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James Goyder
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James has been based in Thailand for the past 15 years. He has worked for newspapers such as The Guardian, The Times and The National (UAE), as well as for broadcasters including the BBC and Al Jazeera.
The fight had originally been scheduled for ONE Fight Night 23 on July 6 but Buntan pulled out after suffering an unspecified injury.
As an explosive style wins him a growing fan base in and beyond ONE Championship, the Muay Thai star explains where it comes from.
Eersel’s aggressive approach pays off as he forces Nicolas to fight on back foot.
Two of the shows will be in the United States, with the rest staged in Bangkok.
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‘I killed him one time but he’s coming back,’ says Nicolas, who believes onus is on him to be France’s ‘ambassador of kickboxing’.
Just 25 years of age, the flyweight is already an experienced mixed martial artist with 18 fights under his belt.
Superlek Kiatmoo9 beat Jonathan Haggerty to win the bantamweight Muay Thai world title belt in ONE 168’s hotly anticipated main event.
Tawanchai is scheduled to defend his title against Nattawut next month, but Superbon has thrown a spanner in the works.
The English fullback, who wrote to the fighter to say he might come to Thailand to ‘train a bit’, has been struggling with injury problems.
The Japanese kickboxer and Thai Muay Thai veteran have a deal, says Chatri Sityodtong, but they have to win their respective fights first.
The 18-year-old university student, who defeated Japan’s Ohara in Bangkok, says the pandemic helped kickstart, hone her Muay Thai career.
Ennahachi never lost his flyweight title in the ring and was only forced to vacate it because of issues with weight.
Russian has not lost in nine years as a professional fighter but faces biggest test of his career at ONE Friday Fights 81.
Panpayak, who has not fought since his split-decision loss to Superlek in 2022, is making a comeback at ONE Friday Fights 83.
It will be the first fight of the year for Almeida, who suffered the only defeat of his career against Oumar Kane in August.
Denice Zamboanga has pulled out of her interim atomweight title fight with Alyona Rassohyna following a hamstring injury.
Japanese kickboxer the latest of promotion’s champions to make move to Chatri Sityodtong’s outfit.
Haggerty took an aggressive approach in this rematch and was made to pay as he was unable to recover after lunging into a hard right elbow.
The 38-year-old American, who is the reigning flyweight champion, will be the first fighter be inducted into ONE Championship ’s Hall of Fame.
Former K-1 champion is better known as a kickboxer than a Muay Thai fighter but has never before stepped inside the ring at Lumpinee.
Hailing from a famous family within the promotion, there was a lot of attention on the 18-year-old lightweight’s first fight.
Nicknamed Hands of Stone for his punching power, the 34-year-old has started his own construction company.
The two go head-to-head in Denver for ONE 168 on Friday in a catchweight Muay Thai bout.
Haggerty holds the ONE bantamweight Muay Thai and kickboxing belts and was previously a world champion in the Flyweight Muay Thai division.
The Malaysian teenager had won his first five fights which saw him become a huge fan favourite back home and earned him a spot on the ONE 167 card.
The veteran Myanmar fighter, a US-based former title-holder, is still a middleweight contender and is coming off 3 straight stoppage wins.
‘The man who yields to no one’ will not budge on his weight class, and his opponent at ONE 168 in Denver will shed 5 pounds to fight him.
After seeming to beat boxing legend Manny Pacquiao, the Japanese star could join the MMA outift – but Garcia wants revenge for the Filipino first.
The one-handed fighter is added to ONE 169 and says opponent Shinji Suzuki will ‘need to be his very best’.
He indicates he plans not to repeat the mistake he made when he missed weight before beating Rodtang.
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