ONE Championship makes entry into Esports arena

Singapore

AFTER years of running mixed martial arts (MMA) events, Heliconia Capital-backed ONE Championship is now into the lucrative Esports space with its first planned events for the 2019-2020 season, helmed by new ONE Esports chief executive Carlos Alimurung.

Heliconia is a Temasek Holdings subsidiary.

The new venture will kick off with a hybrid MMA-martial arts Esports event in Tokyo and a pair of Southeast Asian Dota 2 competitions.

"In South-east Asia there are over 100 million gamers, a third of whom are Esports enthusiasts," said Mr Alimuru…