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| ONE Championship's second event in Tokyo, Japan dubbed Century will include the ONE Bantamweight World Championship tetralogy bout between Kevin Belingon and Bibiano Fernandez. (Image Source: ABS-CBN Sports/ONE Championship) |
ONE Championship, the largest mixed martial arts organization and most valuable
sports property in Asia, is making its return to the Ryogoku Kogukikan in
Tokyo, Japan on October 13, 2019 for the staging of the promotion's historic
100th event dubbed ONE: Century. While waiting anxiously for the historic
affair, I can assume that many combat sports enthusiasts would be awed and surprised
at probably the most intriguing development so far prior to the event and it
comes from no less than ONE chairman and CEO Chatri Sityodtong.
Sityodtong recently announced on its social media platforms, more particularly
Facebook and Twitter, that ONE: Century will have a second full fight card to be
taking place on the morning of the same day. Though the contents of the second
fight card are yet to be announced in the coming weeks, this announcement would
certainly create a big buzz in the world of mixed martial arts considering that
ONE is a force to be reckoned with when it comes to combat sports with a huge
roster of world champions and world-class fighters coming from different parts
of the globe. The best thing about the second full fight card is that it will
be aired live in the United States for the first time via TNT on Saturday
night, October 12th at 8:00 pm ET (US time).
The main fight card of ONE: Century, which will be aired live in the
Philippines on ABS-CBN S+A and S+A HD and simultaneously streamed on iWant Sports,
ONE Championship's official YouTube channel and the ONE Super App, will be
headlined by two epic and highly-anticipated clashes: Brandon "The
Truth" Vera versus two-division ONE world champion Aung La N Sang of
Myanmar for the ONE Lightweight World Championship and the rematch between defending ONE women's atomweight world champion Angela
Lee of Singapore and ONE women's strawweight world champion Xiong Jing Nan of
China. It will also feature the finals of the ONE World Grand Prix across three
different divisions and a clash of showdowns between fighters from two renouned
Japanese MMA promotions, Shooto and Pancrase.
Prior to the staging of its historic affair, ONE Championship is officially
hosting the World Martial Arts Week on October 5-6, 2019 where fans and enthusiasts
can interact with their favorite combat sports athletes and even watch them in
action with their friends and loved ones on a spectacular weekend. Included in the said event are ONE Street
Fighter V Tokyo Challenge and ONE Tekken 7 Tokyo Invitational featuring some of the finest and renouned fighting game players from Asia and around the world. With these on hand, I bet that any combat sports lover would expect more from
the home of mixed martial arts in Asia housing different styles of fighting
from all around the world.
For more ONE Championship
news and updates, visit its official website www.onefc.com and follow
@ONEChampionship on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. For news and features on
the world of eSports, visit www.oneesports.gg and follow ONE eSports on
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