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” 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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Heading into her much-anticipated ONE Championship debut, 23-year-old Filipino-American Muay Thai fighter Jackie Buntan is excited to represent her Filipino roots on the biggest global stage of martial arts competition, and perhaps follow in the footsteps of a Pinoy sports legend. Buntan is scheduled to face off against rising Thai star Wondergirl Fairtex in a […]
Following the conclusion of his professional combat sports career, Filipino Louie Sangalang pivoted to his corporate ambitions, where he developed the skills that later on earned him a spot in the upcoming reality television series, “The Apprentice: ONE Championship Edition.” The former undefeated URCC Featherweight Champion is one of 16 “candidates” on ONE Championship’s unique […]
The largest global sports media property in Asian history, ONE Championship™ (ONE), and Turner Sports have announced four weeks of blockbuster martial arts events airing in U.S. prime time with “ONE on TNT.” The “ONE on TNT” series will air every Wednesday from April 7 to April 28. Each week will include a preliminary card […]
Filipino fighting phenom Lito “Thunder Kid” Adiwang is first up to bat for Team Lakay this year, as he climbs into the ONE Circle looking to make a huge statement. After a year full of setbacks, Adiwang hopes to set the stage for an incredible resurgence for the Baguio-based martial arts outfit. Adiwang, formerly ranked […]
ONE Championship flyweight star Drex “T-Rex” Zamboanga says life is going pretty good, despite being holed up in Thailand and unable to head back home to the Philippines for the holidays due to travel restrictions imposed by COVID-19. Zamboanga and his sister Denice, also a ONE Championship athlete, decided to stay in Bangkok when COVID-19 […]