship Edition” premiered across Southeast Asia, China, and India with its inaugural episode Thursday evening. The show debuted on AXN, its official Asia broadcast partner, with additional free-to-air broadcasts to follow. ONE Championship Chairman and CEO Chatri Sityodtong, his Advisor Niharika Singh, ONE’s Senior Vice President of Corporate Development and Strategy, and […]

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OLSIM BRINGS TEAM LAKAY MINDSET INTO MAZAR FIGHT

ONE Warrior Series product Jenelyn Olsim of the Philippines is ready to make her ONE Championship main roster debut. Olsim steps into the Circle opposite #5-ranked women’s strawweight mixed martial artist Maira Mazar of Brazil at ONE: FISTS OF FURY III, a previously recorded event from the Singapore Indoor Stadium in Singapore scheduled for broadcast […]

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WOMEN FIGHTERS TO SHOW SKILLS IN ONE: EMPOWER

The largest global sports media property in Asian history, ONE Championship™ (ONE), today announced ONE: EMPOWER, an all-women fight card to be broadcast live on Friday, 28 May. In the main event, reigning ONE Women’s Strawweight World Champion “The Panda” Xiong Jing Nan of China will defend her World Title against #2-ranked strawweight contender Michelle […]

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2 PINOYS COMPETE IN ONE CHAMPIONSHIP APPRENTICE

Two of the 16 candidates from around the world vying in The Apprentice: ONE Championship Edition come from the Philippines. But as big as the pride as they have in representing the country in this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, Lara Pearl Alvarez and Louie Sangalang couldn’t be any more different in their respective approaches to this high-stakes […]