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On September 24, 2021 (Friday), the best mixed martial arts fighters in the world are getting ready for a revolution as ONE Championship, the world's largest MMA organization, is set to broadcast ONE: REVOLUTION live across the globe through various broadcast and digital platforms worldwide. A trio of massive World Title bouts will headline the event as announced by ONE Championship Chairman and CEO Chatri Sityodtong on his official Facebook page.
In the main event, ONE Lightweight World Champion Christian "The Warrior" Lee will defend his belt against the number three ranked contender Ok Ree Yoon. Ever since defeating Japanese legend Shinya "Tobikan Judan" Aoki for the belt back in May 2019, Lee has been establishing himself as the most dominant lightweight in promotional history by defending the strap twice through consecutive first-round knockout victories and defeating the number one ranked Saygid "Dagi" Guseyn Arslanaliev to win the ONE Lightweight Grand Prix World Championship. The South Korean phenom, on the other hand, impressively beat former ONE Featherweight World Champion Marat "Cobra" Gafurov and four-time MMA lightweight world champion Eddie "The Underground King" Alvarez in back-to-back outings last April. Lee looks to break his tie with Aoki for the most ONE Lightweight World Title defenses in history while Ok hopes to record a third straight victory over a World Champion and eventually become the new king of the lightweight division.
Meanwhile, Capitan Petchyindee Academy will look to extend his reign as ONE Bantamweight Muay Thai World Champion. In September 2020, the Thai dynamo shocked the world when he knocked out highly touted kickboxing legend Petchtanong Petchfergus in six seconds, which set the record for the fastest knockout (KO) in ONE Super Series history. Capitan followed that brilliant showing with another stroke of genius as he knocked out Alaverdi "Babyface Killer" Ramazanov to take the gold last January. Now, the Petchyindee Academy standout must defend his belt against Ramazanov's coach, French-Algerian veteran Mehdi "Diamond Heart" Zatout, who is riding a two-bout winning streak and wants to earn some redemption from his Dagestani student.
Finally, ONE Strawweight World Champion Joshua "The Passion" Pacio will get his wish at ONE: REVOLUTION as he will defend the gold in a trilogy match against the number one ranked Yosuke "The Ninja" Saruta. The Filipino wanted to settle some unfinished business with Saruta and their trilogy fight will cement one of them as the best strawweight mixed martial artist on the planet as well as the true ruler of the division. When the pair originally met in January 2019, the Japanese combatant did enough to earn a split-decision victory and the ONE Strawweight World Title. But they when rematched three months later, Pacio knocked out "The Ninja" in the fourth round with a knee to the head and reclaimed the belt. Since that night in April 2019, each man has looked invincible. And at ONE: REVOLUTION, Pacio and Saruta will settle their rivalry once and for all.
ONE Championship: REVOLUTION will be streamed live on B/R Live in North America and on the ONE Super App and ONE Championship's YouTube channel in most countries worldwide and outside North America. In the Philippines, catch ONE: REVOLUTION on September 24 (Friday) live starting at 8:30 pm on One Sports (free TV channel 41, Cignal channel 6, SKYcable channel 59) and One Sports+ (Cignal SD channel 91 and HD channel 261). For updates on ONE: REVOLUTION and more ONE Championship news and features, visit www.onefc.com and @ONEChampionship on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.
